The unification ministry on Friday suspended the head of the Korea Hana Foundation, a public institution supporting North Korean defectors, from duties over allegations he sexually harassed an ...

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Over 4.3 million passengers traveled via South Korea's airports during this year's Lunar New Year ...

1919 -- A group of Korean students in Japan denounces the Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula and holds a ceremony at the YMCA building in Tokyo to declare Korea's independence. Korea was ...

Park Ji-won of South Korea (R) competes in the heats for the men's 500 meters in short track speed skating at the Asian ...

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a regional hospital, ...

SEOUL -- A 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck South Korea's central city of Chungju early Friday, the state weather agency said, ...

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Trot singer Song Dae-kwan, known for his 1975 hit "Sunny Day," died Friday at age 79. Song was ...

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Trot singer Song Dae-kwan, known for his 1975 hit "Sunny Day," died Friday at age 79. Song was ...

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its U.S. units will donate US$1 million worth of home ...

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares fell marginally late Friday morning as investors took profit following three consecutive sessions of gains this week. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price ...

South Korea defeated Hong Kong to advance to the semifinals of the mixed doubles curling competition at the Asian Winter Games in China on Friday. Kim Kyeong-ae and Seong Ji-hoon defeated Hung ...

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Acting President Choi Sang-mok on Friday called for the military to maintain readiness to ...