6+ hour, 21+ min ago  (80+ words) Yonhap News Agency Choi Seung-ho, head of Samsung Electronics Co.'s largest labor union, speaks to reporters as he attends government-led mediation talks with the management at the National Labor Relations Commission office in the administrative city of Sejong, central…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (53+ words) Yonhap News Agency A man helps his friend take a sand bath at a beach in Gangneung on South Korea's east coast on May 18, 2026, as temperatures shot up in many parts of the country, with the mercury rising over 30 C…...

2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (454+ words) SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Monday the solidarity demonstrated during the 1980 pro-democracy movement in the southern city of Gwangju was revived in the public's efforts to thwart the 2024 martial law attempt and safeguard democracy. Lee made the…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (167+ words) SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's science ministry, as well as other related government institutions, held a working-level workshop Monday on cybersecurity issues related to artificial intelligence (AI) with Open AI. Sasha Baker, the head of national security policy for Chat…...

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1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (201+ words) SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's budget ministry said Monday it has designated around 900 state-funded projects for budget cuts, consolidation or abolition in a move expected to help the government save up to 7. 7 trillion won (US$5. 12 billion). The Ministry of Planning…...

2+ hour, 25+ min ago  (310+ words) (ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details; RECASTS headline, lead) SUWON, South Korea, May 18 (Yonhap) -- A court on Monday largely granted Samsung Electronics Co.'s request for an injunction against a general strike threatened by its unionized workers, in a blow to…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (569+ words) (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more details in paras 6-8, 13-14) SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The Lee Jae Myung government has shifted its focus to a peaceful "two-state" coexistence with North Korea, rather than pressure and confrontation, the unification ministry's white paper…...

2+ hour ago  (487+ words) SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Official campaigning for the June 3 local elections and parliamentary by-elections will begin this week, the election watchdog said Monday. The 13-day campaign period will begin Thursday and last until the eve of the elections, with only limited…...

2+ hour, 47+ min ago  (316+ words) SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The military on Monday resumed an excavation project to locate the remains of four members of a former secret military unit established to train commandos to infiltrate North Korea, the defense ministry said. The military plans to…...