North Korea signed a security pact with Russia in June 2024. The treaty is a rehash of an earlier agreement signed in 1961. While this pact is unlikely to change much in the short term, it may ...

Early Phase. In 1950, Korea went from an unimportant backwater to the epicenter of the Cold War. At the time, Kim Il-Sung’s regime was stronger than its disunited neighbor to the south.

Paul Shin, whose decadeslong career in journalism, including nearly 20 years with The Associated Press, placed him at the ...

A historian confirmed that the earliest articles about the peaceful independence demonstrations were published on March 10 ...

By August 1948, the pro-U.S. Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established in Seoul, led by Syngman Rhee, a staunch anti-communist. Just three weeks later, the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s ...

On Dec. 3, Yoon declared in a televised speech to the nation that he was establishing a state of martial law. Specifically, ...

Officials say South Korea has 2.1 physicians per 1,000 people — far below the average of 3.7 in the developed world.The striking doctors-in-training predict that doctors in greater competition ...

On the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the twisted wreckage of a train sits on a set of rails that end abruptly before they can proceed ...

Showcasing South Korea’s Recent Artistic History. ... Mr. Quac, who died in 1988, was a major player of the Mono-ha art movement in Japan and South Korea; Lee Kun-yong, 80, ...

Shock martial law edict in South Korea follows chaotic recent history: A look at the crucial context. It's very calm here right now on the front steps outside South Korea's National Assembly.