Discount coupon program for arts, leisure sectors to be suspended amid...

Level 2 social distancing scheme in the greater Seoul area. (Yonhap)The government announced Monday that it will suspend a nationwide discount coupon program aimed...

Crunch time for France’s Sarkozy as graft trial opens

PARIS - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday for attempted bribery of a judge in what could turn into a humiliating...

22 more USFK-affiliated people infected with coronavirus

Gate of US Forces Korea's base in Yongsan, central Seoul. (Yonhap)Twenty-two more people affiliated with US Forces Korea (USFK), including 18 service members, have...

US expects to begin Covid vaccinations in early December

WASHINGTON: The United States hopes to begin a sweeping program of Covid vaccinations in early December, the head of the government coronavirus vaccine effort...

Moon names former lawmaker Kang Chang-il as new ambassador to Japan:...

Kang Chang-il, who has been tapped as South Korea's new ambassador to Japan. (Yonhap)President Moon Jae-in has picked Kang Chang-il, a former four-term ruling...

Burkina Faso goes to the polls in shadow of jihadist threat

OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina Faso will vote in a general election Sunday in the shadow of a growing jihadist insurgency, and with opposition candidates warning...

In virtual G20 summit, Moon urges int’l cooperation for pandemic response,...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in takes part in the virtual summit of the Group of 20 leaders, chaired by Saudi Arabia, at Cheong Wa...

US approves Regeneron antibody treatment given to Trump

WASHINGTON - A Covid-19 antibody therapy used to treat President Donald Trump was approved by the US drug regulator on Saturday for people who...

USFK skips publication of annual security report this year

Part of the chronology of North Korea's major weapons tests in 2017. (Captured from the United States Forces Korea's 2019 Strategic Digest)The US Forces...

About 60,000 take teacher exam despite virus spike

People walk out from a school in Seoul after taking the state-run teacher employment examination on Saturday. (Yonhap)About 60,000 people took a state-run teacher...