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‘Wangsanam’ A ten-million film after a long time…Will ‘theater culture’ be revived

By Kim Hyang-mi — 2026-03-14T14:56:01+09:00

A welcome breeze in Korean cinema after two years…“A historical film that is good to watch with children”In the film , Danjong (left, played by Park Ji-hoon) and···

Yeongwol history·film tour… ‘After watching The Man Who Lives With the King’, where do I go now?

By Sujin Kim — 2026-03-14T14:56:00+09:00

Seen through the ‘His Majesty Danjong’ lens, even the indifferent river feels poignantIllustration | Kim Sang-min, reporter“‘Wangsa-nam’ not seen yet, raise your hand!”“Not been to Yeongwol yet, raise···

“A sure thing? Are you disrespecting residents?” “Party support, a twofold gap”…On-the-ground report from Gyeyang-eul, Incheon

By Jung Yong-In — 2026-03-14T14:55:05+09:00

Speculation that Song Young-gil could be drafted for a by-election in Yeonsu-gap or Gwangju-Jeonnam…controversy over ‘Myeongsim’ intensifiesAt the book concert held ···

“Government wins 100% in international investment dispute with elevator company Schindler”···Avoids paying damages of about 320 billion won

By Lee Hong-Geun — 2026-03-14T14:55:03+09:00

Justice Minister Jeong Seong-ho announces the 2030 Immigration Policy Future Strategy in the Ministry of Justice briefing room at the Government Complex Gwacheon on the 3rd. Yonhap NewsJustice Ministe···

President Lee “Irresponsible media that relay false claims as they are… more frightening than a weapon”

By Kim Ki-beom — 2026-03-14T14:55:02+09:00

President Lee Jae Myung speaks at the ‘Listening to the Heart of North Chungcheong’ town hall meeting roundtable held at Cheongju Osco in North Chungcheong Province on the 13th. Yonhap NewsOn the 14th···

On the second day of ‘lying low’, Lee Jung-hyun “The People Power Party is in a coma… the only way to save the party is a defibrillator”

By Kim Ki-Beom — 2026-03-14T14:55:01+09:00

Lee Jung-hyun, chair of the People Power Party Nomination Management Committee who abruptly announced his intention to resign and then went into seclusion, moves on the 13th in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-g···

Overwhelmed by the world’s strongest lineup, Korea ultimately could not avoid a mercy-rule defeat

By Sim Jin-Yong — 2026-03-14T14:55:00+09:00

On the 13th (local time), at loanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, during the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Round of 16 between South Korea and the Dominican Republic. After the umpires declared a mercy ru···

Push to publish in bulk on the Ministry of Education website sex offenders who worked at educational institutions

By Kim Ki-beom — 2026-03-14T14:54:01+09:00

.Going forward, it appears the public will be able to more easily identify cases where sex offenders were found to be working at schools and other educational institutions.On the 14th, in a written re···

After a ‘power seat entrapment accident’ in the U.S. involving the Palisade… Hyundai halts sales of certain trims

By Kim Ki-beom — 2026-03-14T14:54:00+09:00

Hyundai\'s Palisade. Provided by Hyundai Motor Group‘Recall’ involving 57,474 units domestically and 74,965 units in North AmericaHyundai has identified a safety issue with its large sport utility veh···

Man in his 40s wearing an electronic ankle monitor kills woman he was dating in Namyangju… arrested in Yangpyeong

By Kim Ki-beom — 2026-03-14T14:53:00+09:00

At the Central Location Tracking Control Center, a police official explains electronic ankle monitors. Kyunghyang Shinmun file photoA man in his 40s wearing a location-tracking electronic device (ankl···

Iran attacks oil tankers and energy facilities… ‘Escalation’ across the Persian Gulf from Hormuz

By Eun-kyung Park — 2026-03-13T15:04:01+09:00

A tanker engulfed in fierce flames: An oil tanker attacked by Iran burns in the ship-to-ship transfer area at the port of Basra in Iraq on the 11th (local time). AP Yonhap NewsTwo tankers flagged to t···

Iranian President “The only condition for a ceasefire is a guarantee to prevent a recurrence of aggression”

By Bae Si-eun — 2026-03-13T15:04:00+09:00

Demand for ‘US-Israel assurance’ through mediators…Authorities confirm Mojtaba was injuredIran stated that to end its war with the United States and Israel, there must be a guarantee that aggression w···

Shortage of the obesity treatment ‘Mounjaro’… patients harmed amid the diet craze

By Lee Hye-In — 2026-03-13T15:03:05+09:00

“Effective for weight loss” 5㎎ product demand surges… As a ‘non-reimbursed’ drug, the government does not manage its supplyPatients are distressed as cost burdens combine with supply instability… Voic···

“The U.S. has won… moving to wrap up the mission” Trump devises an exit strategy

By Bae Si-Eun — 2026-03-13T15:03:04+09:00

U.S. President Donald Trump is speaking at Burst Logistics in Hebron, Kentucky, on the 11th (local time). AP Yonhap News“It will end whenever I want” “We are far ahead of the six-week plan” Six-day c···

48% of Americans “Gas prices have surged because of Trump”

By Lee Young-kyung — 2026-03-13T15:03:03+09:00

U.S. President Donald Trump. AP Yonhap NewsA poll found that nearly half of Americans think U.S. President Donald Trump is responsible for the sharp rise in gasoline prices triggered by the U.S.·Iran ···

International oil prices close above ‘$100’ for the first time in 3 years and 7 months

By Sang-Beom Kim — 2026-03-13T15:03:02+09:00

As the war between the United States and Iran worsens the situation in the Middle East and international oil prices soar, vehicles line up to refuel at the Mannam Plaza (Busan-bound) rest-area gas sta···

Mojtaba gets a ‘blue badge’ on X… Civic group: “Premium service for a terror-linked figure, a sanctions violation”

By Lee Young-Kyung — 2026-03-13T15:03:01+09:00

Paid-subscriber-only account badgeCharacter count and video length limits liftedOn the 9th (local time), Iran’s state TV aired footage of authorities announcing that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Supre···

Japan announces World Series MVP Yamamoto as starting pitcher for WBC quarterfinal against Venezuela

By Yoon Eun-Yong — 2026-03-13T15:03:00+09:00

Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a pitch in the 2026 World Baseball Classic group stage game against Taiwan at Tokyo Dome on the 6th. Tokyo | AP Yonhap NewsJapan, which faces Venezuela in the 2026 World Base···

First message from Mojtaba “Continue blockade of Hormuz and attacks on Gulf states… will not shy away from revenge”

By Hee-Jin Kim — 2026-03-13T15:02:11+09:00

On the 9th (local time), Iranian state TV aired footage of authorities announcing that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike, had bee···

‘Hard Rock Legend’ Deep Purple to perform in Korea for the first time in 16 years

By Noh Jeong-yeon — 2026-03-13T15:02:10+09:00

Deep Purple. Provided by WealiveThe British hard rock band Deep Purple will meet Korean fans for the first time in 16 years.On the 13th, the concert promoter Wealive announced that Deep Purple will ho···

‘Deployed to the Iran war’ U.S. aerial refueling aircraft crashes in western Iraq

By Lee Young-kyung — 2026-03-13T15:02:09+09:00

KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft. AP YonhapThe U.S. Central Command said on the 12th (local time) that one U.S. aerial refueling aircraft that had been deployed to the Iran war crashed in···

Leaving behind his 60-day-old daughter··· A father who left after giving the gift of new life to five people

By Kim Jun-Yong — 2026-03-13T15:02:08+09:00

Photo of Park Seong-bae (right), who left after giving new life to five people. Provided by the Korea Organ and Tissue Donation AgencyA father in Busan with a 60-day-old daughter gave the gift of new ···

Hanwha Aero to develop ‘Physical AI’ with game developer Krafton

By Kim Kyung-Hak — 2026-03-13T15:02:07+09:00

Signed an MOU for joint development of AI technology and the establishment of a joint ventureHanwha Aerospace will join forces with Krafton, the studio behind the hit game ‘PUBG: Battlegrounds’, to co···

Won-dollar rate opens around 1,490 won amid rising international oil prices

By Kim Ji-Hwan — 2026-03-13T15:02:06+09:00

On the 13th, the status board in the dealing room at the head office of Hana Bank in Jung-gu, Seoul displays the exchange rate and the KOSPI and KOSDAQ indices. Kwon Do-HyeonOn the 13th, the won-dolla···

North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly candidates made public to residents… 100% expected to win in the vote on the 15th

By Gwak Huiyang — 2026-03-13T15:02:05+09:00

100% approval rate across 14 past Supreme People\'s Assembly deputy electionsKim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, votes on March 10, 2019, at Kim Chaek University of Technology, one ···

Have mines been laid in Hormuz?···UK Ministry of National Defense “High likelihood Iran has begun laying mines”

By Lee Young-Kyung — 2026-03-13T15:02:04+09:00

Smoke rises from the hull of the Thai cargo ship ‘Mayuri Naree’ after it was attacked near the Strait of Hormuz on the 11th (local time). AFP Yonhap NewsThere is growing speculation that Iran has alre···

One of six launchers at the Seongju THAAD base returns···the rest may also return

By Baek Kyung-yeol — 2026-03-13T15:02:03+09:00

One THAAD launcher was moving to the Seongju THAAD base in North Gyeongsang at about 11:25 p.m. on the 12th. Provided by the Soseong-ri Joint Situation Room for THAAD WithdrawalSome of the THAAD launc···

North Korea-China passenger train from Pyongyang arrives at Beijing Railway Station for the first time in six years

By Lee Young-kyung — 2026-03-13T15:02:02+09:00

On the afternoon of the 12th, a passenger train that departed from Pyongyang, North Korea, bound for Beijing, China, is crossing the China-North Korea Friendship Bridge over the Yalu River that links ···

“Takaichi likely to inform Trump of intention to participate in ‘Golden Dome’···aimed at deterring China and Russia”

By Lee Young-kyung — 2026-03-13T15:02:01+09:00

Summit between the two countries in the U.S. next weekDiscussions expected to include increased missile productionU.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shake ha···

U.S. temporarily allows sales of ‘sanctioned’ Russian crude amid a surge in oil prices

By Lee Young-kyung — 2026-03-13T15:02:00+09:00

On the 12th (local time), a driver refuels at a Costco gas station in eastern Denver, United States. AP Yonhap NewsThe U.S. government announced on the 12th (local time) that it will temporarily allow···

‘Learning from setbacks’ Artemis II, renewed push to launch on the 1st of next month

By Lee Jeong-ho — 2026-03-13T15:01:05+09:00

NASA announces at a press conferenceBackup dates are April 2-6 and 30On the 25th of last month (local time), inspections of Artemis II were underway in an assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center···

French President Macron to make a state visit to South Korea on April 2… to hold a summit with President Lee Jae Myung

By Min Seo-Young — 2026-03-13T15:01:04+09:00

President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron are holding a summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 22 last year (local time). Yonhap NewsFrench Pres···

U.S. officials “Iran begins laying mines”···Iran moves to retaliate, threatening the Strait of Hormuz

By Lee Young-gyeong — 2026-03-13T15:01:03+09:00

NYT “Iran begins laying mines with small craft”IRGC attacks two tankers in waters near IraqA total of 16,000 vessels attacked since the war beganTrump “Watch what happens to these deranged scum today”···

‘Petroleum Price Ceiling’ starting to show effects···Industry minister visits a gas station, president backs it on social media

By Kim Kyung-hak — 2026-03-13T15:01:02+09:00

Downtrend continues despite rising international oil pricesMinister Kim Jeong-gwan of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (second from left) observes a quality inspection of petroleum products ···

A US-Japan final no matter how they advance... A strange WBC quarterfinal bracket set before it even began

By Yoon Eun-Yong — 2026-03-13T15:01:01+09:00

Japan national baseball team players celebrate after completing an unbeaten group stage with a win over the Czech Republic. Reuters Yonhap NewsUnited States national baseball team players celebrate. ···

“Raising prices amid all this”···KFC to sharply raise prices on 23 chicken·burger items by 100~300 won

By Jeong Yu-Mi — 2026-03-13T15:01:00+09:00

Screenshot of the KFC websiteKFC Korea has abruptly raised the prices of 23 items, including chicken and burgers.Unlike food companies such as ramen and cooking oil producers that are cutting prices i···

Public health doctors down to one quarter in a decade···Government to minimize gaps through priority placement in medically underserved areas·rotating outreach care

By Kim Chan-ho — 2026-03-13T15:00:00+09:00

AI-generated imageAs the number of new public health doctors in medicine fell sharply to 98 this year due to fallout such as gaps in resident training, rural health care systems have entered an emerge···

China’s ‘raising lobsters’ craze now shifts to ‘erasing lobsters’···a rapid about-face

By Park Eun-Ha — 2026-03-13T14:59:00+09:00

A flood of deletions after authorities’ security warnings about OpenKloHigh interest in AI viewed positivelyOpenKlo logoThe ‘raising lobsters’ craze that swept China is rapidly turning into a move to ···

‘Nobel Prize in Economics’ Stiglitz “U.S. faces stagflation risk from the war with Iran”

By Lee Young-Kyung — 2026-03-13T09:19:00+09:00

Joseph Stiglitz, a professor at Columbia University in the United States, speaks about solutions to inequality during a meeting with the Kyunghyang Shinmun in Cadaqus, Spain, in October 2024. Kyunghya···

Netflix officially announces sequel to ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’···“We have so much to show”

By Lee Young-Gyeong — 2026-03-13T09:18:02+09:00

Huntrix, the K-pop idol group who are the protagonists of the Netflix animation . Provided by NetflixNetflix has officially announced the production of a sequel to

“After blood flowed for more than 10 ri and then stopped, this is ‘Pikkeut Village’”···Yeongju also in the ‘spotlight’ amid the ‘The Man Who Lives With the King’ craze

By Kim Hyun-Su — 2026-03-13T09:18:01+09:00

At the senior center in Dongchon 1-ri, Anjeong-myeon, Yeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, Kim Gwang-Ja (85, right) explains the origin of the village. Kim Hyun-Su, reporter“The blood flowed all the wa···

Foreigners who averted the ‘population collapse’… Goesan County, North Chungcheong Province, doubled its foreign population in 10 years

By Isak — 2026-03-13T09:18:00+09:00

A view of Goesan County Office, North Chungcheong Province. Provided by Goesan County.The foreign population of Goesan County in North Chungcheong Province has more than doubled over the past decade, ···

A butterfly effect triggered by AI… Will risks in the U.S. private credit market spread into a ‘bigger crisis’?

By Kim Sang-Beom — 2026-03-13T06:03:00+09:00

A Wall Street sign near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the United States. AFP Yonhap News Amid mounting concerns that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) could shake the entire software in···

Government to implement anti-hoarding measures that punish stockpiling of gasoline·diesel … to prevent side effects of the petroleum price cap

By Park Sang-Young — 2026-03-12T19:02:00+09:00

Amid soaring international oil prices as the Middle East situation worsens due to the war between the United States and Iran, on the 9th vehicles line up at the service area gas station at Mannamui Gw···

Woori Bank to establish the ‘Financial Consumer Protection Committee’ within its board of directors

By Bae Jae-heung — 2026-03-12T17:19:00+09:00

Woori Bank headquarters. Provided by Woori BankWoori Bank announced on the 12th that on the 20th it will establish the ‘Financial Consumer Protection Committee’ within its board of directors.The commi···

Apartment prices turn downward in Gangdong-gu following the Gangnam 3 districts…gains widen in northern Seoul

By Choi Mi-rang — 2026-03-12T16:58:00+09:00

Per-pyeong prices for the Gangnam 3 districts’ ‘standard-size units’ fell 12% from a year ago “End-user buyers without homes are leading, centered on mid- to low-priced housing”A notice for urgent sal···

Suppliers that colluded on bid prices for pork supplied to Emart···Korea Fair Trade Commission imposes 3.165 billion won in fines

By Kim Se-hoon — 2026-03-12T16:42:00+09:00

A pork display at a large supermarket in Seoul on the 12th. Yonhap NewsSuppliers that colluded on bid prices while supplying pork to Emart will face fines in the 3 billion-won range.The Korea Fair Tra···

KDI and other state-run research institutes issue successive warnings: “Downside risks to Korea’s economy are rising due to the Middle East war”

By Park Sang-Young — 2026-03-12T16:28:00+09:00

Smoke rises from the hull of the Thai cargo ship ‘Mayuri Nari’ after it was attacked near the Strait of Hormuz on the 11th (local time) in an attack attributed to Iran. AFP Yonhap NewsState-run resear···

‘Intimate killers’ and the women they kill: How can we save them?

By Nam Ji-Won — 2026-03-12T16:17:00+09:00

Flat x Kim Young-sa book talk ‘Reading Time’① Legislative Investigator Heo Min-sukWhat is so scary about walking at night? Night streets in Korea are the safest in the w···

Foreign funds posted the largest-ever outflow from the stock market in February… “Profit-taking effect”

By Kim Ji-Hwan — 2026-03-12T16:16:00+09:00

On the morning of the 12th, the KOSPI, KOSDAQ, and the won·dollar exchange rate are displayed in the Hana Bank dealing room in Jung-gu, Seoul. Yonhap NewsLast month, as foreign investors took profits ···