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A 98-year-old World War II and Korean War veteran has become a social media star, with fans around the world saluating him for his service -- thanks to a 26-year-old neighbor who treats him like his own grandfather.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- The United States on Saturday called for internat...
A planned visit to South Korea by Madison Huang, a senior director at Nvidia Corp. and the daughter of CEO Jensen Huang, has been abruptly canceled, sources said Saturday. The younger Huang had planned to visit South Korea on Sunday to attend the "Nvidia AI Day Seoul 2026" event, set for Monday and Tuesday at the CO…
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- A planned visit to South Korea by Madison Huang, a sen...
South Korean actor Park Bo-gum has officially become a licensed hairdresser after passing the country's national technical qualification examination for general hairdressing on his second attempt.
A Seoul court on Saturday issued an arrest warrant for a man in his 60s accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend in Eunpyeong-gu, citing the risk of flight. Seoul Western District Court Judge Park Seok-keun granted the warrant following a pre-trial detention hearing for the suspect. He faces murder charges for killing…
A Seoul court on Saturday issued a warrant to formally arrest a woman for allegedly stabbing and injuring a doctor at Severance Hospital in western Seoul. The Seoul Western District Court issued the warrant for the woman in her 50s on charges of attempted murder, citing the risk of flight. The woman was apprehended …
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Saturday issued a warrant to formally...
President Lee Jae Myung pledged to actively back the opening of new export markets to boost the agricultural industry, following South Korea’ first persimmon shipment to China after 17 years of negotiations. Writing on social media platform X Saturday, Lee highlighted that Korean persimmons are making their entry in…
DAEGU, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- Before the South Korean baseball postseason started la...
Kim Song-nam, director of the international affairs department of the Workers’ Party of Korea, has held a series of high-level meetings in Beijing, signaling a push to deepen strategic ties between the two countries. According to North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency, Kim met with Liu Haixing, ministe…
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at South Korean steelmaker POSCO on ...
DAEGU, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- At the tender age of 19, Samsung Lions starter Jang Ch...
DAEGU, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- Even as the Samsung Lions built a commanding 3-1 lead ...
DAEGU, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- The Samsung Lions will send their homegrown ace Won Ta...
DAEGU, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- The Samsung Lions are a win away from capturing the So...
DAEGU, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- At the tender age of 19, Samsung Lions starter Jang Ch...
South Korea’s Air Force aerobatic team, the Black Eagles, held an air show on Saturday to celebrate the 21st Busan Fireworks Festival. Held at Gwangalli Beach, Busan, at 4 p.m., the show lasted for 10 minutes, kicking off the festivities ahead of the main event. The official fireworks program runs from 7 p.m. to 8 p…
DAEGU, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- The Samsung Lions are a win away from capturing the So...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the restoration of communication channels between South and North Korea amid concerns over a potential escalation of tensions across the border. "The Secretary-General remains concerned about the situation in the Korean Peninsula, including potential escalation of…
Korean retailers no longer treat Seoul as the only game in town. More are fanning out to regional cities, especially Busan, where a tourism surge opens new ground for growth. By late October, Korea had already topped last year’s record count of foreign visitors, and many now land outside Seoul to begin with. Accordi…
Good butter comes from good milk — a principle that has shaped French baking traditions for centuries and is now finding new ground in Korean cuisine. Butter has become a staple of Korea's growing dessert scene, with locally adapted creations such as salt bread and butter tteok drawing long lines of customers, inclu…
Korea Herald correspondent TAIPEI, Taiwan — As Korean galleries expand their presence at Art Taipei, Claudia Chen, chairperson of the Taiwan Art Gallery Association, is seeking to connect Asia's art markets through exchanges among collectors, believing that greater exposure to different artists and art communities c…
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- A senior North Korean ruling party official has met hi...
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- The personal information of some 39,000 customers and ...
DAEGU, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- With his KT Wiz trailing the Samsung Lions 2-1 in the ...
The lifestyle of a hacker or elite technology worker for North Korea is grueling. PSCORE executive director Nam Bada says, 'There is always pressure to keep earning money.'
North Korea rewards its top hackers, tasked with heists like the Binance crypto hack that netted a cool US$6.3 billion, with perks such as spacious apartments in the capital and huge hard currency awards in return for gruelling hours of work. Leader Kim Jong-un has assembled an army of world-class hackers using s…
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon on Saturday called on of...
DAEGU, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- Before he steps into the cage for his pregame batting ...
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Kor...
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- The new commissioner at the Seoul office of the Italia...
North Korea’s accelerating missile development has entered a new and potentially consequential phase. According to media reports available as of November 6, 2026, Pyongyang has conducted approximately 20 missile-related tests and exercises since the beginning of the year. The significance of these developments canno…
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- Mirae Asset Securities Co. said Saturday that it suffe...
Cybersecurity experts tell VOA that the recent North Korean hack of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange is particularly concerning because of the speed of both the attack, and how quickly the hackers moved the assets through financial networks.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has calle...
Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Cho Yeo-jeong, and Zo In-sung star in this must-see film from acclaimed director Lee Chang-dong.
Asia's Bailout Brigade: Taiwan Curbs Shorts, Readies $15BN Fund As Seoul Waives Margin Calls To Stop The AI Rout It took just a few hours long for the AI unwind to go from a Wall Street problem to an Asian government problem.After the post-midterm "sell everything" day in which the Nasdaq suffered its worst day sinc…
The spread of bird flu has raised concerns among governments and the poultry industry after it ravaged flocks around the world in recent years, disrupting supply and fuelling higher food prices.
DAEGU, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Lions ace Ariel Jurado further burnished his s...
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean cryptocurrency exchange GOPAX said Friday...
DAEGU, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- The Samsung Lions will try to take a 3-1 stranglehold ...
DAEGU, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- The Samsung Lions came from behind to defeat the KT Wi...
DAEGU, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Lions ace Ariel Jurado further burnished his s...
DAEGU, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- The Samsung Lions came from behind to defeat the KT Wi...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk celebrated the automaker’s continued dominance in South Korea’s fiercely competitive imported car market. On Friday, Musk reposted an image of the Korean national flag Taegeukgi modified to feature Tesla’s “T” logo. Writing “Tesla Korea” above the shared post, Musk highlighted data showing the US…
Benchmark share price indices in South Korea and Taiwan plummeted on Friday by over 8 per cent amid massive regional sell-offs in AI and tech stocks.
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Justice Minister nominee Lee Yong-cheol is a former la...
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange GOPAX said Friday it had suspended withdrawals as an emergency measure following hacking threats. The exchange said it halted withdrawals at 2:55 p.m. and was transferring most of the assets held in its so-called hot wallets to cold wallets, which are not connected to the interne…
