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.
BUCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean comic book "Bad Friend" received an award at a global comics festival, Korea Manhwa Contents Agency (KOMACON) said Sunday.The book by a South Korean cartoonist, who goes by her pen name Ancco, was awarded the Prix Revelation at the 44th An
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn will have a phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (Washington time), a news agency reported. Citing the White House statement, Reuters reported President Trump "will
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order barring refugees from entering the country also extends to North Koreans fleeing from one of the most repressive regimes in the world, a U.S. media agency said Sunday.The Voice of America said North Korean refugees are not
EUMSEONG, South Korea, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is seen as a strong contender in South Korea's presidential race, on Saturday touted national unity as his policy objective in response to calls to clarify his political stance. Ban made the
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with a former opposition leader on Friday, multiple sources familiar with the meeting said, the latest in a series of his efforts to join forces with the opposition bloc for his presidential bid.Ban held a closed-door meeting w
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors have appealed to the world's top sports tribunal over a ban from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League.The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) released a statement on Saturday (Korean time) that the r
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- A corporate tracker said Friday that the number of people aged under 30 whose shareholding value surpassed 10 billion won (US$8.5 million) came to 52. Chaebul.com said the combined shareholding value of the 52 people stood at more than 1.7 trillion won. On average,
By Chang Jae-soonWASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump should take extra caution not to arouse anti-American grievances in South Korea at a time when the Asian ally undergoes a leadership change, a former senior U.S. diplomat said. Christopher Hill, former assistant sec
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Fresh satellite imagery shows that North Korea has apparently restarted its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor, a U.S. website monitoring the communist nation said Friday."Imagery from January 22 shows a water plume (most probably warm) originating from the cooling
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's special prosecutors said Saturday that they will send documents requested by Danish authorities concerning the daughter of a woman at the center of a snowballing corruption scandal as soon as possible to speed up her repatriation. Chung Yoo-ra, th
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited police officers and firefighters on Friday, in line with his latest efforts to hint at his presidential ambitions. "The top role of the country is to secure the safety, lives, and assets of the people," Ban
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. saw its earnings overwhelm other South Korean companies in 2016, data showed Friday, expanding its presence in the country's economy.The South Korean tech giant posted sales and operating profit of 201 trillion won (US$172 billion) and 29.2 tril
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
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry said Friday the pledges made by presidential hopefuls to reduce the mandatory service period in the military and abolishing the conscription system lack viability.As South Korea is still technically at war with the North, all able-bodied
DAEJEON/TOKYO, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- A local court on Thursday ordered an ancient Buddhist statue, stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012, to be handed over to a temple in Seosan on South Korea's west coast that has claimed ownership.The Daejeon District Court ruled in favor of Buseok Temple, which
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- An annual mass migration started in South Korea on Thursday as people headed to their hometowns for one of the country's key traditional holidays.Seol, or Lunar New Year's Day, falls on Saturday this year, with the official holiday period running from Friday to Mon
By Song Sang-hoSEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Thursday called for enhanced crackdowns on crimes against women and children as part of efforts to ensure public safety amid a national leadership crisis.Since taking over early last month after President
SEJONG, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Thursday that it will consider importing more U.S. products this year as part of its efforts to adjust its trade schemes to new trade policies by the Donald Trump administration.The government unveiled the 2017 overseas economic policy plans at a minister