Cha Woo-chan, a versatile left-hander with four championship rings and a wealth of international experience, announced his retirement Thursday after 18 years in professional baseball.The Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said Cha h…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reduced his public activity in recent years but has accelerated his personality cult by using the title reserved for the country’s late founder, South Korea’s unification ministry said Thursday.Kim was referred to w…
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.(LEAD) N. Korea preparing ICBM launch or other provocations for S. Korea-U.S.-Japan summit: spy agencySEOUL — North Korea is preparing to carry out various m…
A woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday on charges of fatally throwing her newborn to the ground and neglecting him for hours, judicial officials said.The 24-year-old woman was accused of throwing her baby boy on the ground twice at her h…
North Korea is preparing to carry out various military provocations, including the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), on the occasion of the upcoming trilateral summit among South Korea, the United States and Japan or the South Ko…
Police have closed the defamation case filed by football star Ki Sung-yueng against two former teammates who alleged they were sexually assaulted by him, officials said Thursday.The Seocho Police Station in southern Seoul decided last Thursday not to …
President Yoon Suk Yeol departed for the United States on Thursday to attend a trilateral summit with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on ways to enhance security cooperation in the face of North Korea’s nuclear threa…
Police apprehended a man in his 30s Thursday for allegedly beating and raping a woman on a hiking trail in Seoul.The man is suspected of striking the victim with a blunt metal weapon before sexually assaulting her on a hillside in Sillim-dong, southwe…
North Korea is preparing to carry out various military provocations, including the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), on the occasion of the upcoming trilateral summit among South Korea, the United States and Japan or the South Ko…
South Korean stocks fell to a three-month low Thursday as investors were wary of the Federal Reserve’s further rate hikes and potential risks in China’s real estate sector. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite …