Yahoo Opens English Web Site Offering Korea Information

The Korean Web site of the U.S. Internet search engine Yahoo has opened an English Web site providing information and news on South Korea, the company said Monday.

The Web site, dubbed Inside Korea, at https://kr.yahoo.com/insidekr, provides news and general information including travel, housing and employment information on South Korea, Yahoo! Korea said.

The information is gathered from the English contents of state and private agencies, including the Culture Ministry and English news outlets.

Yahoo! said it plans to strengthen the contents of the Inside Korea Web site and is looking at launching similar Web sites in other languages as well.