Australia passes tough new veto powers over foreign agreements
SYDNEY: Australia's parliament on Thursday passed legislation giving the federal government power to veto any agreement struck with foreign states, a move likely to...
Visiting care workers to get govt. subsidies
Seoul branch members of a coalition representing non-regular school workers stage a rally on Nov. 19 in front of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of...
Japan set to ban sales of new petrol cars in mid-2030s:...
TOKYO - Japan wants to ban sales of new petrol cars in around 15 years' time as part of efforts to reach carbon neutrality...
8 USFK service members, dependents test positive for COVID-19
A gate of a US military base in Yongsan on Nov. 22, central Seoul. (Yonhap)Six American service members and two dependents have tested positive...
Giscard d’Estaing: France’s modernising president
PARIS - Former president Valery Giscard d'Estaing, who has died aged 94, brought a wind of change to French politics during his seven-year mandate,...
Calls grow for tougher measures as hospitals near crisis
A typically crowded mall in Seoul appears empty on a Wednesday afternoon amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases. (Yonhap)Government officials said Wednesday that the...
In historic first, UK to introduce Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine next week
LONDON - Britain on Wednesday became the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, announcing a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech's drug...
Moon names lawyer as new vice justice minister
This file photo shows Lee Yong-gu, named as new vice justice minister, speaking to reporters on March 17. (Yonhap)President Moon Jae-in has tapped a...
China’s #MeToo movement gets its moment in court
BEIJING - A sexual harassment case against a powerful Chinese media figure begins in Beijing on Wednesday, with his accuser calling it a major...
7 more soldiers test positive for new coronavirus
Soldiers from the 8th Corps' 102nd Armored Brigade disinfect a classroom at a high school in the eastern coastal city of Sokcho last Friday,...








