Korea begins war excavation project for this year
South Korea on Wednesday began its annual project to discover and identify the remains of soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, the defense...
Merkel to face mounting lockdown revolt at key meeting
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a test of her authority on Wednesday as she meets Germany's 16 state premiers, many of whom have...
Migration broker arrested over illegal entry of Pakistanis
(Yonhap)South Korean immigration authorities have arrested a migration broker who allegedly faked corporate invitations to smuggle dozens of Pakistanis into the country.The Seoul office...
Korea reports three more COVID-19 cases, total now at 10,804
South Korea reported three more cases of the new coronavirus Tuesday, again marking an apparent slowdown in the spread of the disease.The country now...
Airbnb slashes staff in effort to ride out pandemic
SAN FRANCISCO - Home-sharing platform Airbnb said Tuesday it will slash one fourth of its workforce -- some 1,900 people -- as the coronavirus...
S. Korean firm donates 2,500 COVID-19 test kits to Mozambique
(South Korean Embassy in Mozambique-Yonhap)JOHANNESBURG -- A South Korean firm has donated Korean-made kits for 2,500 new coronavirus tests to Mozambique, the South Korean...
Concerns rising over lawmakers-elect from North Korea
By Do Je-hae Lawmakers-elect who defected from North Korea have come under mounting criticism for their rash claims regarding North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's...
Born in a concentration camp: the Holocaust’s youngest survivors
PARIS: Holocaust survivor Florence Schulmann has always worried that if she went into schools to recount her experience, it would sound almost fantastical: "I'd...
No events at Seoul parks on Children’s Day
(Yonhap)No events will be held at parks run by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Children’s Day, which falls on Tuesday, May 5, this year....
‘No breakthrough expected in NK-US dialogue after Kim Jong-un’s return’
Pandemic, election put talks in doubtBy Do Je-haeWill Kim Jong-un's return from his hiatus from the public life change the status quo in the...
