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Four teenagers get heavy sentences for fatal bullying on roof of apartment building

[Yonhap Photo] Four teenage students were sentenced to a maximum of seven years in juvenile prison for spitting, be…

2019-05-14 15:17:48

S. Korea and Saudi Arabia to push for development of new small reactors

[Courtesy of KAERI] SEOUL -- South Korea and Saudi Arabia will establish a joint research center and push for the…

2019-05-14 10:52:39

​Suicidal woman miraculously survives after jumping off moving bullet train

Firefighters rescue a 32-year-old woman who threw herself out of a moving bullet train on May 9. [Yonhap Photo] SEO…

2019-05-10 17:49:24

​President Moon shares thoughts on peace on Korean peninsula in contribution to German newspaper

[Yonhap Photo] SEOUL -- President Moon Jae-in shared his thoughts about an initiative to bring peace to the Korea…

2019-05-07 16:45:24

'Nut rage' woman pleads guilty of illegally hiring Filipino housemaids

Journalists surround Cho Hyun-ah, a former Korean Air vice president, for comment, in the yard of a district court in Se…

2019-05-02 13:19:30

Four given jail terms for conspiring to bilk money in Russian warship scam

[Yonhap News Photo] SEOUL -- Four people were jailed for up to five years for conspiring to deceive thousands of in…

2019-05-02 09:15:51

​Supreme Court finds Man guilty of obscene act for standing naked on hotel balcony

[Pixabay] SEOUL -- A 36-year-old man, who stood naked on the balcony of a hotel in a broad daylight facing towards…

2019-04-30 16:24:30

4.3-magnitude quake rattles S. Korea's east coast, causes no casualties

Primary school students run out of their classrooms on April 19 in the eastern city of Chuncheon after a 4.3-magnitude q…

2019-04-19 15:39:37

Eleven apartment residents killed or injured by knife-wielding neighbor

[Yonhap Photo] SEOUL -- A 42-year-old man went berserk, setting his house afire and wielding two knives blindly at …

2019-04-17 15:44:59

Jeju revokes license for S. Korea's first for-profit hospital built with Chinese money

[Yonhap Photo] SEOUL -- South Korea's first for-profit hospital built by a Chinese investor on the southern r…

2019-04-17 13:50:24

U.S. reluctant to extend sanctions waiver on Iranian oil for S. Korea

[Reuters/Yonhap News Photo] SEOUL -- South Korea is locked in tough negotiations to extend a sanctions waiver on …

2019-04-12 16:12:02

Man gets genitals stitched after attacked by woman's big pet dog

[Pixabay] SEOUL -- An ill-fated 39-year-old man got his genitals stitched in an emergency operation after a big Old…

2019-04-12 12:35:49

S. Korea announces continued ban on imports of Japanese seafood

[Aju News DB] SEOUL -- South Korea announced a continued ban on imports of marine products caught near Fukushima, w…

2019-04-12 09:08:17

Moon, Trump reaffirm commitment to dialogue with N. Korea: Yonhap

[Yonhap News Photo] WASHINTON -- The leaders of South Korea and the United States agreed to continue their dialogue…

2019-04-12 08:01:41

Trump says he wants 'big deal' on N.K. nuclear program: Yonhap

[EPA/Yonhap News Photo] WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he aims to strike a "big deal" …

2019-04-12 07:42:53

Bird strike forces passenger jet to make emergency return and landing in Seoul

[Yonhap Photo] SEOUL -- A bird strike forced a Korean Air plane with 188 passengers aboard to fly back and make an …

2019-04-11 17:04:48

S. Korean court legalizes artificial abortion at early stage

Police control supporters and opponents of a law on abortion outside the constitutional court in Seoul on April 11. [Yon…

2019-04-11 15:42:04

Granddaughter of dairy company founder detained for suspected drug use

[Yonhap News Photo] SEOUL -- Hwang Ha-na, a 31-year-old granddaughter of a businessman who founded Namyang Dairy …

2019-04-04 16:08:42

S. Korea bans plastic bags at large retail shops from April 1

[Courtesy of the Ministry of Environment] SEOUL -- In an effort to reduce plastic pollution and accelerate the recy…

2019-03-27 15:48:40

Former U.S. Marine officer returns Buddhist printing plate to S. Korea

[Courtesy of Sinheung Temple] SEOUL -- A precious 17th-century wooden printing plate which contains a Buddhist s…

2019-03-26 18:11:47