(ATTN: ADDS court's ruling in bottom 3 paras) SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- A poll carried out by the culture ministry showed Thursday that more than 70 percent of South Koreans support the government's plan to raise the number of medical school seats by 2

By Kim Han-joo SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Thursday the government respects a court's ruling in favor of its plan to increase the nationwide medical school admission quota and urged striking doctors to return to hospitals

(ATTN: UPDATES with court decision in paras 1-2, 5-8) SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul appellate court rejected Thursday an injunction sought by the doctors' community to halt the government's highly contested plan to increase the nationwide medical s

(ATTN: CHANGES photos) By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- First lady Kim Keon Hee attended an official luncheon with the visiting Cambodian prime minister Thursday, the presidential office said, marking her return to public duties after she withd

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo sent a message to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico wishing him a fast recovery after he was shot in an assassination attempt, Han's office said Thursday. The foreign ministry said

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with court ruling) SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul appellate court rejected Thursday an injunction sought by doctors to halt the government's highly contested plan to increase the nationwide medical school admission quota, p

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top military officer on Thursday called for South Korean and U.S. troops to engage in "realistic" training as he inspected a joint exercise simulating combat against North Korean forces, his office said. Joint

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday. ----------------- ■ S. Korea not to send gov't delegation to new Taiwanese leader's inauguration SEOUL -- South Korea will not send a government del

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea and Oman exchanged cables Thursday to congratulate on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the two countries' bilateral relations, Seoul's foreign ministry said. The messages were ex

By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will not send a government delegation to the inauguration of Taiwanese President-elect Lai Ching-te early next week, a foreign ministry official said Thursday. Whether Seoul would dispatch a

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- Police have decided to drop charges against first lady Kim Keon Hee over allegations of being an accomplice in her mother's forging of financial documents used in a land purchase deal, a civic group said Thursday. The civic

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The business communities of South Korea and Cambodia on Thursday discussed bilateral cooperation in areas of cutting-edge technologies, including fintech and urban development, according to a Seoul business lobby. The Korea

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul city government said Thursday it will introduce a daily transit pass for tourists in July, offering unlimited access to the city's subways and buses for a temporary period in the latest move to enhance the city's com

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- Four memorials on the 1950-53 Korean War installed in the United States have added the Korean name for the body of water between the Korean Peninsula and Japan after only using its Japanese name, the veterans ministry said Thu

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The heads of South Korea's key business lobbies visited the United States to discuss ways to strengthen trade and supply chain cooperation between the countries, according to the organizations Thursday. According to the Kor

(ATTN: ADDS Seoul foreign ministry's comments in para 6) By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States will hold their second round of negotiations in Seoul next week on the sharing of the costs for the upkeep of Ameri

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea signed a framework agreement with Cambodia on Thursday to double its economic cooperation funds for the Southeast Asian country, the finance ministry said. Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok signed the agreement on

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 5-9, photos) SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Thursday selected five-term lawmaker Woo Won-Shik as its candidate for the next National Assembly speaker. Woo is expected to

(ATTN: UPDATES with attendance, presidential official's remarks; CHANGES headline, photo) By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- First lady Kim Keon Hee attended an official luncheon with the visiting Cambodian prime minister Thursday, the presidenti