A South Korean appeals court has reversed a 2024 legal ... removing a barrier that could have blocked him from running for president. Following the verdict on Wednesday, Lee – who had been ...

A man has been found dead after falling into a sinkhole in South Korea, officials have said. Measuring roughly 20m (66ft) deep and 20m wide, the sinkhole appeared on Monday afternoon at an ...

A South Korean man was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for sexual assault after his victim was able to produce security camera footage showing the attack reflected on a washing machine lid.

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 ...

A South Korean truth commission called for the country to apologize to those who were sent abroad “like luggage” so that adoption agencies could profit. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. South Korea’s acting president thanked the Constitutional Court for its “wise” decision restoring his ...

A man has been found dead after falling into a sinkhole in South Korea, officials have said. Measuring roughly 20m (66ft) deep and 20m wide, the sinkhole appeared on Monday afternoon at an ...

Seoul — South Korea's worst wildfires on record have scorched a massive swath of the country's southeast over the past five days and killed at least 24 people, according to the national fire ...

Light rain aids firefighters in South Korea's worst wildfires Main fires of five regions contained, minister says Experts link fire spread to climate change, warn of future risks Mostly elderly ...

In 2024, Lee survived a knife attack and underwent surgery when he was stabbed in the neck by a man during an event. Seoul-based reporter covering the Koreas with a focus on South Korean politics ...