SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha has renewed calls for countries to maintain essential people-to-people exchanges to spur economic recovery from the aftermath of the new c

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in has welcomed the news of a South Korean shipbuilder's contract with a Russian company to construct two huge liquefied natural gas (LNG) barges, sayin

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- A major debate over the idea of a state-funded basic income scheme is in full swing in South Korean politics, as the country tries to navigate its way through the post-COV

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- The government is set to host another online seminar for foreign countries this week, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, in the latest in a series of sessions being arrang

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Tuesday it will spare no efforts to conclude a mega Asia-Pacific trade pact by the end of this year in line with efforts to revitalize an extended slump i

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Tuesday it plans to develop new ready-to-eat products utilizing local fishery goods to take advantage of the rising demand for processed food items as mor

SEJONG, June 9 (Yonhap) -- The World Bank has added South Korea to a list of countries that provide emergency medical care to the global organization's employees, South Korea's finance ministry sai

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea launched an inter-agency team Friday to help expand its humanitarian trade with Iran that had been restricted by U.S.

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- An online shopping channel selling thinner face masks crashed Friday as South Koreans rushed to buy the antivirus masks amid warmer weather.

SEOUL, June 6 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in stressed his government's unswerving push for a peaceful Korea on Saturday, speaking in public hours after Pyongyang's threat of closing an inter-Kor