South Korea’s Supreme Court has upheld a seven-year prison sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol in the first case to reach the country’s highest court from the several criminal trials related to his brief imposition of martial law in 2024.
South Korea is enforcing a law that allows steep punitive damages against news outlets and social media influencers for spreading false information as journalist groups warned it could chill public discourse and invite censorship.
South Korean tech giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plan to invest a combined $518 billion in a new computer chip manufacturing hub, capitalizing on surging artificial intelligence-driven demand.
South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo resigned Sunday after the team’s quick elimination from the World Cup drew a harsh condemnation from the country’s president, who called the coach “incapable” and ordered a complete review of the national team program.
The 95-year-old leader of a secretive South Korean church has been arrested as authorities widened an investigation into allegations that he illegally recruited thousands of followers into the conservative People Power Party to influence elections.
South Korea’s ruling liberal party has won a majority of races in local elections but lost the crucial Seoul mayoral contest.
South Korea says North Korea has launched a close-range ballistic missile and other weapons toward the sea.
South Korean retail tycoon Chung Yong-jin has apologized for a second time in two weeks as Starbucks’ local operation faces a backlash over a recent marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980.
Drenched in rain, hundreds of South Koreans have cheered the North Korean visitors during a rare soccer match between the divided countries as Pyongyang-based Naegohyang Women’s FC defeated host Suwon 2-1 against the backdrop of political tensions.
Samsung Electronics’ labor union says it’ll hold off a planned strike and put a tentative wage deal with management to a vote.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have emphasized the need for cooperation amid global challenges, including the Iran war.
South Korean appeals court on Wednesday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a legitimate Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
South Korean prosecutors are requesting a 30-year prison term for ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Iran says it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but questions linger about how much freedom ships actually have to transit the waterway as Tehran maintains its grip on the who gets through and threatens to close it again if the U.S. keeps in place its blockade of Iranian ships and ports.
The South Korean internet as erupted in celebration as a 2-year-old wolf that escaped from a zoo in South Korea was safely captured Friday after a nine-day search that drew national attention.
South Korean Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho vowed to expand access to judicial remedies for victims of state-led abuses, including foreign adoptees whose adoptions were marred by widespread fraud under previous military governments.
South Korean lawmakers have passed a law to implement a pledge of $350 billion in U.S. investments Seoul made last year to avoid the Trump administration’s highest tariffs.
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has criticized the United States and South Korea for proceeding with their annual joint military exercises at a perilous moment for global security.
U.S. President Donald Trump says that the war with Iran began because that country was starting work on a new site for developing material for nuclear weapons.
The United States has begun a large military exercise with South Korea involving thousands of troops while also waging an escalating war in the Middle East.
South Korea’s jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol has appealed his life sentence for rebellion over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday remained defiant in his first reaction to a life sentence imposed by a Seoul court for his short-lived declaration of martial law but didn’t clearly say whether he would appeal.
The Japanese and South Korean leaders agreed to deepen cooperation between their countries before they let loose with their own surprise cultural exchange in a surprise jam session drumming to K-pop hits.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have agreed to enhance cooperation in economic security, defense and the search for Korean forced laborers' remains.
A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically is drawing to a close with no sign of improvements.
North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has observed test-flights of hypersonic missiles and underscored the need to bolster the country’s nuclear war deterrent.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has begun his visit to China as Beijing aims to strengthen ties amid heightened tensions with Japan over Taiwan.
South Korea is chasing a coal-free future in efforts to slash carbon emissions, an ambitious goal for the fossil fuel-dependent country.
World leaders from the Group of 20 rich and developing economies have broken with tradition and adopted a declaration at the start of their summit in South Africa despite opposition from the United States.
South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol has been indicted on allegations he and others tried to cover up the details of a marine’s drowning.
Samsung Electronics and other major South Korean companies have announced new domestic investment plans.
South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol faces additional criminal charges as prosecutors allege that he flew drones over North Korea to deliberately create tensions and justify his plans to declare martial law.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has praised South Korea’s plans to raise its military spending, saying the Asian ally will take a larger role in defending itself from North Korean threats.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for tripling government spending artificial intelligence infrastructure and technology in a budget speech to the legislature.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to make greater efforts to convince North Korea to return to talks.
Silicon Valley chipmaker Nvidia plans to supply its graphics processing units for projects with the South Korean businesses and government to advance the country’s artificial intelligence infrastructure and technologies.
President Donald Trump says the United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine.
South Korea’s new president is hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, bringing together leaders from 20 countries, including the United States and China, whose leaders are set to hold a high-stakes meeting on the sidelines.
U.S. President Donald Trump is in Japan and preparing to meet with the country’s newly elected, ultraconservative leader.
South Korean investigators on Friday have indicted the 82-year-old leader of the Unification Church, Hak Ja Han, over allegations that she instructed church officials to bribe the wife of jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol and a conservative lawmaker close to him.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has apologized for poorly managed foreign adoption programs that were rife with abuses and fraud.
A senior North Korean diplomat is reiterating that his country won’t give up its nuclear weapons despite numerous international demands to do so.
South Korea’s top diplomat says his boss has asked President Donald Trump to become “a peacemaker” and use his leadership to get North Korea to talks to reduce military tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Kim Seong-Min, a defector who used radio broadcasts, USB sticks and a network of sources in the secretive country to inform the North Korean public about their authoritarian government, has died.
President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing by attracting foreign investment are clashing with his immigration crackdown.
A plane carrying more than 300 workers from South Korea who were detained during an immigration raid on a battery factory in Georgia last week has left Atlanta bound for South Korea.
South Korea’s president says Korean companies will likely hesitate to make further investments in the United States unless Washington improves its visa system for their employees, as U.S. authorities released hundreds of workers who were detained at a Georgia factory site last week.
An immigration attorney says many South Korean workers detained in a U.S. immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia were brought in for highly specialized work that Americans aren't trained to perform.
South Korea says it has reached a deal with the U.S. for the release of South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Beijing to attend a military parade with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, an event that could demonstrate potential three-way unity against the United States.
South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee and former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo have been indicted as part of investigations into the administration of ousted President Yoon Suk-Yeol and his attempt to overcome opposition by declaring martial law.
The Treasury Department wants U.S. financial institutions to monitor for suspected Chinese money laundering networks handling funds that are used to fuel the flood of fentanyl across American communities.
The U.S. is ramping up efforts to boost production of crucial components used in electric vehicles, smartphones and fighter jets.
Donald Trump has a message for critics who think turning the U.S. government into a major stockholder of Intel is a “socialist” move: More is coming.
The White House says a judge's decision to throw out the Trump administration's lawsuit against all federal judges in Maryland is a direct assault on the president’s ability to enforce immigration laws.
Police say that a set of bones recovered at a wartime mine in Japan are human remains.
President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung had a friendly interaction before the cameras at the White House that was far different than Trump's warnings against the new leader earlier Monday.
President Donald Trump says he’s firing Federal Reserve board Member Lisa Cook amid mortgage fraud allegations.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has held his first full summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has condemned South Korean-U.S. military drills and vowed to expand his nuclear forces rapidly.
South Korea and the United States began their annual large-scale joint military exercise on Monday to better cope with threats by nuclear-armed North Korea.
South Korea’s new liberal president, Lee Jae Myung, says he will seek to restore a 2018 military agreement with North Korea aimed at reducing border tensions and urged Pyongyang to respond to Seoul’s efforts to rebuild trust and revive dialogue.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has dismissed South Korean claims that North Korea is removing loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo next week before flying to Washington for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Washington later this month to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Lee’s office said Tuesday, for talks on trade and defense cooperation in the face of nuclear-armed North Korea and other threats.
South Korean investigators on Thursday requested a court warrant to arrest the wife of jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol, a day after questioning her over suspicions including bribery, stock manipulation, and political influence-peddling.
South Korea and the United States will launch their annual large-scale military exercise this month to bolster readiness against North Korean threats, the allies said Thursday.
South Korea’s military says it has begun removing loudspeakers along its border with rival North Korea in a move aimed at reducing tensions.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would have new tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading partners to go into effect in seven days.
A South Korean court has approved the new arrest of former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges related to his brief imposition of martial law in December, accepting a special prosecutor’s claim that he poses a risk of destroying evidence.
South Korea’s military says an unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in custody.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says that it remains unclear whether Seoul and Washington can conclude their tariff negotiations by next week’s deadline set by President Donald Trump.
Police have detained six Americans in South Korea for allegedly trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, U.S. dollars bills and Bibles toward North Korea by sea.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has nominated a five-term liberal lawmaker as defense minister, breaking with a tradition of appointing retired military generals.
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.
