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South Korean president fights impeachment as he's investigated for insurrection
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s party said it would oppose a vote to impeach him on Saturday after he declared emergency martial law, only to lift the order hours later.
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South Korean protesters call on president to step down
Thousands of South Korean protesters gathered outside President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down after declared martial law for a short time on Monday.
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South Korean lawmakers seek president's impeachment after 6-hour martial law declaration
President Yoon Suk Yeol shocked the East Asian democracy by declaring martial law only to lift the order hours later under intense pressure.
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What is martial law? What happened in South Korea and what it means
With debate surrounding a martial law declaration in South Korea this week, many are wondering what does such a declaration actually mean and what are the rules around it?
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South Korean president declares emergency martial law
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law Tuesday night in an unannounced TV address.
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South Korean President Yoon is urged to resign or face impeachment over martial law
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said early Wednesday that he would soon lift the military rule he imposed overnight, after the parliament voted to reject his martial law declaration.
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Diplomatic links: A key US ally plans to woo Trump with golf
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol “got out his golf clubs for the first time in eight years and resumed his golf practice” as he gets ready to meet President-elect Donald Trump in person, his office told NBC News on Monday.
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What is the 4B movement?
4B is a feminist movement that is believed to have originated in South Korea which calls for women to not date, marry, have sex with, or have children with men.
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81-year-old South Korean falls short in a bid to become oldest Miss Universe contestant
An 81-year-old South Korean fashion model fell short in her bid to become the oldest Miss Universe contestant.
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Western nations were desperate for Korean babies. Now many adoptees believe they were stolen
Yooree Kim marched into a police station in Paris and told an officer she wanted to report a crime. Forty years ago, she said, she was kidnapped from the other side of the world, and the French government endorsed it.
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Samsung smartphones given to athletes may violate sanctions on North Korea
South Korean officials said that providing Samsung smartphones to North Korean athletes at the Paris Olympics would violate U.N. Security Council sanctions against the country over its nuclear and missile program.
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US pilot rescued after F-16 fighter jet crashes off South Korea
A U.S. Air Force pilot safely ejected from an F-16 fighter jet that crashed into waters off South Korea’s southwestern coast on Wednesday, in the second such crash in less than two months.
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‘History in the making': South Korea's parliament passes landmark ban on production and sales of dog meat
Some angry dog farmers said they plan to challenge the bill’s constitutionality and hold protest rallies, a sign of continued heated debate over the ban.
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Rival Koreas conduct provocative drills along their tense sea boundary, escalating animosities
South Korea says North Korea has conducted artillery drills along the rivals’ tense sea boundary in violation of ar 2018 military agreement.
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South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung injured in knife attack, officials say
The injury to the chairman of South Korea’s Democratic Party was non-life-threatening, authorities said.
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An industrial robot crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packing plant in South Korea
Police say an industrial robot crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packaging plant in South Korea.
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Fukushima nuclear plant starts 2nd release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea
The wastewater discharges, which are expected to continue for decades, have been strongly opposed by fishing groups and neighboring countries including South Korea.
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North Korea calls South's leader a ‘guy with a trash-like brain' as it slams his UN speech
North Korea has called South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol “a guy with a trash-like brain” and “a diplomatic idiot” as it blasted him for using a U.N. speech to issue a warning over the North’s deepening military ties with Russia.
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BTS member Suga starts alternative military service in South Korea
Suga became the third member of K-pop supergroup BTS to begin fulfilling mandatory military duty in South Korea.
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American prisoners freed from Iran arrive in the US
American prisoners freed from Iran arrive in the US