GENEVA, June 22 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday adopted a resolution condemning North Korea's human rights violations for the 18th straight year.

SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Singapore on Monday kicked off negotiations toward a digital trade deal, Seoul's trade ministry said.

SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Monday that it plans to launch a 1 trillion-won (US$825 million) fund and sharply cut red tape in order to help local players better compete with global

SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- With the coronavirus pandemic raging across the world, a South Korean film festival has been making a fresh attempt to go both on and offline as a way to keep functions r

SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- An exhibition of photos and paintings will kick off this week to honor foreign soldiers who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War as part of events to commemorate the 70th ann

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- A beleaguered tension-reduction military agreement between South and North Korea has helped make the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) "much calmer," the Swedish chief of the armi

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is planning to demand the United Nations cultural agency remove Japan's historical industrial sites, including Hashima Island, from its list of World Heritage

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, still stuck in first wave of coronavirus outbreak, is on alert over another potential round of virus infections in the summer, as a significant downturn in t

SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- No signs have been detected yet that suggest North Korea is following through with a threat to beef up military presence near the border with South Korea, a military offi

SEOUL, June 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has requested the World Trade Organization (WTO) to open a dispute-settlement panel to deal with Japan's export curbs against its Asian neighbor, which have b