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SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Special prosecutors investing a corruption scandal involving South Korean President Park Geun-hye summoned a former cultural minister and a former presidential aide on Sunday for questioning over a government blacklist of cult

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean monk remained in critical condition Sunday, one day after he set himself on fire during a mass weekly protest against the country's impeached president, police officials said. The monk, identified only by hi

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- An escalation in tension between China and the United States over North Korea's nuclear programs could have an impact on the South Korean economy, the central bank said Sunday. In a report, titled "2017 Global Geopolitical

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baseball club Lotte Giants on Sunday filled their foreign player quota with a new infielder and a returning starting pitcher. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club inked infielder Andy Burns to a one-year

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Olympic figure skating hopeful Cha Jun-hwan captured his first national title Sunday with a record score. Cha won the men's singles crown at the 71st National Figure Skating Championships with

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance chief will assure overseas investors about the country's solid economic fundamentals when he visits the United States next week ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump in mid-January, th

(ATTN: UPDATES with Abe's remarks and background in last 4 paras; CHANGES dateline; ADDS photo) SEOUL/TOKYO, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Japan's top diplomats in South Korea will return home this week in protest of a new statue recently set up in Busan to reme

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top presidential security adviser left for the United States on Sunday to meet officials of the incoming President Donald Trump administration and discuss a wide range of security issues. Shortly before he go

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- The year 2016 saw a record number of people visit the four major palaces in the capital city of Seoul, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said Sunday. The CHA said the number of domestic and foreign visitors last

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Ri Yong-ho, a former chief of North Korea's military general staff, was executed after he was likely wiretapped and caught expressing grievances against the North's leader, a high-profile North Korean defector said Sunday.

(ATTN: This story replaces a prior article slugged Japan diplomats-return) SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Japan's top diplomats in South Korea will return home this week in protest of a new statue recently set up in Busan to remember Korean victims of Japa

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Nearly 4 out of 10 South Korean families will be single-member households in 2050 due to the rapidly aging population and sharp declines in marriages, a local report said Sunday. In a report based on Statistics Korea's de

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korean diplomats working overseas check global news about their regime through the South Korean key newswire service Yonhap News Agency, a high-profile North Korean defector said Sunday. In an interview with Yonhap

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's single-earner families suffered declines in their income for the first three quarters of last year as companies cut wages and jobs amid a prolonged economic slowdown, government data showed Sunday. Single-in

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top diplomat in Denmark has urged the Danish prosecution to speed up its decision on whether to extradite Chung Yoo-ra, a high-profile criminal suspect long wanted by Seoul's special counsel investigators, o

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- U.S. special operation forces are expected to participate in a South Korean-led operation to kill North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un in the event of war, according to military sources Sunday. "The South Korean military will

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Foreign companies operating in South Korea accounted for nearly 14 percent of the country's overall corporate tax income in 2015, the national tax agency said Sunday. Multinational firms, reaching only 1.5 percent of the c

By Kim Soo-yeon SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea aims to complete development of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of hitting the U.S. mainland by the end of this year or early 2018, a high-profile North Korean defector said Sun

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Sunday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain (%

(ATTN: CLARIFIES 4th para; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- Crowds of South Koreans took to streets across the country on Saturday, demanding that scandal-tainted President Park Geun-hye step down. It was the 11th consecutive Saturday rall

SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- The youngest son of Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn was arrested on Saturday for assaulting bar employees while under the influence of alcohol. A Seoul court earlier issued a warrant for the police to arrest Kim Dong-

SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- Crowds of South Koreans took to streets across the country on Saturday, demanding that scandal-tainted President Park Geun-hye step down. It was the 11th consecutive Saturday rally, which first started on Oct. 29 over an i