South Korea

The leaders of South Korea and Indonesia have agreed to strengthen economic and security cooperation in areas such as the development of electric vehicles and batteries, smart city systems and even a fighter plane project, as well as in the…

North Korea used the anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting on the peninsula 69 years ago to warn of a "second Korean War," blaming the US and South Korea for inflaming hostilities. "The joint military exercises between the…

South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin has pledged to work hard in finding a "desirable solution" to the thorny wartime forced labor dispute that has caused relations with Japan to sink to the lowest in recent years. He said this during…

South Korea will bump up its minimum wage by 5 percent next year after government-appointed officials were left to make a decision closely watched by company executives, labor leaders and also policy makers concerned about the possible…

The leaders of South Korea and Japan had a brief chat on the sidelines of a meeting in Madrid, a rare conversation between neighbors often at loggerheads over their shared history who have not had a formal summit since 2019. Japanese…

For seven decades, South Koreans could only see the iconic blue tiled roof of their president's office from afar. Cheong Wa Dae, also named the Blue House because of its distinctive roof, was a heavily-guarded place shrouded from view by…

On Tuesday, the Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said South Korea has detected its first two cases of the new Delta Plus COVID-19 variant, as the country battles its fourth wave of infections. The Delta Plus variant is a…