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First Vice Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il speaks during a meeting at the government complex in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Feb. 23. [NEWS1]

Finance Ministry discusses tariffs' restricted influence on financial markets

Korea's top financial authorities said Monday the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on tariffs had only a "limited" impact on global financial markets, noting that sector-specific duties on automobiles and steel remain in place.

2026.2.23

Lawyer Park Kyung-ho, center, speaks during a news conference at a memorial altar for a Yangpyeong County official in downtown Seoul on Oct. 14. [YONHAP]

Lawyer of late Yangpyeong County official vows to sue special counsel team

The lawyer for a county official who died after questioning by the special counsel investigating former first lady Kim Keon Hee said Tuesday that he will file a complaint against special counsel investigators for abuse of power and other charges.

2025.10.14

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The Army officer that killed a woman, chopped up the body and dumped it into the Bukhan River, Gangwon, exits the warrant review hearing held at Chuncheon District Court on Tuesday. [PARK JIN-HO]

Arrest warrant issued for Army officer accused of killing woman and dismembering corpse

A local district court issued an arrest warrant for an Army officer who murdered a female civilian employee he worked with, mutilated her body, and dumped it in the Bukhan River.

2024.11.5

Pianist Yunchan Lim released his first album under Decca Classics, 'Chopin Études,' on April 19. [DECCA CLASSICS]

Yunchan Lim's 'Chopin Études' tops Billboard classical chart

The youngest-ever Van Cliburn International Piano Competition winner's first album under Decca Classics hit the top of Billboard's classical chart for the second week of May.

2024.5.10

Actor Lee Sun-kyun's funeral altar is set up at the Seoul National University Hospital's funeral home in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Dec. 27, 2023. [NEWS1]

Police official arrested for allegedly leaking info on late actor Lee Sun-kyun

The Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency’s anti-corruption crime investigation team arrested a senior-level police official belonging to the Incheon Police Agency Thursday morning, according to investigative authorities the same day.

2024.3.21

Moon must tell the truth of the ‘defection’

Moon must clarify how he was informed and what action he took.

2023.12.10

Seoul government public safety official found dead

A Seoul Metropolitan Government official from the public safety management department was found dead Friday, according to police and the city government.

2022.11.11

National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo, third from left, speaks with Romania’s Education Minister Sorin Mihai Cimpeanu, second from right, and other members of the Romanian government in Bucharest, Romania, on Sunday. [YONHAP]

Romanian schools might start offering Korean classes next year

The Korean language may be taught in Romanian middle and high schools next year, said Romania’s Education Minister Sorin Mihai Cimpeanu in a meeting with National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo in Romania on Sunday...

2022.8.8

General Ahn Young-ho, head of operations for South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirms on Thursday that a fisheries official who went missing Monday had been killed by North Koreans. [YONHAP]

Fisheries official confirmed killed by North, burned

A North Korean maritime patrol shot and killed a South Korean fisheries official who went missing this week, then burned his body and discarded the remains in the Yellow Sea, said Seoul’s Ministry of National Defense on Thursday.

2020.9.24

North Korean islands off the country's western coast, seen from South Korea's Large Yeonpyeong Island in June. [YONHAP]

Fisheries official vanishes from boat, spotted north of the border: Defense Ministry

The South Korean military revealed Wednesday that a government fisheries official was possibly picked up by North Koreans after he apparently jumped overboard while working on a boat off the coast of Yeonpyeong Island on Monday.

2020.9.23