SEOUL: No thanks to his "xie xie" gaffe from a year ago, former opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who is widely regarded as ...

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South Korea's former president Moon Jae-in claimed Friday that prosecutors abused their power, were politically motivated and "unjust" to indict him on bribery charges.

Donald Trump Jr, the eldest son of the U.S. president, will meet South Korean business leaders during his visit on April 30, the Yonhap news agency reported on Friday, citing unidentified sources.

Hong Joon-pyo, a presidential contender in the conservative People Party's primary, called for the formation of a Seventh ...

South Korea’s Constitutional Court affirmed the National Assembly’s impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, removing him from ...

Moon’s predecessor, Park Geun-hye, faced impeachment and removal from office due to an influence-peddling scandal. Yoon Suk Yeol, who succeeded Moon, was also removed from office earlier this month ...

The trend towards political polarisation is hardly unique to South Korea, but the country’s long-running divisions have been ...

We will be affected directly by the U.S. tariffs [and] also indirectly by their tariffs to other countries,” said Rhee Chang ...

SEOUL: As South Korea gears up to elect a new leader in less than two months, impeached former president Yoon Suk-yeol's ...

South Korea's economy unexpectedly contracted 0.1 percent in the first three months of this year, the country's central bank ...

Data from the Bank of Korea showed that the drop was mostly due to a fall in construction, with the sector contracting 12.4% ...