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SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's livestock and farm ministry said Saturday that an avian influenza virus has been detected from droppings of wild birds collected in a town located in the central region of the country. The H5 strain of the b

By Lee Haye-ah and Lee Seung-woo WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- When South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump meet next week, their top priority should be to closely coordinate their policies on North Korea, including militar

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has no interest in having talks on denuclearization with the United States, adding possessing nuclear arms is "irreversible" and "inevitable" to strengthen its "war deterrence," the North's state media said Saturda

SEJONG, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The smoking rate of South Korean men aged 19 or older has fallen in recent years, but the rate still remains high, data showed Saturday. The proportion of men who smoke came to 39.1 percent in 2016, compared with 43.3 per

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution that shows concern about the use of a chemical weapon in the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jon

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Around 100,000 new Apple iPhone 8 smartphones are believed to have been set up on the first day of sales, industry officials said Saturday. The figure represents about 60-70 percent of the iPhone 7's first day of sales. Pr

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy band BTS will perform at the upcoming music awards show in the United States later this month, its Seoul-based agency said Saturday. BigHit Entertainment said BTS has been invited to perform at the Americ

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean households' overseas spending rose 5.5 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier on increased outbound travel to foreign countries, the central bank said Saturday. South Korean households spent US$6.95

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a truck factory and called for the need to establish a modern automotive industry in his country, Pyongyang's state media reported Saturday. Kim inspected the March 16 Factory that b

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- A former financial supervisory executive has been arrested over irregularities in his organization's employment process as local prosecutors tighten their investigation into the recruitment misdeeds in the country. The Se

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- A global anti-money laundering body has called on all member states to apply effective countermeasures against the ongoing and substantial money laundering and terrorist financing risks emanating from North Korea. The Fina

(ATTN: CORRECTS info in 2nd para; ADDS detals in paras 4-5) SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court has approved an arrest warrant for a former senior official of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) allegedly involved in the spy agency's interfere

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court has approved an arrest warrant for a former senior official of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) allegedly involved in the spy agency's interference in domestic politics and blacklisting celebrities. Th

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks are expected to trade stronger next week as expectations of better Seoul-Beijing relations could help exporters, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at

Gravy train Audit-free 'special activity account' abused as corruption channel for officials The latest corruption scandal involving former key aides to ousted President Park Geun-hye should shed fresh light on the problems of the government's aud

Too many accidents The deadly cargo truck crash near a tunnel in South Gyeongsang that caused three deaths on Thursday was further proof that the country has failed to learn from repeated past similar incidents and remains safety-negligent. Casual

Another history war? New museum director stirs controversy The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism named Chu Chin-oh, a modern Korean history professor at Sangmyung University, as director of the National Museum of Korean Contemporary Histo

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Nov. 4. Korean-language dailies -- Lee Myung-bak's Cheong Wa Dae ransacked 2007 inter-Korean summit documents (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- No military act

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Saturday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain (

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's focus on renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, will drive growth in the country's renewable sector as a whole, according to a global rating agency. President Moon Jae-in has vowed to reduce the coun

SEJONG, Nov 4 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans' online direct purchases from overseas countries continued to increase in the third quarter of this year on rising demand for foreign brands and cheaper price tags, government data showed Saturday. A total of

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump embarked on his first trip to Asia Friday as tensions over North Korea's nuclear weapons took front and center. He expressed optimism about the unusually long overseas trip as he boarded Ma

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SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in said Friday military cooperation with the United States and Japan is needed to rein in the rising threat from North Korea but was skeptical over elevating it to a trilateral defense alliance. "South K

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments from Mnet representative, more details in paras 4-5, 7) SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean cable TV music network Mnet has detected fraudulent votes cast in the upcoming 2017 Mnet Asia Music Awards (MAMA) and has elimi