TOKYO/BEIJING, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean nationals living or staying abroad went to the polls Tuesday to pick a new president as overseas voting began ahead of the June 3 election, according to ...

GWANGJU, May 20 (Yonhap) -- Firefighters on Tuesday extinguished a massive fire that ravaged Kumho Tire's plant in Gwangju, ...

SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- Civic groups involved in inter-Korean exchanges called on the post-election government in South ...

2018 -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in heads to Washington for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump to help broker a nuclear deal between Washington and Pyongyang. Moon's trip came as Trump ...

Per judiciary sources Tuesday, the Seoul High Court dismissed an appeal from the sports ministry to overturn the Feb. 11 ...

The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. ■ (LEAD) S. Korea, U.S., Japan ...

Lee Jun-seok, the presidential candidate of the minor conservative New Reform Party, carries a meal as he makes a stump stop ...

Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the liberal Democratic Party, gives a stump speech during a campaign stop in ...

SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The country's financial regulator said Tuesday that tighter rules on household loans will come into ...

SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The value of South Korea's virtual asset market nearly doubled in the second half of last year from ...

Household credit refers to credit purchases and loans given to households by financial institutions. Of the total, household ...

Kim Moon-soo (L), the presidential candidate of the conservative People Power Party, and Cho Kang-hoon, chief of the ...