LOS ANGELES (Yonhap News) ― The number of illegal aliens from South Korea in the U.S. dropped for the second straight year in 2010, but the number still remained over 170,000, a report by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released Friday showed. The number of Korean illegal aliens in the U.S. dropped to some 200,000 in 2009 from 240,000 the previous year. The number then dropped 15 percen...

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― South Korea cannot agree to resume six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear programs unless the illicit nature of Pyongyang’s uranium enrichment is clearly defined first, a senior official said Friday. “We have to get the (U.N.) Security Council to define the nature of this matter and take corresponding steps,” the official told South Korean reporters in Washington. “T...

The 31 North Koreans who arrived in South Korea by boat earlier this month will be sent home sometime this week, a Seoul official said Sunday. “As far as I know, the joint interrogation (by relevant authorities) is in the final phase,” the official said. “And since no one expressed a wish to defect, we will repatriate all 31 of them as early as this week through Panmunjeom (the border village).”...

The Alberta Korea Office has launched a new website filled with information about visiting and studying in the west-Canadian province. The website also includes detailed descriptions of the province’s industries and investment opportunities. The office has been operating in Seoul since 1984 connecting interests from both sides while building and developing closer relationships. The new website...

The Embassy of Brazil announced that payments for their consular services can be made at any bank as of March 1. To take advantage of the new procedure, the embassy requests customers to report to the Consular Section in order to obtain instructions about the exact amount to be transferred and information about the new account. For more information, visit the embassy’s site at www.brasemb.or.kr...

The German Karneval festival is coming to Seoul on March 4 offering pomp and pageantry without having to fly to Germany. Organized by the Goethe-Institut and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the costume ball will include lively speeches, a religious ceremony and awards for the best costumes as well as a mini-concert by an ABBA revival band and a new interpretation of Swan Lake performed by an all...

The Chevening scholarship scheme is now accepting applications at the British Embassy in South Korea. The prestigious scheme offers talented graduates and young professionals the chance to study for postgraduate qualifications at universities in the United Kingdom. The Chevening scholarships cover the full cost of one year of postgraduate study in the United Kingdom from 2011-2012. Over 800 Ko...

South Korea's police have asked the local court to issue an arrest warrant for a U.S. service member accused of breaking into the home of an elderly Korean couple in Dongducheon, north of Seoul, and assaulting them, officials said Sunday. The unidentified 20-year-old American soldier stationed in Dongducheon, 70 kilometers north of the capital, is in detention on charges of intruding into the ho...

SEOUL (AP) _ North Korea says it will fire at South Korea if it continues allowing activists to launch propaganda leaflets toward the North. The North's official Korean Central News Agency says the country's military conveyed the warning to South Korea's military Sunday. The warning comes one day before South Korea kicks off annual military drills with the United States. The North says the dril...