SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean professor has been elected as a member of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), the government said Thursday.

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to spend 6.09 trillion won (US$4.09 billion) to help low income earners and unemployed workers cope with the current economic crisis, the finance mi

By Kim Hyun

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- A top Russian official said Thursday it is too early to talk about whether to impose sanctions on North Korea in case it launches a missile or a rocket carrying a satell

By Shin Hae-in

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Thursday that it has recently joined international treaties on space exploration, as the country continued preparations to launch what it claims is a sa

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has recently appointed its former
military chief as head of an army corps that oversees the western inter-Korean

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's baseball squad was trounced
10-4 by the Major League San Diego Padres at an exhibition game on Wednesday,

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- The country's human rights watchdog on Thursday
proposed a set of guidelines to the government for carrying out forced evictions

SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) -- A ruling party lawmaker lost his seat in the National
Assembly on Thursday as the Supreme Court convicted him of violating election