Prosecutors indicted the president of South Korea's state-run farmers' cooperative on Monday over allegations he was elected through illegal campaigning.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said Kim Byeong-won is suspected of getting involved in irregularities committed during the January election where he was named the head of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (Nonghyup).During the latest election, three candidates, including Kim, ran for the presidency. Choi Deok-gyu,

More than eight out 10 people use texts provided by mobile carriers for verifying their identities on the Internet, a survey showed Monday.According to the survey on 4,000 people aged over 15 conducted by the Korea Internet & Security Agency, 84 percent of the respondents say they have used short message services for authenticating their IDs.The SMS authentication process is when a user types in their birthday, name and cellphone number and then inputs a security number received through the text

South Korea's health authorities on Monday issued a nationwide warning against the spread of encephalitis, advising the public to pay attention to personal hygiene and to get vaccinated if necessary. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it confirmed more than 500 mosquitoes of the Culex tritaeniorhynchus species nationwide that act as a carrier for the disease.The virus of Japanese encephalitis can cause an acute inflammation of the brain in humans. The center cautioned that

The recent decision by South Korea and the United States to deploy an advanced missile defense system on the peninsula is part of "self-defense" efforts against evolving nuclear and missile threats from North Korea, Seoul's top diplomat said Monday.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se also said in his speech at the National Assembly that the country will take every possible measure in the face of the North's continued pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. "At a time when the North is upgrading its nu