Premiership resumes in new era of Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter

LONDON - The English Premiership resumes on Friday when Sale Sharks play Harlequins, bringing to an end a 159-day hiatus forced by the coronavirus...

Pockets of COVID-19 cases among teenagers raise fear ahead of fall...

(Yonhap)A recent rise in coronavirus cases among high school students raised alarm about a bigger risk to school safety, as more schools are considering...

NZ races to track origin of new cluster as cases jump

WELLINGTON: A coronavirus cluster in Auckland has risen to 17 cases, New Zealand health officials said Wednesday, raising the prospect of an extended lockdown...

[Graphic News] Korean teens suffer from lack of sleep: survey

The average South Korean teen gets 7 hours and 18 minutes of sleep per night, one hour short of the average in developed countries,...

Biden, Harris launch campaign with call to ‘rebuild’ post-Trump US

WILMINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden and his vice presidential pick Kamala Harris -- the first black woman tapped by...

UN ready to provide flood relief to North Korea

North Korean military units were dispatched to a flood-stricken county in the southwestern North Hwanghae Province to carry out recovery work. (Rodong Sinmun-Yonhap)The United...

Beirut blast trauma adds new wounds to old scars

BEIRUT - Tanya can't be alone in a room. Carla, for days, thought a war was starting. Survivors of Beirut's August 4 blast are...

Inter-Korean barter pending approval; aid group helps displaced N. Koreans

North Korea’s Taedonggang beer, named for a river that runs through Pyongyang (KCNA-Yonhap)The Unification Ministry looks set to approve an inter-Korean barter trade of...

Stokes’ absence leaves England with Pakistan problem

SOUTHAMPTON (UNITED KINGDOM) - England may have won the series opener against Pakistan but the absence of Ben Stokes leaves them with arguably the...

2020 monsoon season ties record for longest at 49 days

Dark clouds are seen above the swollen Han River, which runs through central Seoul, on Tuesday. (Yonhap)Tuesday marked the 49th day of the summer...