Three people received rewards totaling over 100 million won (US$75,800) for providing information leading to the conviction or arrest of individuals involved in illegal drug crimes, officials said Wednesday.
The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Comm…
President Yoon Suk Yeol will send a ruling party lawmaker as his special envoy to the inauguration ceremony of Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, his office said Wednesday.
Rep. Kim Jung-jae of the People Power Party, who heads a South Kor…
South Korea’s elderly population aged 70 and older outnumbered those in their 20s for the first time last year, government statistics showed Wednesday, as the society is rapidly aging amid record low birth rates.
According to the resident registrati…
South Korean golf legend Pak Se-ri will team up with a global investment firm to host a newly named tournament on the LPGA Tour, officials have announced.
The LPGA Tour announced Tuesday (U.S. time) that Pak and the Silicon Valley-based investment c…
Still only 28 years old, South Korean golfer Kim Si-woo is already a veteran on the PGA Tour, having first played on the top men’s circuit as a teenager in 2013.
Over the past decade or so, the four-time champion has learned the importance of the me…
Senior officials of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) and the Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS) have met to discuss potential mine clearance cooperation.
The discussion took place between Cambodian Senior Minister and C…
South Korea’s on-year employment grew at a slower pace in 2023, but the employment rate reached a record high, data showed Wednesday.
The number of employed people rose 327,000 in 2023 from a year earlier, or 1.2 percent, to come to 28.41 million, a…
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) — North Korea has carried out a public execution of people for violating the country’s COVID-19 regulations, a South Korean human rights white paper showed Wednesday.
A North Korean defector who arrived in South Korea last y…
Outgoing Foreign Minister Park Jin on Wednesday said South Korea’s diplomatic initiative will kick into full swing this year as a nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council.
“I believe that South Korea’s status has reached the point where it i…
Prosecutors on Wednesday demanded the death penalty for Cho Seon who was indicted for stabbing one man to death and wounding three others near a subway station in southern Seoul last July.
The demand was made during a trial at the Seoul Central Dist…