By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- Seoul Fashion Week kicked off Thursday featuring chic
fall/winter collections by 39 local designers amid the South Korean capital's

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to dispatch an Aegis-guided
destroyer to the East Sea, as North Korea appears to be finalizing preparations

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The world's largest biochemical research
institute, The Scripps Research Institute, will soon establish a joint venture

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's first topokki festival will be held
over the weekend to fuel public interest in the spicy, rice-based snack that

(ATTN: ADDS Pentagon spokesman's remarks in paras 8-12)
By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has put a rocket on a launch pad

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has put a rocket on a launch pad along the East Sea apparently toward an imminent countdown, reports said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has put a rocket on a launch pad along the East Sea apparently toward an imminent countdown, reports said Wednesday.

SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his U.S.

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- State prosecutors on Wednesday arrested a former vice minister for allegedly taking 800 million won (US$587,251) in illegal political funds.

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- China's chief of general staff met with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul on Wednesday as their governments struggle to defuse tension over North Korea's planned roc