Japan and South Korea are marking the 60th anniversary of the normalization of their diplomatic relations on Sunday, as both sides go through a time of political uncertainty and growing tension ...

The uneasy truce between the nuclear-armed North and the US-allied South remains one of the most vexing security concerns for ...

Tidal flats like these are a type of wetland found on coastlines around the world. Korea’s Yellow Sea tidal flats, like those found on Yubudo Island, form the heart of an 18,000-mile route ...

South Korean police have detained six U.S. citizens who were attempting to deliver around 1,300 plastic bottles filled with rice, dollar notes and Bibles to North Korea, a police official said on ...

South Korea was so poor, in fact, that Lee’s exact birthday is a mystery – his parents, like many families alert to the sky-high infant mortality of the era, took about a year to register his ...

Tensions between the two regional powers flared in 2017 when South Korea and the U.S. deployed a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, system in Seongju, about 130 miles south of Seoul ...

South Korea’s presidential election on June 3 installed Lee Jae-myung as the new president. His victory renewed the substantial debate regarding Lee’s foreign policy orientation.

Before the events of 3 December 2024, South Korea's new president Lee Jae–myung's path to power was littered with obstacles. Ongoing legal cases, investigations for corruption and allegations of ...

SEOUL, June 2 (UPI) --The top candidates in the South Korean presidential race made their final campaign pitches to voters on Monday, one day before a snap election caused by ex-President Yoon Suk ...

South Koreans began voting Tuesday for a new president, capping six months of political upheaval following ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s disastrous declaration of martial law.. A handful of elderly ...

Court indefinitely delays Lee's land development scandal trial. Published : June 10, 2025 - 15:26:08 Updated : June 10, 2025 - 18:28:07 ...

South Korea’s presidential election result was never really in doubt. The real question is which version of Lee Jae-myung will now govern the highly polarized nation of 50 million.