SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Cabinet on Tuesday passed a revised presidential decree to allow more national holidays subject to the government's alternative statutory holiday program.

SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's science ministry said Friday the country will spend 7.4 billion won (US$6.4 million) in researching messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine technology by 2024 in a mov

SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has conveyed a proposal to North Korea, through a recently restored liaison hotline, to discuss ways to set up a virtual conference system for inter-Korean ta

SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- Second Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-moon has announced South Korea's plan to offer more than US$15 million to a global fund for quality education for children from 202

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The government will push for a video-linked reunion of divided families with North Korea as the most urgent inter-Korean project, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday.

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade ministry said Thursday it plans to expand economic ties with Uzbekistan by launching new projects in a wide array of areas from ICT to the medical sec

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea are standing at the starting line again for the ultimate goal of denuclearization, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday.

SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday sharply raised its 2021 growth outlook for South Korea to 4.3 percent as Asia's fourth-largest economy is on a solid reco

BORYEONG, South Korea, July 27 (Yonhap) -- The annual Boryeong Mud Festival has been selected as one of Asia's three major festivals by an international festival association, a local government sai

SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade ministry said Tuesday it has launched talks with ASEAN to update their free trade agreement (FTA) and further lower trade barriers, as the country see