South Korea

The Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers on Saturday underscored the need for improving bilateral relations strained over wartime issues, as South Korea's top court is expected to make a relevant decision soon. "There has never been…

North Korea has yet to show any sign that it will carry out a nuclear test in the very near future, but the country is ready to hold the seventh of its kind, South Korea's Defense Minister Lee Jong Sup said Monday. The minister also said…

South Korea's main opposition is expected to pick a high-profile rival of the president as its new leader, adding to the government's challenges as it struggles to build support after three months in office. The progressive Democratic…

In South Korea, where the highest inflation in years is causing chicken prices to rise, one grocery store is cutting costs. Homeplus, the nation's second-largest retailer, has slashed prices for fried chicken by as much as two-thirds to…

President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday that South Korea has no hostile intentions toward North Korea, showing his willingness to offer aid programs if Pyongyang firmly commits to denuclearization. North Korea fired two cruise missiles…

The US and its two top Asian allies announced they had conducted a joint missile defence exercise off Hawaii, raising the profile of exercises that show their willingness to work together in the face of threats posed by North Korea and…

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said Japan is a partner as the two countries face "common threats," offering to improve ties between the allies of the US whose help the Biden administration has sought in putting up a united front…

More rain is forecast for areas of South Korea as Seoul tried to drain flooded train stations and repair cut power lines after one of the worst storms in more than a century hit the capital, killing at least nine and leaving about six…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met leaders of Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan in her closely watched tour this week — but not the South Korean president. The official reason: He was on a staycation. Just before Pelosi (D-Calif.)…

To change the image of public housing in South Korea being deemed by many as "cheap and shameful", Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon hopes to take a leaf from Singapore's public housing policies. "I realised that Singapore has gradually improved…