GYERYONG, South Korea, July 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea launched the country's first center for space monitoring on Wednesday as it aims to better prepare against emergency situations in space and tr

By Kang Yoon-seung

BEIJING, July 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will allow foreign tourists to traverse the secretive country by rail for the first time, a Beijing-based tour company said Wednesday, in a rare move that co

SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- Nearly 4 in 5 people in South Korea own a smartphone, making it the country with the fourth-highest smartphone penetration rate in the world, industry data showed Wednes

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- Three North Korean sailors, rescued in South Korean waters, have expressed their wishes to defect to South Korea, while two others want to return home, Seoul's unification

BEIJING, July 7 (Yonhap) -- China denounced Japan on Tuesday for playing a "word game" with its history of forced labor after Japan's foreign minister sought to water down the acknowledgement of it

INCHEON, July 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is an ideal partner for cooperation in the Arctic-related projects as the country has much know-how in areas ranging from shipping to shipbuilding, the co

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- "Super Idol," a TV audition show jointly produced by South Korea and China to train future idols will premiere next week in South Korea, a local producer said Tuesday.

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that she is pleased over the U.N.

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Tuesday it is seeking "various" methods to address public concern here over Japan's listing of an old academy tied to the country's militaristic past as w