SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- The state coronavirus relief funds have been spent mostly on dining out and grocery shopping, the interior ministry said Wednesday, based on an analysis of credit card da

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has added more than 30 new state-funded Korean language institutes abroad, the government announced Wednesday, in an effort to promote the Korean language as

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's shipments to FTA partners more than doubled over the past 15 years, but the country should clinch more free trade deals to ease its heavy reliance on the wo

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in visited a highly symbolic site in South Korea's democratization Wednesday, the anniversary of a historic uprising in 1987 against the authoritarian

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea started QR code-based registration of visitors at bars, clubs and other entertainment facilities across the country Wednesday, as part of the country's effort

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- A group of cultural and natural heritage experts has launched comprehensive research on the various resources inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), officials said Tuesday,

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha has renewed calls for countries to maintain essential people-to-people exchanges to spur economic recovery from the aftermath of the new c

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in has welcomed the news of a South Korean shipbuilder's contract with a Russian company to construct two huge liquefied natural gas (LNG) barges, sayin

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- A major debate over the idea of a state-funded basic income scheme is in full swing in South Korean politics, as the country tries to navigate its way through the post-COV

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- The government is set to host another online seminar for foreign countries this week, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, in the latest in a series of sessions being arrang