S. Korea's obesity rate lowest in OECD

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SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has the lowest obesity rate among the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a poll said Sunday.

Ex-president's son summoned over bribery case

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SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- State prosecutors called in the son of former President Roh Moo-hyun Sunday for questioning over a widening bribery scandal involving one of Roh's financial supporters,

Number of unemployed forecast to top 1 mln

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SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- The number of jobless people in South Korea is likely to surpass the 1-million mark as a persistent economic slump takes its toll on corporate payrolls, experts said Sun

Sunday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, April 12 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Sunday.

S. Koreans warned against traveling to Thai resort

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SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean travelers were advised Saturday to stay away from the Thai resort of Pattaya after a scheduled summit of Asian leaders there was canceled due to political u

S. Korean president heads home ahead of schedule

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PATTAYA, Thailand, April 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak cut short his schedule Saturday and returned home after Thai hosts canceled a scheduled summit of Asian leaders due to p

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