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The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday. ----------------- ■ (3rd LD)...
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(Photo credit: Mike Frey-USA TODAY Sports) World No. 1 Iga Swiatek recorded a 6-1, 6-4 victory over 14th-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova...
(URGENT) N.K. leader oversees test-firing of new surface-to-sea missile on Wednesday: KCNA Source link
(ATTN: ADDS U.S. response in 7th para)By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea established diplomatic relations with...
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean entity under its Workers' Party has made thousands of illegal online gambling...
Two years after farmers from the northern Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh ended their year-long protest after...
Prison authorities have refused to sell jailed Vietnamese prisoner of conscience Tran Huynh Duy Thuc food from the facility’s canteen,...
A regional center of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Singapore will start operation in the second half of 2024,...
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The government is set to issue its first tranche of bonds to finance development of clean energy resources this week,...
The U.S. dollar strengthened past 150 yen Tuesday in New York for the first time since November after stronger-than-expected U.S....
MADRID, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Real Sociedad travel to play Paris Saint Germain for the first leg of their last-16...
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Yonhap) -- The United States takes North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's efforts to advance...
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. -----------------■ U.S. envoy for...
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean military said Tuesday it is ready to "overwhelmingly" respond to any North...
With the February 8 elections to Pakistan’s National Assembly and provincial assemblies failing to yield a clear winner capable of...
Junta shelling killed four civilians and injured seven others in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, locals told Radio Free Asia on Tuesday. ...
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency — also known as JAXA — plans to launch the second unit of its H3...
Japan and Pacific island nations on Monday expressed their strong opposition to any unilateral attempt to change the status quo...
TOKYO, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- A series of fires broke out on Monday in the east Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa,...
(ATTN: REWRITES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout) SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- Traffic levels on major highways eased Monday as people...
(ATTN: REWRITES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout) SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- Traffic levels on major highways eased Monday as people...
(ATTN: ADDS more details from 5th para) SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Monday it has newly developed...
Tens of thousands turned out for election rallies over the weekend, as the three presidential hopefuls made their last pitches...
“Home” means different things to young Uyghurs – some of whom may have not even visited their ancestral homeland in...
At least 52 were killed and dozens wounded in the Israeli army's heavy strikes on the southern city of Rafah...
Amid a public uproar in China over Argentine soccer great Lionel Messi’s failure to play in a recent Hong Kong...
Japan is set to offer tests for driver's licenses for taxis and buses in foreign languages amid a shortage of...
TOKYO, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 jolted Japan's Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture,...
All information carried by the Yonhap News Agency, including articles, photographs, graphics, audio and video images, and illustrations (collectively, the...
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- Traffic on major highways started to build up nationwide Sunday morning, as millions of South...
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to be setting its sights on Fourth Industrial Revolution technology, such as...
On January 28, Kabul received its first snowfall of the winter season, which had started almost two months earlier. The...
As people across China welcome the Year of the Dragon, the ruling Communist Party's propaganda machine has stepped up a...
ReutersA screen shows Hungarian President Katalin Novak as she announces her resignation after granting pardon in a sex abuse case...
Japan will spend as much as ¥45 billion ($300 million) to back a research group developing advanced chip technology, part...
The number of women who plan to buy Valentine's Day chocolates for themselves in Japan is over threefold more than...
Debuts - Fresh Fascia With New Features The Corolla nametag has been diversified by the company for some time and...
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea may face an outflow of foreign investment from its financial market should the...
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- Traffic on major highways began to build up across South Korea on Saturday morning as...
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- Russian tourists on Friday departed for their first group trip to North Korea since...
A group of Russian tourists arrived in North Korea on Friday, likely the first from any country to enter the...
Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong recently commuted the sentences of several inmates on death row to life in prison as...
ReutersRescuers vacate residents following a landslide in the village of Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro, Philippines, February 8.The death toll...
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The size of the hippocampus in Japanese teenagers’ brains increased during the nation’s first COVID-19 state of emergency in spring...
Men hold up burning torches during a traditional festival at Kamikura Shrine in Shingu in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on...
New Delhi , February 8 (ANI): The impressive runs of Indian challengers Sahaja Yamalapalli Rutuja Bhosale came to an end....
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. State Department spokesperson on Thursday criticized as "destabilizing" and "risky"...
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. State Department spokesperson on Thursday criticized as "destabilizing" and "risky"...
By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea expressed strong regret Thursday over the remarks by Russia's top...
A Lunar New Year special exclusive interview of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol aired on February 7. It was pre-recorded,...
Hong Kong police have officially listed overseas democracy activist Agnes Chow as a wanted person after she skipped bail and...
ReutersDemonstrators gather outside the US Supreme Court ahead of arguments in former US President Donald Trump's appeal of a lower...
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi pleased Tokyo fans on Wednesday in a friendly match that ended in a 4-3 penalty shootout...
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te called for cooperation with Japan during his talks Wednesday with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike so that...
TOKYO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Wednesday, as selling of semiconductor-related issues was offset by buying of...
By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday that first lady Kim Keon Hee...
(URGENT) Yoon says S. Korea can go nuclear in short time, but adhering to NPT is in national interest Source...
By Lee Minji SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- The government was unable to reach more than 80 percent of those...
Pakistan’s 127 million voters get to elect a new parliament on Thursday. The elections are the twelfth in the country’s...
A well-known oil man who has been linked to numerous bribery schemes and sanctioned by the U.S. government struck deals...
ReutersTokyo Electric Power Company's Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant, which is the world's biggest, is seen in this picture.Tokyo Electric...
President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders have visited or entrusted officials of relevant departments to visit veteran comrades to...
U.S. President Joe Biden is winning the trade war with China judging by election campaign rival and former U.S. President...
Argentine superstar Lionel Messi said he was unsure whether he would be fit to play for Inter Miami in Wednesday's...
TOKYO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- At least 109 people have been injured and taken to hospital in Tokyo through Tuesday...
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- The culture ministry on Tuesday unveiled its policy goals for this year, aiming to establish...
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- Indonesia said its engineers under probe over allegedly stealing technologies related to the KF-21 fighter...
(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 13, 15, 21-23, photo )By Kim Soo-yeon and Lee Minji SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) --...
Today, Reuters published a report quoting a senior Thai official about the country’s new humanitarian initiative on Myanmar, which was...
Tonga’s monarch has purportedly meddled in the Pacific island country’s young democracy by withdrawing his consent for the prime minister...
ReutersBritain's King Charles leaves the London Clinic after receiving treatment for an enlarged prostate, in London, Britain, on January 29,...
Chinatowns in Southeast Asian countries geared up in celebrations of the Year of the Dragon. Source link
In early December, Masanao Saito, 83, a farmer in the Takase district of the inland town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture,...
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday that Japan will "make the appropriate responses" to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's...
Los Angeles , February 5 (ANI): Singer Taylor Swift created history at the Grammys 2024 by becoming the first person...
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- Nine out of 10 South Koreans are skeptical about the possibility of North Korea abandoning...
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- An unidentified person called about 20 taxis to the presidential residence in central Seoul early...
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry said Monday it will push to conduct genetic testing on the bodies...
Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge’s march through Phnom Penh, which turned Cambodia into a...
Japan is currently inspecting classified defense networks of major government agencies that have been reportedly compromised by China and “rushing...
ReutersPresident Hage Geingob of Namibia gestures during an interview with Reuters in central London, Britain, on December 1, 2016.Namibian President...
Officers of the People's Armed Police Force and staff workers clear snow from the tarmac at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport...
U.S. forces followed up strikes on Syria and Iraq with a new round of attacks Saturday against Iran-backed Houthis in...
People scatter roasted beans on Feb. 3, 2024, at a shrine in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by a...
TOKYO - A group of residents of towns near Japanese nuclear plants submitted a petition on Friday asking regulators to...
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m....
By Song Sang-ho and Kim Dong-hyun WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- The United States has not detected indications of "direct"...
By Song Sang-ho and Kim Dong-hyun WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- The United States has not detected indications of "direct"...
In September 2023, I conducted fieldwork in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), governed by an autonomous council constituted under the...
A satellite photo comparison dated Feb. 2, 2024 (left) and Feb. 7, 2021 (right) shows vast construction in preparation for...
ReutersA house burns following the spread of wildfires in Vina del Mar, Chile February 3.At least 19 people have died...
China unveiled several revised credit management rules on Friday, which will take effect from July 1. They include measures for...
Taro Aso, a former prime minister and the current vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Friday retracted...
Boxer Kazuki Anaguchi, who underwent brain surgery in December after being knocked down four times in his Japan bantamweight championship...
ISLAMABAD -- At least two people were injured on Friday in a hand grenade attack at an office of a...
(ATTN: ADDS photos, details)By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- Captain Son Heung-min scored a free kick goal in...
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- The United States called on North Korea Friday to refrain from further...
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- The United States called on North Korea Friday to refrain from further...
Meenati* presented at the clinic with a painful lump in her left breast, which she had first noticed three months...
The United States will stage annual, large-scale military drills in Thailand at the end of February, the allied nations announced...
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday apologized for failing to tell President Joe Biden and senior staff about his...
In Numbers: Number of individually owned businesses in China hits 124 mln Source link
Joso, Ibaraki Pref. – Honda Motor said Thursday that it will conduct demonstration tests of a self-driving electric vehicle and...
Opponents of military rule in Myanmar staged a "silent strike" on Thursday as the country marked three years since the...
Bangkok - Members of the Russian-Belarus rock band Bi-2 who have been held in Thailand on immigration charges have been...
By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- The fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympics wrapped up in eastern...
(ATTN: UPDATES with President Yoon's response in paras 6-8) By Kim Han-joo SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- Rival parties once...
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean delegation may visit Moscow later this month and a Russian delegation plans...
Israel’s suspension of work permits for tens of thousands of Palestinians following the Hamas attacks on October 7 last year...
Landmines have killed one and injured 22 others across Myanmar’s north in January alone, locals told Radio Free Asia Thursday. ...
A regular commuter train collided with a truck on Thursday afternoon at a railroad crossing in Japan's Saitama prefecture just...
The world's largest span arch bridge opened to traffic on Thursday in Tian'e county of Hechi, south China's Guangxi Zhuang...
Feb. 3 is Setsubun, which means the end of winter (yay!), the chance to pelt people with roasted soybeans (yay!)...
The manager of a dating agency and two others have been arrested for allegedly soliciting a woman for sex work...
Pattaya , January 31 (ANI): India's leading amateur, Avani Prashanth, will make her fourth appearance at the 2024 Women's Amateur...
(ATTN: UPDATES article with outcome of talks; CHANGES photos) By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea called...
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday. ----------------- ■ Yoon says...
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- A senior official at South Korea's unification ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs emphasized the...
The billionaire sultan who rules Malaysia’s Johor state was sworn in as the nation’s new king Wednesday under a unique...
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a fresh warning to North Korea Wednesday, as Pyongyang continued its military provocation,...
A US fighter jet crashed in waters off South Korea's western coast, Yonhap news agency said on Wednesday. The F-16...
The workers’ union of Toyota is seeking a bonus of 7.6 months worth of salary, an increase of almost a...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Tuesday to take a leading role in restoring public trust and establishing a stable...
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) , January 30 (ANI): The United States Women's Hockey Team are set to begin their FIH Hockey Pro...
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. ----------------- ■ (LEAD) N....
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. ----------------- ■ (LEAD) N....
(ATTN: UPDATES with latest details in from paras 6-12) By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired...
China’s increasingly assertive posture in the South China Sea and escalating violence in Myanmar topped the agenda for Southeast Asian...
Cambodia’s Court of Appeal began hearing former opposition party leader Kem Sokha’s bid to overturn his 27-year sentence for treason...
USS Lewis B. PullerYemen's Houthi group said on Monday it had launched a missile attack on a US military ship...
Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng on Sunday called for efforts to find the right answers to questions...
For Australians, housing prices are at record levels. To get on the property ladder, the first rung is a median...
BREAKING NEWS: Japan's Moon explorer begins functioning: space agency ==Kyodo Source link
Taipei , January 28 (ANI): Taiwan intends to invest in the creation of its own huge language model AI tool,...
(ATTN: CHANGES lead; UPDATES with more details throughout; CHANGES photos)By Kim Soo-yeon SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader...
End the politics of hatred before it's too late The terrorist attack on People Power Party (PPP) Rep. Bae Hyun-jin...
(ATTN: CHANGES lead; UPDATES with more details throughout; CHANGES photos)By Kim Soo-yeon SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader...
In February 2021, the world watched the people of Myanmar revolt as yet another military coup brought a decade of...
North Korea’s next global “charm offensive” will be led by leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, who...
The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 26,422 since its outbreak...
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Reuters – Aryna Sabalenka continued to be an irrepressible force at the Australian Open as she powered to a 6-3,...
China's top diplomat Wang Yi has warned U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan against Taiwan independence during their two-day meeting...
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The United States and hosts South Korea won the dual moguls gold medals...
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan raised concerns with China over North...
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan raised concerns with China over North...
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan raised concerns with China over North...
The United Nations climate summit in Dubai was wrapping up last month when John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy...
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has asked Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to use Beijing’s influence on Iran to...
France's La Poste Group unveiled a pair of stamps on Friday to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, the...
(ECNS)-- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported in mid-December of 2023 that the homeless population across the...
THE HAGUE/GAZA – The World Court ordered Israel on Friday to prevent acts of genocide against Palestinians and do more...
The Japanese Defense Ministry punished the Ground Self-Defense Force's vice chief of staff and two others on Friday over the...
TOKYO, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended lower Friday, as caution about the recent market rally drove investors to...
(ATTN: UPDATES with Yang's reaction, details; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- A court on Friday acquitted former Supreme...
(ATTN: UPDATES with Yang's reaction, details; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- A court on Friday acquitted former Supreme...
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have conducted their first cyber security drills to bolster...
Sheikh Hasina has been sworn in as Bangladesh’s prime minister for the fifth time following a highly controversial election held...
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and China’s foreign minister Wang Yi are set to meet in Bangkok Friday and...
A night cruise ship collided with a breakwater at the Port of Yokohama in Japan on Thursday evening, injuring 10...
China has cut 1.69 trillion yuan ($237.89 billion) taxes and fees for private enterprises in 2023, making private taxpayers the...
The Liberal Democratic Party’s formal departure from decades of faction-based politics has raised questions about its real commitment to political...
Over 100 Ukrainian athletes are expected to qualify for the Paris Olympics this summer, according to the president of the...
Mumbai (Maharashtra) , January 25 (ANI): The stock market commenced the trading day on a cautious note as both the...
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday. ----------------- ■ (LEAD) World...
By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday named a Seoul National University (SNU)...
(ATTN: UPDATES South Korean military's missile assessment in paras 5-10)By Kim Soo-yeon and Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Yonhap) --...
Pita Limjaroenrat, the former leader of Thailand’s Move Forward Party (MFP), has been found not guilty of violating the country’s...
Australia has revoked its “golden visa” immigration program targeted at attracting wealthy investors, a move that marks one fewer option...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Wednesday kicked off "Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024," its largest military drills in decades....
(ECNS) -- The number of wild giant pandas in China has increased to nearly 1,900, according to the State Forestry...
My silver-haired, pelt-wearing player character totes a crossbow through a zone that looks like an autumnal fever dream. Through a...
Japan's annual wage negotiations kicked off on Wednesday, with a focus on whether the growing impetus for pay raises among...
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan,...
By Kim Na-young SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state intelligence agency has detected signs that North Korea tried...
By Kim Han-joo SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Wednesday lambasted President Yoon Suk...
(ATTN: UPDATES with more comments in paras 4-5)By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired several cruise...
On the night of December 28, 2023, just a few days before New Year’s, my husband and I went through...
Speculation is swirling over the fate of six brigadier-generals from the Burmese military following their surrender of a strategic Shan...
Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party's faction previously led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially announced its dissolution on Tuesday...
The three newly completed ice sculptures were carved at a 1:1 ratio, depicting a general, a middle-ranking officer and a...
Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, is set to work at the Japanese Red Cross...
Japan's space agency said Monday it has obtained data regarding the lunar touchdown of its explorer over the weekend as...
CHICAGO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Monday...
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Jan. 23. Korean-language...
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top envoy to the U.N. renewed Seoul's criticism of arms...
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top envoy to the U.N. renewed Seoul's criticism of arms...
Taiwan said Monday that six Chinese balloons either flew over the island or through airspace just north of it, while...
Brainwashing the public through mass propaganda campaigns by the Chinese Communist Party and other authoritarian regimes is a global threat,...
Sony Pictures Networks India announced on Monday that it terminated a merger with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. The 10 billion...
In northern China, there is the tradition of making steamed buns to celebrate the Chinese New Year, implying flourishing days...
DOHA/GAZA – The toll of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7 has passed 25,000, health officials...
Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2024, shows baby Japanese macaque Peppermill at Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in the southwestern Japan...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The US is involved in every case of war, clash and unrest, no matter where they arise...
All information carried by the Yonhap News Agency, including articles, photographs, graphics, audio and video images, and illustrations (collectively, the...
(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more details throughout) SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- Han Dong-hoon, the leader of the...
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's presidential office said Sunday it is weighing the possibility that North Korea's latest...
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is digging out from riots that erupted on January 10 and rapidly turned Port Moresby into...
“Bhutan is open for business,” wrote Prime Minister-elect Tshering Tobgay on X, after the people of the tiny Himalayan kingdom...
Japan's elderly care sector is facing mounting challenges, with record number of business closures reported in 2023, a research report...
(ECNS)--Recently, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg once again defended NATO's expansion during the Davos Forum, claiming that NATO is a transatlantic...
A week of Tory rebellions and cataclysmic polls has left members of U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing party plumbing...
Former Prime Minister Taro Aso is set to defy pressure to dissolve his faction within the Japanese ruling party, sources...
Doha, SANA- Iraq beat Japan 2-1 in the match that brought them together within group D of the Asian cup...
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Heavy snow pounded part of the host province of the Winter Youth Olympics in South...
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Heavy snow pounded part of the host province of the Winter Youth Olympics in South...
(ATTN: ADDS photo, more remarks in paras 15-16)By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- A senior U.S. diplomat made...
Fall down seven times, get up eight. This Japanese proverb about resilience also applies to Japan’s relationship with South Korea....
China is the worst jailer of journalists in the world, a report by a New York-based watchdog said, and nearly...
Japan's national space agency says the SLIM probe, while landing on the moon, failed to generate electricity.Japan's national space agency...
Senior Research Fellow of Taihe Institute and American commentator Einar Tangen makes a keynote speech at the “Decoding Zhonghua” International...
Four major mobile phone carriers said on Thursday that they cannot say when their services will be fully restored in...
Japanese prosecutors on Friday indicted several individuals from three factions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, including one formerly led...
Pyongyang said the weapon trial would deter ?hostile military maneuvers? by Washington and its alliesNorth Korea has carried out a...
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- The ruling People Power Party (PPP) has been embroiled in an internal argument over how...
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- The defense ministry is seeking to revise rules on the requirements for mandatory military service...
(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES more details throughout)By Kim Soo-yeon SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday it has...
Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has maintained his substantial lead over his rivals ahead of the country’s election on February...
North Korea said Friday it had carried out a test of an “underwater nuclear system,” showcasing its latest nuclear capabilities,...
The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a short-term spending bill that would extend government funding until March, a...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi wrapped up his visit to Africa after meeting a slew of leaders of Egypt, Tunisia,...
The night before China's civil service exam, Melody Zhang anxiously paced up and down the corridor of her dormitory, rehearsing...
Japan and the United States are arranging a summit between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and President Joe Biden around April...
BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan,...
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- The prosecution has ordered a reinvestigation into two former high-ranking presidential officials over their suspected...
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- The anti-corruption investigation office has raided the office of Marine Corps Commandant Lt. Gen. Kim...
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday lambasted senior officers of the Japan Self-Defense Forces for visiting a...
Legal empowerment has garnered considerable attention globally in recent years as a valuable tool in addressing the justice gap, where...
China’s population fell by 2 million people last year, fueled by long-term decline in birth rates and a wave of...
The Pakistani Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the country has decided to recall its ambassador from Iran and that...
A study session on promoting high-quality financial development, attended by provincial and ministerial-level officials, was opened at the Party School...
LONDON/DETROIT – Volkswagen, whose drive to develop a "solid-state" electric car battery with U.S. startup QuantumScape has been dogged by...
Japan Airlines Co. shows its Airbus A350-1000 international aircraft to the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 15, 2024,...
Two strategic Tu-95MS military planes have been escorted by several Su-30 and Su35 fighter jets, Russia's Defense Ministry has saidTwo...
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. expert said Tuesday that it is "not implausible" that former...
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. expert said Tuesday that it is "not implausible" that former...
By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. expert said Tuesday that it is "not implausible" that former...