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 ...

Investigators used ladders to climb into President Yoon Suk-yeol’s home after he failed to appear at impeachment trial.

An Airbus plane has caught fire at an airport of South Korea’s city of Busan, forcing the evacuation of all 176 people on ...

From pink grass meadows in South Korea to rainbow mountains in Peru, step into a living painting where Mother Nature throws ...

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 ...

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 ...

South Korea President Yoon indicted for insurrection over martial law decree Asia Pacificcategory· January 26, 2025 A top South Korean military commander said on Tuesday he trusted President Yoon ...

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 ...

In South Korea, the arrival of spring is marked by the blooming of pastel pink and white cherry blossoms, known locally as "beot kkeot". While Japan is often the top destination for cherry blossom ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol said the rule of law in the country had “completely ...