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(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, additional background in paras 6-10) SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has "enough" willingness to hold talks with the United States, a ranking North Korean official told South Korean President Moon Jae-in Sunday

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details from 3rd para) SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has "enough" willingness to hold talks with the United States, a ranking North Korean official told South Korean President Moon Jae-in Sunday, according to Moon's pr

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has "enough" willingness to hold talks with the United States, a ranking North Korean official told South Korean President Moon Jae-in Sunday, according to Moon's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. The remarks

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By Joo Kyung-don PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games reached its grand finale on Sunday, with its closing ceremony highlighting the Olympic spirit of adventure while presenting a vision of the future and a m

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea will not carry a unified flag at the closing ceremony of the 23rd Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, an official with the South's Olympic delegation said Sunday. Th

(ATTN: UPDATES with N. Korea's English-version statement in paras 3-8, 14th para; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea accused the Donald Trump administration Sunday of elevating a war crisis on the peninsula through a set of tougher san

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea urged the Japanese government Sunday to be serious about protecting pro-Pyongyang people on its soil, strongly criticizing a recent shooting incident at the communist nation's de-facto diplomatic mission in Tokyo.

(ATTN: RECASTS lead; UPDATES with more details in paras 3, 6-10) SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a surprise meeting Sunday with North Korea's chief delegate to the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic G

TONGYEONG, South Korea, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- The remains of Yun I-sang, a renowned Korea-born composer, were sent back to Yun's birthplace Sunday from Germany amid protests by some conservative activists here. Born in 1917 in Tongyeong, South Gyeong

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 7-10) PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Sunday he hopes politicians will build on momentum for dialogue created during the PyeongChang Winter

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in held a meeting with North Korea's chief delegate to the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games on Sunday, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said. The previously una

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(ATTN: CHANGES headline; UPDATES with final medal figures) By Yoo Jee-ho and Joo Kyung-don PYEONGCHANG/GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Host South Korea saw plenty of silver linings on the final day of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Su

(ATTN: UPDATES with details from 3rd para) SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea accused the Donald Trump administration Sunday of elevating a war crisis on the peninsula through a set of tougher sanctions on Pyongyang despite Olympics-driven inter-K

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors questioned former President Lee Myung-bak's son on Sunday as part of a corruption probe centering on an auto parts company linked to his family. Lee Si-hyung, an executive of DAS, was summoned to face question

(ATTN: UPDATES with latest figures) By Yoo Jee-ho PYEONGCHANG/GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Host South Korea fell short of its gold medal target at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, which will draw to a conclusion later Sunday after two-

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea accused the Donald Trump administration Sunday of elevating a war crisis on the peninsula through a set of tougher sanctions on Pyongyang despite Olympics-driven inter-Korean exchanges. In a statement issued b

By Yoo Jee-ho PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjoergen won the final gold medal of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Sunday. Bjoergen won the ladies' 30-kilometer mass start classic at Alpen

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- A special team investigating sexual abuse allegations involving state prosecutors said Sunday it plans to question a former senior prosecutor who allegedly sexually assaulted a junior colleague and later used his power to hav

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Sunday he hopes politicians will build on momentum for dialogue created during the PyeongChang Winter Games, saying the sporting world has

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Paik Un-gyu inspected South Korean firms' construction of a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the ministry said Sunday. Korea Electric Power Corp. and other compani

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Ssangyong Motor Co., the South Korean unit of Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., will recall over 74,000 cars due to defective brake pipes, the Seoul government said Sunday. According to the Ministry of Environmen

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in is widely expected to meet North Korean delegates at the closing ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games on Sunday, and there also exists a possibility of a U.S. delegation, led by

By Joo Kyung-don PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- The Olympic skeleton champion Yun Sung-bin said Sunday he felt relieved when he saw South Korea's four-man bobsleigh team taking sliver at the PyeongChang Winter Games. Yun was one of