New virus cases dip below 40, imported cases still worrisome

(Yonhap)South Korea's new virus cases fell back to below 40 on Saturday, but health authorities are keeping their guards up as imported cases and...

Australian brand fined over ‘anti-virus activewear’ claim

SYDNEY - A popular Australian activewear brand has been fined for implying its "anti-virus" leggings and tops are effective at protecting wearers against the...

Moon vows bold investment in offshore wind power industry

President Moon Jae-in (Yonhap)President Moon Jae-in pledged Friday to expand South Korea's offshore wind power capacity hundredfold by 2030 as a key engine for...

It wasn’t the sex: bloodletting fatal for Raphael, study claims

ROME - A feverish Raphael suffering from "a coronavirus-like disease" died after failing to tell his doctors he had been secretly visiting lovers on...

Shincheonji founder faces prosecution’s probe for allegedly disrupting anti-virus efforts

Lee Man-hee, the leader of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus (Yonhap)SUWON -- State prosecutors questioned the founder of a minor religious sect Friday over...

Mali opposition insists president must quit

BAMAKO - Mali's protest movement on Friday pressed on with a demand for embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to quit, as international mediators tried...

US mulls ‘new proposals’ for NK: report

File photo from 2018 shows Harry Kazianis, a senior director of Korean studies at the Center for the National Interest, speaking at a forum...

Indian spy given consular access second time

ISLAMABAD: Deputy High Commissioner of India Gaurav Ahluwalia leaving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.—White Star ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday provided second consular access...

India passes 1 million virus cases as global crisis worsens

NEW DELHI - India on Friday became the third country in the world to record one million coronavirus cases, following Brazil and the United...

Opposition lawmakers criticize Supreme Court ruling on Gyeonggi governor

Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung speaks Thursday after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of him in an election law violation trial. (Yonhap)The Supreme...