2+ hour, 30+ min ago   (205+ words) 1956 -- The Cabinet designates Oct. 1 as Armed Forces Day, commemorating the date in 1950 when U.N.-coalition troops crossed the 38th parallel, which roughly bisects the peninsula, pushing North Korean communists northward in the Korean War. 1984 -- South Korea's Red Cross agrees to provide aid…...

5+ hour, 23+ min ago   (240+ words) SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korean state media on Sunday made no mention of the ballistic missiles fired a day earlier, continuing a pattern of silence over its missile launches since early August. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and the…...

7+ hour, 30+ min ago   (771+ words) SEONGNAM, South Korea, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- In the fast-evolving autonomous driving industry, real-world driving data has become a critical resource for training artificial intelligence (AI) models, and Hyundai Motor Group is betting that the scale of its global fleet can give…...

22+ hour, 41+ min ago   (323+ words) TOKYO, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- Japan again stopped short of acknowledging the forced nature of Korean labor during a ceremony Saturday commemorating victims of a World War II-era mine complex in the country. The annual ceremony was first held in 2024 as a…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (478+ words) (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES with details in paras 2-5)By Kim Hyun-soo SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, just a day after South Korea, the United…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (151+ words) SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- The presidential Office of National Security on Saturday held an emergency meeting following North Korea's ballistic missile launch and called it a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. Pyongyang fired multiple ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area at…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (140+ words) By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. military said Friday that it i... WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. military said Friday that it is aware of North Korea's missile launch this week, reaffirming America's commitment to the defense of regional allies. U.S. Pacific…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (368+ words) (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES with details; ADDS paras 7-8) SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, just a day after South Korea, the United States and Japan wrapped…...

2+ day, 9+ min ago   (205+ words) SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Friday stressed the importance of expanding the diplomatic landscape and the wisdom of resolving problems through international cooperation, highlighting what he called a tunnel of "extreme chaos" in the international order. The…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (313+ words) SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy continues to show solid signs of recovery, supported by robust exports and improving domestic consumption, the finance ministry said Friday. The Ministry of Finance and Economy offered the assessment in its monthly economic report,…...