The New Reform Party (NRP) was launched to grab the moderates and swing voters disgusted by the two mainstream parties – the governing People Power Party (PPP) and the majority Democratic Party (DP) – but disbanded just 11 days after the merger of fou…

SEOUL, Russia accused South Korea and the Western countries Wednesday of waging a “sanctions war” against Moscow, after Seoul implied Russia violated U.N. sanctions with its gift of a luxury car to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Maria Zakharova, sp…

SEOUL, Surgeries have been canceled and some patients were forced to be transferred to other hospitals as trainee doctors stopped working for the second day in a row Wednesday in protest of the government’s plan to boost the number of medical students…

SEOUL, The Korean Pavilion of the Venice Biennale this year will center around the theme of scent to bring visitors on a “Korean Scent Journey,” a co-art director said Wednesday, an element that is invisible yet a very powerful sensation.

“Scent is v…

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (Yonhap) — The State Department on Tuesday reiterated the United States’ goal to achieve the “full” denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, after North Korea signaled openness to improving ties with Japan as long as Tokyo does n…

SEOUL, Hyundai Motor Co., Tesla Korea and four other carmakers will recall nearly 55,000 vehicles due to faulty components, the transport ministry said Wednesday.

The six companies, including Kia Corp., Ford Sales and Service Korea, GS Global Corp. a…