The nation’s election agency placed the final voter turnout for Wednesday’s local elections at 50-point-nine percent. The final tally announced by the National Election Commission on Thursday matches the tentative count after polls closed at 7:30 p.m. …
Liberal candidates won in nine out of 17 cities and provinces in elections for education chief posts on Wednesday.Conservative candidates won in eight regions in the elections to choose new chief education administrators.With more than 99 percent of vo…
SEOUL– President Yoon Suk-yeol awarded an order of merit to Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean forward Son Heung-min on Thursday in recognition of his achievement in sports.Yoon awarded the Cheongnyong Medal to Son at Seoul World Cup Stadium before he t…
SEOUL– Losing to Brazil, world No. 1 in men’s football, is one thing. But looking so flustered in the process, the way South Korea did in their 5-1 defeat Thursday, is quite another.Neymar converted two penalties, while Richarlison, Philippe Coutinho …
GENEVA– North Korea faced criticism over its nuclear and missile program Thursday as it took the rotating presidency of the U.N.-backed disarmament forum focused on denuclearization efforts.North Korea took a rotating one-month presidency of the 65-na…
U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim will visit South Korea this week for talks with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts as the North appears to be preparing for its seventh nuclear test.The U.S. State Department announced on Wed…
South Korean violinist Wee Jae-won and violist Yun So-hui won top prizes in the Washington International Competition for Strings.According to the Kumho Cultural Foundation on Thursday, 23-year-old Wee grabbed the first prize for violin as well as the a…
Starting from June 12, the daily ceiling on the number of people allowed to tour the former presidential compound, Cheong Wa Dae, will be raised by ten-thousand to 49-thousand.The Cultural Heritage Administration unveiled the adjustmenton Thursday.Thos…