US race heats up as Trump seeks quick court replacement
WASHINGTON - The race for the White House heated up Sunday with both sides galvanized by the battle to nominate a new Supreme Court...
Moon to hold meeting on reforming prosecution, police, state spy agency
(Yonhap)President Moon Jae-in will have a meeting later Monday to devise a strategy for his administration's push for reforming South Korea's prosecution service, police...
Trump touts ‘fantastic’ TikTok deal with Walmart and Oracle
WASHINGTON - Popular video app TikTok announced Saturday it has proposed an agreement with Oracle as its US technology provider and Walmart as a...
Bishop found innocent in posthumous retrial for resistance to ‘Yushin dictatorship’
Late Bishop Daniel Tji Hak-soun (Yonhap)Late Bishop Daniel Tji Hak-soun (1921-1993) has been acquitted of protesting against the Yushin Constitution, instituted by an authoritarian...
Who will succeed Ginsburg on the US Supreme Court?
WASHINGTON - The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers US President Donald Trump an opportunity to replace the progressive Supreme Court justice with a...
Proportion of women in high-ranking govt. posts reaches record high
(Yonhap)The proportion of women among high-ranking officials in the central government has risen to an all-time high, a government report showed Sunday.According to the...
‘We got this’: American left galvanized by death of RBG
WASHINGTON - The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg sounded a warning for American progressives, thousands of whom -- wracked with ever-deepening concern for the...
[Newsmaker] 2 killed in fire at waste recycling facility
Firefighters put out a fire at a plastic waste recycling company in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on Saturday. Two foreign workers were killed in...
Peru congress opens Vizcarra impeachment trial
LIMA - President Martin Vizcarra remained defiant Friday as Peru's Congress began an impeachment debate ahead of a vote that analysts say he is...
Unemployment benefits to be extended to artists, starting in December
Artists will be eligible for an unemployment allowance starting in December following the expansion of national employment insurance coverage.The Labor Ministry said Friday that...
