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OK SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol urged Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to strengthen cooperation to help stabilize energy and raw material supply chains amid prolonged tensions in the Middle East, the finance ministry said Sunday....

OK SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has planted trees at the presidential compound and his official residence to mark Arbor Day, his social media posting showed Sunday. Lee said in a Facebook post that he planted...

OK SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- Renault Group aims to expand its lineup, increase market share and accelerate electrification in South Korea, the French carmaker's Chairman Francois Provost has said. He said Renault Korea Motors Co. will serve as a...

OK By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- Son Heung-min was in the mood for sharing in the latest win by Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC). Son recorded a career-high four assists in the first half alone as LAFC...

OK SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- The owner family of Samsung Group is set to complete the payment of roughly 12 trillion won (US$8 billion) in inheritance taxes on assets left by the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee later this month,...

OK SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- The historical film "The King's Warden" topped 16 million admissions at the domestic box office Sunday, the film's distributor said, becoming only the third film to reach the milestone. Directed by Jang Hang-jun, "The...

OK By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- The Hanwha Eagles announced Saturday they have signed longtime minor league pitcher Jack Cushing as a temporary injury replacement. White, who signed with the Eagles in December, tore his left hamstring...

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He later returned to power but only briefly. 1949 -- Arbor Day is established in South Korea. 1961 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Greece. 2009 -- North Korea fires a long-range rocket, which it says carries the "communications...

OK SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea restarted the Gori-2 reactor on Saturday three years after the suspension for safety checks and facility improvement, the country's nuclear reactor operator said. The nuclear reactor at the Gori Nuclear Power Plant,...

OK SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on April 4. Korea's foreign reserves fall sharply in March amid weakening won (JoongAng Ilbo) -- On 1st anniversary of Yoon's impeachment, people...

OK SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court has dismissed an injunction request by a female activist seeking to nullify the foreign ministry's order to return her passport for entrance into the Gaza Strip, according to sources Saturday. The...

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OK SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- K-pop powerhouse BTS ranked No. 4 on the British Official Albums Chart with its latest album, "Arirang," a week after debuting at the top spot. According to the latest chart released Friday (local time),...

OK By Lee Minji SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- The defense chiefs of South Korea and France held talks in Seoul on Friday to discuss the regional security situation and ways to strengthen their bilateral defense and arms industry cooperation,...

OK (ATTN: ADDS details on joint statement) By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Friday he and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to work together to secure the safe passage through the Strait of...

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OK By Shim Sun-ah SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean and French culture ministers met Friday to discuss strengthening cooperation in culture, arts and related industries as the nations host a series of events marking the 140th anniversary...

OK (ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks soared by nearly 3 percent Friday, as Iran's discussions with Oman on a protocol to monitor traffic through the Strait of Hormuz boosted hopes of...

OK By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Friday the government will push to remove the statutes of limitations for criminal and civil cases involving those who commit state violence, as he honored victims...

OK SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and France on Friday signed a preliminary agreement to promote cooperation on support for veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul's veterans ministry said. Veterans Minister Kwon Oh-eul and Catherine Vautrin, minister...

OK SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- HD Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. said Friday it has secured a 349.8 billion-won (US$232 million) order to build two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers for a shipping company in Greece. HD Hyundai Samho...

OK (ATTN: ADDS latest info, comments in paras 2, 6-9, additional photo) SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar Friday, rebounding from a steep decline in the previous session, as talks on reopening...

OK (ATTN: UPDATES with details throughout) SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will advance the deployment of a homegrown interceptor system akin to Israel's Iron Dome by two years to 2029 in a bid to better counter North Korea's...

OK By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- First lady Kim Hea Kyung and French first lady Brigitte Macron visited the National Museum of Korea on Friday to view key exhibits with cultural ties between the two countries and...

Korea's Kim oversees ground test of high-thrust solid-fuel missile engine: KCNA SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a ground test of a high-thrust solid-fuel missile engine using a composite carbon fiber material, saying the test was a...

OK SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- Mark of K-pop boy band NCT will terminate his contract with SM Entertainment and leave the group, the agency said Friday. Mark poses for photos at a press conference for NCT Dream's fifth full-length...