Facebook improving hate speech detection ahead of Myanmar’s 2020 election
Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that it was preparing for Myanmar's 2020 election scheduled for November by improving the detection and removal of hate...
Typhoon Maysak could be strongest to hit Korea in years
Ships are docked Tuesday in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, as authorities prepare for the arrival of Typhoon Maysak, which is feared to be one...
Hamas and Israel strike deal to end Gaza escalation
GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas said Monday they had reached a Qatari-mediated deal with Israel to end more than three...
Moon continues reshuffle, creates youth policy secretary’s post
Newly appointed presidential secretaries. From left: Bae Jae-jeung, Yoon Jae-kwan, Kim Kwang-jin, Park Jin-sub, Chang Yong-seok and Noh Kyu-duk. (Yonhap)President Moon Jae-in on Monday...
Five tense years since the 2015 migrant crisis
PARIS: The arrival five years ago of more than a million migrants in Europe caused widespread chaos and, despite a significant decline in arrivals,...
Complaints of people without masks spike after mask rule in Seoul:...
(Yonhap)Reports to the police over people not wearing masks have surged seventeenfold after the Seoul city government mandated face masks in an anti-virus measure,...
Tens of thousands march in Belarus capital despite crackdown
MINSK - Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched through Minsk Sunday, calling for an end to strongman Alexander Lukashenko's rule amid a heavy...
Junior doctors decide to continue striking
Interns, residents gather in Yeouido, central Seoul, on Aug. 14 to protest the government`s new medical legislations. (Yonhap)Junior doctors said Sunday they would extend...
How a German and a Syrian experienced the 2015 refugee crisis
BERLIN - German Gracia Schuette and Syrian Aeham Ahmad both had their lives changed forever by Angela Merkel's decision in 2015 to leave Germany's...
Presidential hopeful Lee Nak-yon elected new ruling party chief
Rep. Lee Nak-yon virtually delivers acceptance speech after being elected as the new chairman of the ruling Democratic Party on Saturday. (Yonhap)Rep. Lee Nak-yon,...
