After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected ...

South Korea President Yoon indicted for insurrection over martial law decree Asia Pacificcategory· January 26, 2025 South Korea's factory activity expanded marginally in January, with production ...

Park Jong-joon, the chief of the presidential security service, arrives at the Joint Investigation Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (Lim Hwa-young/Yonhap via AP) Security ...

WASHINGTON − President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon upset key U.S. ally South Korea Tuesday when he labeled North Korea a "nuclear power" in a statement submitted to a ...

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said it began in the plane’s tail. Footage aired by local broadcaster YTN shows evacuation slides deployed on both sides of the single-aisle plane, with ...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Monday fired a ballistic missile that flew 1,100 kilometers (685 miles) before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, South Korea’s ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Hundreds of supporters gathered once again outside the president’s official residence, pledging to protect ...

“North Korea on Tuesday (January 14, 2025) test-fired at least one unidentified projectile toward its eastern waters,” South Korea’s military said, as it continued its weapons demonstrations ...

The Republic of Korea was formed in the South in August 1948. Its first president was Syngman Rhee, a convert to Christianity who was educated at an American Methodist school. The Democratic ...

Ukraine, the United States and South Korea have accused nuclear-armed North Korea of sending more than 10,000 soldiers to help bolster Russian forces. Seoul's National Intelligence Service (NIS ...

The comment drew little attention, overshadowed by the scandals and mudslinging typical of South Korea’s elections. In hindsight, analysts say it hinted at how Yoon, now impeached and under ...

Heatherwick Studio has just announced its design for transforming Seoul’s renowned Hanwha Galleria. Following a competition aimed at reimagining six sites across the South Korean capital ...