President denies wrongdoing in a growing scandal

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol denied wrongdoing yesterday in a burgeoning influence-peddling scandal involving him and his wife that’s severely hurting his approval ratings and

South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users

South Korea’s privacy watchdog yesterday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data

A South Korean adoptee’s journey to uncover her identity

In a small room in Seoul, South Korea, Rebecca Kimmel sat in disbelief, staring at a baby photo she had just unearthed from her adoption

Nobel Prize in literature awarded to S. Korean author for her ‘intense poetic prose’

South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature yesterday for what the Nobel committee called “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas

Philippines, South Korea deepen security cooperation, elevating ties to a strategic partnership

South Korea and the Philippines, each faced by increasingly hostile rival nations, elevated their ties to a strategic partnership on Monday, including broader defense and security

In their 80s, these women learned reading and rap

Wearing an oversized bucket hat, silver chains and a black Miu Miu shirt, 82-year-old Park Jeom-sun gesticulates, her voice rising and falling with staccato lines about

Seoul sets a compensation plan for dog meat farmers before the 2027 ban

South Korea announced plans yesterday to compensate famers and others in the country’s dwindling dog meat industry before a formal ban goes into effect in 2027, a

Adoption fraud separated generations of South Korean children from their families

South Korea’s government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to supply some 200,000 Korean children to parents overseas, despite years of evidence they were being

Truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s

The report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission yesterday came years after  The commission was launched in December 2020 to review human rights violations linked

Koreas Seoul says the North has flown more trash balloons toward South Korea

South Korea’s military says North Korea is again flying balloons likely carrying trash toward the South, adding to a bizarre psychological warfare campaign amid growing tensions

Ex-N. Korean diplomat appointed a vice minister in S. Korea the highest post for any defector

South Korea’s president yesterday appointed a former North Korean diplomat as a vice minister, the highest-level government job for any of the thousands of North Koreans

In landmark verdict, top court recognizes some rights for same-sex couples

South Korea’s top court ruled yesterday that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples, a landmark verdict hailed by

South Korea to deploy laser weapons to intercept North Korean drones

South Korea said yesterday it will begin deploying laser weapons systems designed to intercept North Korean drones, which have caused security concerns in the South

Man who stabbed opposition leader sentenced to 15 years in prison

A man who stabbed South Korea’s opposition leader in the neck earlier this year was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday, court officials said. The

Driver whose car struck pedestrians in South Korea will face accidental homicide investigation

A driver whose car struck pedestrians waiting at a crowded intersection in South Korea’s capital, killing nine people, will be investigated on allegations of accidental homicide, police said

Fire at a lithium battery factory kills 22, mostly Chinese migrant workers

A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital yesterday, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight,

US aircraft carrier arrives in S. Korea as a show of force against nuclear-armed N. Korea

A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier arrived Saturday in South Korea for a three-way exercise involving Japan as they step up military training to cope with North Korean threats,

Group flies propaganda leaflets across border following North’s trash-balloon launches

A South Korean activists’ group said yesterday it flew large balloons carrying propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, although the North has threatened to send more balloons with manure and

President vows to expand aid contribution, mineral ties with Africa

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) shakes hands with Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani after the joint press conference for the 2024 Korea-Africa Summit in Goyang, yesterday

Chinese and Japanese leaders arrive in South Korea for their first trilateral meeting since 2019

Leaders of China and Japan arrived in Seoul to meet separately with South Korea’s president yesterday, a day before they gather for their first trilateral meeting in

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