French Embassy’s request for tax exemption part of ‘administrative inquiry’: top...
(Yonhap)The French Embassy asked for an exemption from property taxes from the South Korean government, but it was part of an "administrative inquiry," its...
Vice FM meets with new EU ambassador
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun met with the new European Union (EU) ambassador to South Korea on Thursday and discussed...
Amanaci, the Jaguar that symbolizes environmental destruction in Brazil wetlands
CORUMBA DE GOIAS (BRAZIL) - Amanaci used to roam freely around Brazil's Pantanal region until an outbreak of fires in this paradise of biodiversity...
NK has world’s 5th highest rate of tuberculosis cases
(KCNA-Yonhap)North Korea had the fifth-highest incidence of tuberculosis per 100,000 people among the 198 countries studied by the World Health Organization last year.The estimated...
Trump blasts Facebook, Twitter for censoring article critical of Biden
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump rebuked Facebook and Twitter Wednesday for blocking links to a New York Post article purporting to expose corrupt...
Police ban two Sunday rallies by conservative group
Choi In-sik, secretary general of a conservative civic group, speaks to reporters at the Jongno Police Station in Seoul on Tuesday before submitting its...
Gal Gadot ‘whitewashing’ row sparks Cleopatra history debate
LOS ANGELES - News that Israeli actress Gal Gadot will play Cleopatra has prompted Hollywood's latest "whitewashing" row -- and renewed a historical debate...
Close aide to NK leader appointed as party committee chief in...
(KCNA-Yonhap)North Korea's state media on Thursday confirmed that a close aide to leader Kim Jong-un has been appointed as new chairman of a party...
Saudi hosts G20 talks on virus recovery, debt relief
RIYADH - G20 finance ministers and central bankers are set to hold talks Wednesday aimed at spurring global recovery from a coronavirus-triggered recession while...
NK’s Kim visits typhoon-hit village, pledges 25,000 new homes
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects typhoon-hit Komdok area in South Hamgyong Province, according to the Korea Central News Agency report on Wednesday. (KCNA-Yonhap)North...
