Heritage

Oct. 241974 -- Journalists at the Donga Ilbo, a major South Korean newspaper, launch a free press campaign, denouncing government ...

By Kang Yoon-seungSEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will allocate an additional 90i billion won (US$67.2 million) to stabiliz ...

By Kim Hyun-sooYANBIAN, China, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- Korea's struggle for independence from the Japanese colonial rule was a "lofty ...

June 261949 -- Kim Koo, one of the nation's most revered patriots, is assassinated by an ultra-right-wing military officer. Seeing ...

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SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- The veterans ministry will launch a public-private team this week tasked with tracking down and repatr ...

July 211817 -- Kim Jeong-hi, a renowned calligrapher and epigraphist of the Joseon Dynasty, deciphers the text on the Sunsu monume ...

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Acting President Han Duck-soo called for national unity Friday as he marked the annivers ...

SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- The remains of Korean independence fighter Lee Ui-gyeong, known for the autobiographical fiction "The Y ...

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- Veterans Minister Kang Jung-ai on Monday presented a plaque to Ron Kim, a New York State assemblymembe ...

SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will confer state medals and awards on 121 late independence fighters, including those who ...

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SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The veterans ministry said Tuesday it will present a special flag honoring Capt. Robert Goupil to his fa ...

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul Museum of History will launch a night walk program later this month to tour Gyeonghui Palace ...

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Kia Corp., South Korea's second-largest automaker, on Tuesday announced the release of a redesigned and ...

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 5-8, 14)By Lee MinjiSEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry on Thursday unveile ...

By Lee MinjiSEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry on Thursday unveiled newly declassified documents offeri ...

Oct. 221950 -- American-led U.N. forces advance to Korea's border with China a little more than a month after the Incheon landing, ...

The vision declaration ceremony of "Awaken, Cheonma 1973" to be heldBy Jeongbin ParkSEOUL, May 3 (K-odyssey) -- The Cultural Herit ...

SEOUL, Apr. 21 (Yonhap) -- The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an affiliated organization of the Ministry of Cultu ...