SEOUL– South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung signed the name of Troy Kotsur, the first deaf actor winning an Oscar, in this year’s Academy Awards.In the televised ceremony of the 94th edition on Sunday (U.S. time), Youn, as last year’s best supporting ac…
A middle school for Syrian refugees has opened in southern Turkey as part of a humanitarian assistance program of South Korea.”Seoul Middle School” opened on Friday in the Harran district of Sanliurfa Province, welcoming 257 local Turkish students and …
President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol plans to seek the presidential office’s cooperation and support for his pledge to further compensate people that suffered losses from the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing.Ahead of Yoon’s long-awaited meeting with Pr…
Health authorities have forecast that the current COVID-19 wave has passed its peak and has shifted to a downward trend, with the daily number expected to fall below 200-thousand within the next four weeks. According to the Korea Disease Control and Pr…
The military said authorities from South Korea and the United States are closely consulting on ways to respond to a possible resumption by North Korea of its nuclear testing.Speaking to reporters on Monday, an unidentified military official said the al…
SEOUL– South Korea’s Army has been carrying out this year’s first brigade-level field training involving a high-tech combat simulation system, its officials said Monday.The 10-day training involving some 4,500 troops began at the Army’s Korea Combat T…
SEOUL– South Korea’s military on Monday reported 1,770 additional COVID-19 cases, raising the total caseload among its service members to 73,250.The new cases included 1,235 from the Army, 206 from the Air Force, 172 from the Navy and 78 from units un…
President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol said the frayed Seoul-Tokyo ties could be restored through dialogue so long as political leaders, state officials and the people of both countries strongly push toward a future-oriented relationship.Meeting with Japanese A…