SEOUL—South Korea’s legislature voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday after he declined to make judicial appointments needed to advance the impeachment of his predecessor ...

Seoul, South Korea — South Korea's opposition-controlled National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo despite vehement protests by governing party lawmakers ...

Han's impeachment leaves South Korea—a major U.S. security treaty ally—in the hands of Acting President Choi Sang-mok, who was already serving in as deputy prime minister for economics as well ...

But U.S. intelligence agencies said this month that they had since assessed that the deployment was North Korea’s idea and not Russia’s, though Mr. Putin quickly embraced it. The North Koreans ...

But the concerns proved warranted. Yoon imposed martial law in the middle of the night on Dec. 3, plunging South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades — with the defense minister ...

A North Korean soldier, who was fighting for Russia, has died in Ukrainian captivity due to severe wounds, according to South Korea’s spy agency. The announcement by the National Intelligence ...

The companies plan to make further investments in the JV, which will own 100% of Gmarket. Both Gmarket and AliExpress Korea will continue to operate their platforms independently.

South Korea is the latest country to impose sanctions against 15 North Korean IT organization members and one related group. The sanctioned agents have allegedly procured funds for North Korea’s ...

Falling marriage and birth rates have long been an issue in South Korea. The demographic challenge South Korea faces has been persistent; it continues to grapple with declining marriage and birth ...

North Korea’s involvement could not only prompt a more direct South Korean involvement but may also accelerate decisions regarding intervention in various European capitals. The Democratic ...

Korea has formally become a "super-aged" society as the share of its population aged 65 or over surpassed 20 percent, the interior ministry said Tuesday, as the country copes with a demographic ...

South Korea has become a “super-aged” society with one in five people aged 65 or older, official data showed Tuesday, underscoring the country’s deepening demographic crisis. The number of ...