A decade after South Korea shut down Soranet, a notorious online network that distributed secretly filmed and non-consensual sexual videos, authorities are still confronting a succession of websites and online communities accused
South Korea is considering moving forward with a new security agreement with the United States before concluding stalled trade negotiations, the country’s foreign minister told reporters, Bloomberg reports. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun
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South Korea’s labour minister sharply criticized the treatment of hundreds of Korean workers detained by U.S. immigration authorities last week, saying that “not even prisoners of war” would be treated as harshly
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to meet former U.S. president Donald Trump on Monday for his first face-to-face summit in Washington, in talks that could reshape America’s decades-long role
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Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, was arrested late Tuesday in a sweeping investigation into allegations ranging from stock manipulation to bribery, prosecutors confirmed. The Seoul
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Samsung’s landmark $16.5 billion chipmaking deal with Tesla is emerging as a pivotal moment for the South Korean tech conglomerate, testing both its technical capabilities and its willingness to undergo a deep
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South Korean aviation officials have concluded that pilot error played a decisive role in the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people last December, according to preliminary findings reported by The Times
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South Korea is set to launch an ambitious cash handout program aimed at reviving consumer spending and stimulating its flagging economy, as part of a sweeping 31.8 trillion-won ($23.3 billion) supplementary budget
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South Korea’s recently elected left-leaning president Lee Jae-myung has taken his first major step toward resetting inter-Korean relations by ordering an end to provocative loudspeaker broadcasts along the heavily militarized border. The
More Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea is set to become South Korea’s next president, according to exit polls and partial vote counts reported by the Korean Herald. His victory brings
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North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, has made an unusual and striking display of personal loyalty by kneeling at the grave of Hyon Chol-hae, a senior military officer and long-time mentor who
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Following the impeachment of former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol, the country’s shamanic community has broken its traditional silence to condemn the disgraced leader for what they call a misuse of sacred
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Tensions are rising between South Korea and China over the rapid expansion of Chinese fish farming structures in the disputed Yellow Sea, with lawmakers and experts warning that the installations could signal
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South Korean authorities have identified a man in his 50s as the suspected cause of the country’s largest wildfire, which has claimed at least 26 lives. The fire, which ravaged southeastern Uiseong
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South Korea’s fertility rate has increased for the first time since 2015, offering a rare glimmer of hope for a country struggling with the world’s lowest birth rate. According to new data
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More than four decades after Kim Jae-gyu, the head of South Korea’s feared intelligence agency, assassinated President Park Chung-hee, a court has announced it will hold a posthumous retrial to examine his
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