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Taxi drivers agree to permit Kakao's carpool service for rewards

[Yonhap Photo] SEOUL -- South Korea's web service giant Kakao will be allowed to provide a ride-sharing smartph…

2019-03-07 18:30:36

Seoul to test photocatalytic paint on public building to fight pollution

[Courtesy of Seoul City] SEOUL -- The exterior walls of a public building to be erected in Seoul will wear light-r…

2019-03-07 16:20:58

Appeals court releases ex-president Lee Myung-bak on rare conditional bail

[Yonhap Photo] SEOUL -- South Korea's jailed ex-president Lee Myung-bak smiled as an appeals court released him…

2019-03-06 18:03:55

Drunk steering found to have caused Russian ship's bridge collision

[Yonhap Photo] SEOUL -- Due to misjudgment by its intoxicated skipper, a Russian cargo ship was found to have cra…

2019-03-05 16:44:50

President Moon vows to step up deal broker role in denuclearization talks

President Moon Jae-in delivers a torch of independence on March 1 in a ceremony on a public park to mark the 100th anniv…

2019-03-01 13:32:27

S. Korea and India agree to step up cooperation in military and space sectors

[Courtesy of the presidential Blue House ] SEOUL -- South Korean and Indian leaders agreed to push for joint luna…

2019-02-22 15:45:38

'Nut rage' woman faces criminal investigation for stranglehold

[Courtesy of Korean Air] SEOUL -- A divorce suit involving Cho Hyun-ah, a former Korean Air vice president known …

2019-02-20 09:53:19

S. Korea to invest $2.6 billion to boost biotechnology R&D capability

[Iclickart] SEOUL -- South Korea earmarked 2.9 trillion won ($2.6 billion) to finance the development of biotechn…

2019-02-18 17:52:24

Poet Ko Un loses legal battle to claim innocence in MeToo case

Choi Young-mi, a female poet, speaks outside a court in Seoul after winning a legal battle against Ko Un, a prominent po…

2019-02-15 16:21:23

Fried chicken franchise founder gets suspended sentence for sexual abuse

Choi Ho-sig, the founder of a major fried chicken franchise, walks out of a courtroom in Seoul after he received a suspe…

2019-02-14 13:20:45

Taxi driver sets himself ablaze in protest at ride-sharing app

[Yonhap Photo] SEOUL -- A 62-year-old taxi driver set himself on fire in his car in a suicide attempt outside a p…

2019-02-11 18:00:06

Scrap trash found among plastic waste illegally exported to Philippines

[Yonhap Photo] SEOUL -- Customs officials found scrap trash such as metal and other unrecyclable waste inside the…

2019-02-08 13:08:14

Search begins in South Atlantic to retrieve sunken ship's black box

[Courtesy of Stellar Daisy family member's task force team] SEOUL -- Seabed Constructor, a multipurpose offsh…

2019-02-08 10:42:45

BIGBANG member Seungri's club apologizes over violent case

[Kim Sang-gyo's Instagram] SEOUL -- The operator of a music and dance club run by boy band BIGBANG member S…

2019-01-30 13:48:54

Gold bar smugglers slapped with record $1.16 bln fine

[Iclickart] SEOUL -- Two gold bar smugglers set a new joint record in South Korea's judicial history, each re…

2019-01-15 16:17:32

Five dead or missing in collision between fishing boat and LNG carrier

[Yonhap Photo] SEOUL -- A 9.77-ton leisure fishing boat capsized after colliding with a Panama-registered liquefi…

2019-01-11 15:12:58

President Moon gets tough over diplomatic row with Japan

[Courtesy of the presidential Blue House] SEOUL -- President Moon jae-in took a get-tough attitude over a diploma…

2019-01-10 18:00:26

Moon's committee puts off relocation of presidential office

Presidential Blue House [Photograph by Park Sae-jin ] SEOUL -- Relocating the "Blue House", a complex of residenc…

2019-01-04 17:22:01

Mother expresses anger over 13-year-old girl's death after Tamiflu medication

[Yonhap Photo] SEOUL -- The mother of a 13-year-old girl who fell off her apartment to the ground after taking …

2018-12-26 16:36:19

[FOCUS] Major waterway project in Incheon off to shaky start with no concrete blueprint

[Courtesy of IFEZ] SEOUL -- A much-heralded project to turn Songdo, an international business district built on r…

2018-12-26 15:18:16