MOKPO -- A team of workers on Thursday found an item belonging to one of those still missing in a ferry sinking disaster for the first time as it searched for their remains in the wreck of the vessel, government officials said.   A male high school uniform top was discovered on the fourth floor of the bow of the Sewol ferry which sank three years ago though his remains were not found, according to the officials.   The clothes were believed to be found with the name tag of Park Young-in, a mis

 South Korea provided the largest amount of cash and products to North Korea between 2003 and 2008 under the liberal administration of late President Roh Moo-hyun, Seoul's Unification Ministry said Thursday.   The government and civic groups offered a combined $4.36 billion to North Korea under the Roh administration, followed by $2.47 billion tallied under the five-year Kim Dae-jung administration starting February 1998, according to the Ministry of Unification.   Late liberal President Kim and

Iran agreed Monday to accelerate its domestic procedures for the ratification of an extradition deal with South Korea by the end of this year, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said.The agreement was reached between Kim Wan-joong, director-general at the ministry's overseas Koreans and consular affairs bureau, and his Iranian counterpart in Seoul.South Korea's parliament ratified the deal last year and informed Iran of the ratification. Iran said it is pushing to quickly ratify the deal, said Kim.T

South Korea on Friday hailed the latest United Nations resolution condemning North Korea's systematic and widespread violation of its people's human rights."The (Seoul) government again urges all UN member nations and concerned parties to honor all recommendations on the resolution aimed at improving human rights conditions in North Korea, and for the North Korean government to immediately stop its human rights violations and take all necessary measures to implement the resolution," foreign mini

 Operations to lift the sunken ferry Sewol from the seabed began this week, nearly three years after it capsized off the country's southwestern coast and killed more than 300 people aboard.   The following is a summary of the key events surrounding the disaster and the consequences it has had for South Korean society as a whole.-- How the ferry sankThe Sewol, a 6,825-ton passenger ferry, left Incheon, west of Seoul, for the southern island of Jeju on April 15, 2014. It was carrying 476 people, i

 South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun has recently signed up with a major Hollywood star agency that also manages Angelina Jolie, his local agency said Friday.   "Lee has received many offers from large American talent agencies. After much thought, he recently inked a contract with the United Talent Agency," an official at BH Entertainment told Yonhap News Agency. "He is presently considering resuming activities in the United States after receiving offers to appear in several Hollywood films."   He

 South Korean outfit Suwon Samsung Bluewings played to a 2-2 draw with Chinese champions Guangzhou Evergrande at the 2017 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League on Wednesday.   Suwon went ahead with goals from Brazilian forwards Johnathan and Santos, but Guangzhou's Alan Carvalho saved the visitors from a defeat at the rain-soaked Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, some 45 kilometers south of Seoul.  The K League Classic club now has two draws in Group G, where they are also paired w

Denying its own involvement, North Korea on Wednesday accused South Korea and the United States of killing a North Korean, believed to be North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother, without acknowledging the deceased as such.In a dispatch from Pyongyang, the North's Korean Central News Agency said the person was a North Korean citizen named "Kim Chol," carrying a diplomatic passport."The cause of his death has not yet been clearly identified but the U.S. and the South Korean authorities are

South Korean dramas have become another driving force of the "hallyu" craze, or the Asia-wide boom of Korean culture, along with K-pop in the United States, a Seoul-based cultural agency said Friday. According to a recent report released by the Korea Creative Content Agency's (KOCCA) U.S. office, Korean TV series, particularly romantic comedies, are riding a huge wave of popularity among women in their teens to early 30s in America. The report is based on an online survey conducted by the KOCCA

   RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has met with Saudi King Salman in what likely will be his last visit as America's top diplomat.    Kerry met with the king and other royalty Sunday at a palace in Riyadh, the Saudi capital.     The state-run Saudi Press Agency said the two discussed regional issues. Ahead of the trip, the State Department said Kerry would discuss the war in Yemen and stalled peace efforts to end the conflict.    Yemen's war began when Shiite rebe