SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean envoy to Myanmar will return home after South Korea and the United States have blacklisted him as part of their respective sanctions on the communist regime, a government official said Thursday. Kim Sok-ch
By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- First, he was surprised. Now, he is speechless. After suffering his second straight defeat against Google's artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo, South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol said Thursday
By Chung Joo-won GOYANG, South Korea, March 10 (Yonhap) -- When Korean youth reach out to foreign countries for schooling, most of them have definite goals in mind -- fluency in a language, shortcuts to an elite career and fostering a global mindset.
SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Thursday they have indicted a former board member of South Korea's national swimming federation on charges of receiving bribes in exchange for peddling influence over selecting national team members. The
(ATTN: UPDATES with Weibo views, updated number of views on iQiyi in paras 11-12) SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- The new television series "Descendants of the Sun" has soared past 30 percent in viewership in Seoul, which is faster than the 2014 hit drama
(ATTN: UPDATES with more comments from 9th para) By Park Sojung SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- The upcoming TV series "Memory" will explore the irony in which a tragedy gives rise to life's small miracles, its producer said Thursday. "Memory," which
(ATTN: ADDS Seoul's reaction in paras 12-14) SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Thursday it will nullify all cross-border agreements on economic cooperation and liquidate South Korean assets in the country in response to Seoul's latest sanct
By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- Google's artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo defeated South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol for the second straight time in the ancient board game Thursday, proving that its earlier victory wasn't a co
SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the country's antitrust watchdog to cancel some 34.7 billion won (US$28.8 million) in fines it slapped on SK Group, South Korea's third largest conglomerate, over intra-group deals.
(ATTN: ADDS quote, details in para 3,5, last para) BEIJING, March 10 (Yonhap) -- China called for restraint on Thursday as North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the East Sea in an apparent show of anger against ongoing South Korea-U.S. mili
SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) -- The government announced a set of policies on Thursday to fuel the growth of the local sports industry so it can become a 53 trillion won (US$44.1 billion) market by 2018. The goal aims to get more people to participate
Gallant sings his breakthrough single “Weight In Gold” with Seal in this new installment of his In The Room series. The 23-year-old singer’s ongoing feature is a collaborative effort with artists who have inspired and shaped him musically. “Seal was the guy that made it okay to straddle genres– he just absolutely refused to conform,” [...]
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