President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was sworn in on Tuesday, is expected to make his presidential debut on the world stage this week during a second summit on the COVID-19 pandemic.The White House announced in a statement on Tuesday that the U.S. will co-host…
Health authorities under the new Yoon Suk Yeol government will discuss next week when to lift remaining COVID-19 quarantine rules in line with a recent downgrade of the virus’ infectious disease level from the highest Class One to Two.The decision was …
The ruling People Power Party(PPP) and the government have agreed on a minimum six million won COVID-19 relief payout to three-point-seven million small business owners and self-employed people impacted by quarantine curbs.Following the first meeting o…
President Yoon Suk Yeol has expressed his desire to see flights resumed between major airports in Seoul and Tokyo within this month. In a meeting with a group of visiting Japanese lawmakers at the presidential office in Yongsan on Wednesday, Yoon said …
SEOUL– Iconic movie star Kang Soo-youn was laid to rest in Seoul on Wednesday after spending half a century in the Korean film industry.Her funeral service began at 10 a.m. at a hall of the Samsung Medical Center in southern Seoul with about 100 famil…
SEOUL– The NC Dinos, the worst team in South Korean baseball this year, fired their manager Lee Dong-wook on Wednesday.The Dinos announced they have terminated their contract with Lee, making the 47-year-old the first managerial casualty in the Korea …
The volume of traffic on expressways and the sales at motorway service stations both increased in the first week of May, compared to the same period of last year, as the government lifted social distancing rules that had been in place to fight COVID-19…
Military authorities have launched a crisis management task force meant to respond to threats from North Korea amid speculation that a nuclear test could be soon coming.According to multiple military sources on Tuesday, the military began operating the…