Some e-textbooks for primary school kids to be government-authorized

South Korea will see a wider variety of e-textbooks offered for elementary school students with the government’s plan to allow more options to schools...

EU and China to talk trade as tensions mount

BRUSSELS - EU leaders hold video talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday hoping to make progress on trade and investment, even as...

Govt. bans Oct. 3 protest rallies in Seoul due to coronavirus...

(Yonhap)The government said Friday it will ban anti-government protest rallies planned by conservatives in central Seoul early next month, due to fears of coronavirus...

Thiem, Zverev into US Open final

NEW YORK - Dominic Thiem of Austria will play Germany's Alexander Zverev in the US Open final for their first Grand Slam titles after...

Rights panel finds ministry lacked fairness in handling New Zealand sexual...

(Yonhap)The foreign ministry failed to fairly handle allegations that a senior diplomat sexually abused a local embassy employee in New Zealand, and even included...

Taiwan artisans fuse reality and fantasy in miniature worlds

TAIPEI - From a bucolic rural grocery shop to fictional battlefields and robot warrior bases, Taiwanese artisans are meticulously handcrafting miniature worlds that fuse...

Intelligence looking into NK’s submarine missile launch: report

North Korea claims to have tested Pukguksong-3 in waters off Wonsan, Gangwon Province, on Oct. 2, 2019. (KCNA-Yonhap)South Korean and US intelligence are closely...

Death toll rises to 10 in Colombia rioting over police killing

BOGOTA - At least 10 people were killed and hundreds wounded after rioting broke out in the Colombian capital Bogota during protests over the...

Top diplomats of S. Korea, Canada hold phone talks on COVID-19

(Yonhap)The top diplomats of South Korea and Canada held phone talks Friday to discuss joint responses to the new coronavirus and other bilateral cooperation...

Mauritius oil spill ship operator to pay $9.4 million

TOKYO - The Japanese operator of a ship that leaked oil off the Mauritius coast pledged Friday to pay at least $9.4 million to...