SEJONG, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister said Wednesday that the world must step up cooperation to overcome the coronavirus pandemic and kick-start an economic recovery.

SEJONG, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Wednesday it has adopted an alert system on the country's 50 major beaches that will ban the entry of additional visitors in crowded areas to stem the s

SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry said Tuesday it has expressed concern about the U.S.

SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in announced Tuesday the government will spend 160 trillion won (US$130 billion) to create 1.9 million jobs by 2025 as part of its New Deal project aim

SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry called in a senior Japanese diplomat Tuesday to lodge a protest after Tokyo renewed its claims to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo in its la

GENEVA, July 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee has said she will seek to transform the World Trade Organization (WTO) into a body capable of responding more properly to a ch

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in plans to launch an inter-agency council this month for the so-called Korean-version New Deal project aimed at creating jobs and fostering economic g

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea aims to wrap up necessary regulatory reforms by the end of the year in a bid to help startups and small-scale firms find new growth engines, the science minis

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will require foreigners arriving from high-risk nations to submit a certificate showing they tested negative for the new coronavirus from Monday, as the natio

SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will allow citizens to send more face masks to their family members living abroad, officials said Friday, in line with the government's plan to end its mask r