South Korea has extended its real estate investment immigration system by three years and doubled the minimum investment required of foreign investors to 1 billion won (about US$745,700) or more, the Ministry of Justice said Monday.Under the real esta…
South Korea confirmed five more cases of mpox Monday, bringing the country’s total to 47, health authorities said.Three patients are from Seoul, and the other two from South Chungcheong Province and Busan, respectively, according to the Korea Disease C…
The Navy, provincial authorities and local residents will hold a festival in and around a naval base on the southern resort island of Jeju later this week to promote harmony among them after a period of conflict over its construction, the armed service…
An avatar refers to an image that represents a computer user in online games and chat rooms.However, the term avatar has taken on a new meaning in the robotics field. It stands for an interActive and intuitiVe control interfAce for a TeleoperAted Robo…
The South Korean Army’s Eighth Corps ended its eastern coastal defense missions Monday ahead of its official dissolution slated for next month as part of a plan to streamline the structure of the military, officials said Monday.The unit handed over it…
A labor union official attempted self-immolation outside a court in the eastern coastal city of Gangneung on Monday, just hours before he was scheduled to attend a pretrial detention hearing on charges of business obstruction.The 50-year-old man douse…
National Security Adviser Cho Tae-yong said Monday that the alliance between South Korea and the United States has been significantly upgraded through a newly-adopted nuclear deterrence agreement.Cho made the remark in an interview with YTN TV, referr…
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Monday.(Yonhap Feature) UNIST building AVATAR system for teleoperated robotsULSAN — An avatar refers to an image that represents a computer user in online games and c…
