Global stocks mixed on coronavirus but S&P 500, Nasdaq hit records
NEW YORK: Major US stock indices finished at fresh records Monday, shrugging off worries about the coronavirus that pressured other equity markets and drove...
James, Durant, Curry in US basketball Olympic pool
LOS ANGELES: LeBron James and injured superstars Steph Curry and Kevin Durant were named on Monday in a 44-strong pool of players in contention...
Half-a-million insect species face extinction
PARIS: Half of the one million animal and plant species on Earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance could be catastrophic for humankind,...
S. Korea reports 1 more case of novel coronavirus, total now...
(Yonhap)South Korea on Tuesday confirmed one more case of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total here to 28 with four of them discharged after...
Trump does not want another summit with Kim before election: CNN
(AFP)WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump told his advisers that he does not want another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un before the...
High-profile N. Korean defector to run in S. Korea’s spring election:...
Thae Yong-ho, a former North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea in 2016, plans to run in the April 15 general elections here...
Controversy rekindled over Hwacheon ice fishing festival
(Yonhap)An ice-fishing festival in Hwacheon has reignited controversy over animal abuse for its cruel killing of mountain trout, with the environment minister denouncing it...
Virus patient takes precautions, prevents spread
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Kim Arin/The Korea Herald)South Korea’s 17th confirmed case of the new coronavirus is being highlighted as a...
North Korean defector to run in South Korea’s April election
Thae Yong-ho, a former North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea in 2016, plans to run in the April 15 general elections here...
Environment minister faces backlash for bashing ice fishing festival
By Jun Ji-hyeEnvironment Minister Cho Myung-rae is facing a growing backlash from residents in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, for criticizing a regional ice fishing festival,...
