S. Korea calls on UNESCO to step in if Japan reneges on pledge over forced labor site
Battleship Island in Nagasaki, Japan (Getty Images Bank) South Korea on Tuesday called on UNESCO’s heritage oversight body…
Heavy rain to drench Korea before heat returns next week
Pedestrians walk across the rain on Monday at Jongno-gu, central Seoul, as the city saw total rainfall of…
Allies under fire: Why do Trump tariffs target Korea, Japan first?
By starting with close partners, US president aims to warn rest of world no country is immune, analysts…
N. Korea bristles at S. Korea-U.S.-Japan air drills
This photo provided by the South Korean defense ministry on July 11, 2025, shows fighter jets during combined…
South Korea’s premier water music festival S2O Korea makes splash in Gwacheon
From W&W, Dimension, Medvza to KSHMR, global DJs lit up Gwacheon S2O Korea 2025 (Lee Jung-youn/The Korea Herald)…
S. Korea’s prehistoric petroglyphs inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage list
Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream, which were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. Photo taken on July 3.…
Global experts convene in Korea to safeguard crop wild relatives
Participants of the 2025 International Symposium on Crop Wild Relatives in Forests pose for a photo at the…
Wi, Rubio agree on swift Lee-Trump summit, date undecided
Wi Sung-lac (left), national security adviser to President Lee Jae Myung, enters the briefing room of the presidential…
Pope Leo appoints Fr. Matteo Kwang-Hee Choi new auxiliary bishop of Seoul archdiocese
Fr. Matteo Kwang-Hee Choi (Archdiocese of Seoul) Pope Leo XIV appointed Fr. Matteo Kwang Hee Choi as the…
Bad news for drinkers as soju, beer prices rise in Korea
Soju bottles from HiteJinro are displayed at a supermarket in Seoul on June 9. (Yonhap) After several months…
S. Korea develops world’s 1st recombinant anthrax vaccine
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency has partnered with private firm GC Biopharma Corp. to develop a…
Why YG Entertainment needs a breakthrough group – now more than ever
With its last mega-act launched in 2016, the K-pop giant is racing to build the next big thing…