SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean confectionary companies enjoyed brisk overseas sales in 2020 thanks to the high popularity of Korean pop culture and food abroad, industry sources said Tuesda

SEOUL, May 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is seeking to develop an advanced robot to conduct surveillance missions in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and other risky regions, the arms procurement agency s

JEONJU, South Korea, May 8 (Yonhap) -- The Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), the country's largest showcase of indie and art house films, on Saturday wrapped up a 10-day run after being he

SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea holds the largest number of standard-essential patents declared to the three major international standards bodies in the world, a report from the country's pate

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Friday it plans to expand investment and tax incentives for the semiconductor segment in line with efforts to foster the non-memory chip industry and cope

SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday it will kick off a biennial rear area training next week together with the government, police and firefighters to maintain an in

SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- Coronavirus self-test kits became available in supermarkets and convenience stores across the country Thursday as South Korea is seeking to step up its testing capacity wit

NEW YORK/SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- A Harvard law school professor, criticized for his disputed article casting victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery as prostitutes, has accused a Korean scholar

SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in expressed his condolences to Mexican people over a deadly metro line disaster in their country, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday.

SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's science ministry on Tuesday released observation images taken by the country's next-generation midsized satellite launched earlier this year as the country ex