North Korea said Monday it has successfully tested-fired a new mid-to-long-range ballistic missile that can carry a large nuclear warhead, claiming that the U.S. mainland is within its striking range.North Korea said that a "large-size heavy nuclear warhead" can fit on its new ground-to-ground mis

North Korea's latest intermediate-range ballistic missile test will likely limit the maneuvering room of President Moon Jae-in seeking dialogue with Pyongyang, instead setting the stage for Washington to employ tougher sanctions, experts said Monday.North Korea said that it successfully fired a

The Moon Jae-in administration is expected to set up a new control tower for industrial restructuring as soon as its new Cabinet takes shape, inside sources said Monday.President Moon's official campaign pledges do not specify actions or directions for restructuring. For the shipbuilding and shi

U.S. President Donald Trump has called the free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea a "horrible deal" in a recent interview, saying that Washington has already informed the Seoul government of its intention to renegotiate it.In the interview with the British weekly Economist published on Thursd

The Central Intelligence Agency has created a special team dealing exclusively with North Korea in an unusual move underscoring the seriousness the United States attaches to the nuclear and missile threats from the communist nation.The Korea Mission Center was established to "harness the full resou

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed Thursday to further improve their countries' bilateral relations, while jointly calling for efforts by all concerned parties to help denuclearize North Korea, Seoul's presidential office said.Xi called the new S

A resumption of the now-shuttered South Korean industrial park in North Korea should be closely reviewed due to its possible conflict with U.N. sanctions resolutions, a government official said Thursday.As liberal President Moon Jae-in took office Wednesday, attention is being drawn to whether Seoul

South Korea on Monday ruled out renegotiation of the cost for the deployment of the U.S. missile defense system, called THAAD, responding to pressure from the Donald Trump administration to share the financial burden."Our view is that it can't be an issue for renegotiation," Moon Sang-gyun, a

South Korea's presidential campaign turned nasty Sunday as candidates focused on attacking rivals during their third TV debate over alleged wrongdoings, from kowtowing to North Korea to assisting in an attempted rape and fanning malicious rumors.The five candidates met in a joint debate hosted b

Cash payments fell to less than half of all payments at a major convenience store chain in 2016 as a growing number of people used credit, debit and other cards, the chain said Sunday.It is the first time that card payments have exceeded 50 percent of the total at any convenience store chain, CU sai

The first court hearing on a corruption case involving former President Park Geun-hye will be held early next month. according to sources Friday.The sources said that the Seoul Central District Court plans to hold the preparatory session on May 2, one week before the presidential election. P

A South Korean cargo ship with eight South Korean and 16 Filipino sailors went missing in the South Atlantic earlier this week after making a distress call, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday.The Marshal Islands-flagged ship, Stella Daisy, was sailing in waters near Uruguay after departing B

Moon Jae-in, former head of the Democratic Party, broadened the gap with South Chungcheong Gov. An Hee-jung in an opinion poll among presidential hopefuls, apparently due to a controversial remark made by the regional administrator on President Park Geun-hye.According to the poll conducted by Realme

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn held telephone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday morning for the first time since the latter took office earlier this month, officials here said.Hwang and Trump were expected to discuss ways

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top 10 conglomerates by assets take up over half of the country's stock market capitalization, data showed Monday, pointing to their huge clout in Asia's fourth-largest economy.According to the data by corporate tracker Chaebul.com, listed subsidi

Jan. 301954 -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launches its Korean committee. 1967 -- The Korea Exchange Bank is founded.1974 -- South Korea and Japan sign an agreement on the zoning of their continental shelves.1992 -- North Korea signs the nuclear safe

SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- The independent probe team that is looking into the influence-peddling and corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye and her friend is likely to seek an arrest warrant again for Lee Jae-yong, sources said Sunday.The team, led by Special Counsel Park Young-soo, i

Beijing, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- Less Chinese tourists opted for Korea as a travel destination during the long Lunar New Year Holiday this year, Chinese media and travel agencies said Sunday.While as many as six million Chinese have gone or will go overseas during the holiday season from Jan. 27 to Feb.

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Three officials from Seoul-based Ewha Womans University appeared before the independent counsel's office on Friday for allegedly providing favors to the daughter of Choi Soon-sil, the woman who is at the center of a South Korean presidential scandal.Four officials from

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is currently purging the descendants of prominent guerrillas who fought against Japanese colonialists, a former North Korean embassy minister in London who defected to Seoul last year said Friday.During a meeting with officials from the Presidential Committee f