South Korea’s former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo says he will run in next month’s presidential election and would seek to lessen the powers of the office and ease strife-ridden domestic ...

Instead of retreating, South Korea is accelerating trade liberalization, with agreements signed with dozens of countries since 2018. A rapidly changing global economic landscape was the hallmark ...

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 ...

SEJONG, South Korea: A senior South Korean government official ruled out on Monday (Apr 28) that Seoul would agree to a trade package with Washington by the time the country holds a presidential ...

South Korea’s export growth stalled in April in a worrisome sign for the trade-driven economy as officials scramble to cope with Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff campaign. The value of ...

South Korea's former President Yoon Suk Yeol is to be additionally charged with abuse of authority. He is already being tried for insurrection over his failed bid to impose martial law. South ...

South Korea will hold a snap election on June 3 after former President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted for his role in imposing martial law briefly in December. It is "theoretically impossible” for the ...

SEOUL, May 1 (Reuters) - South Korea's top court cast doubt on Thursday on frontrunner Lee Jae-myung's eligibility to run for the presidency, while the resignations of the prime minister and ...

SEOUL - Human-induced climate change made the ultra-dry and warm conditions that fanned South Korea’s deadliest wildfires in history earlier in the year twice as likely and more intense ...

SEOUL, May 1 (Reuters) - South Korea's parliament approved a supplementary government budget on Thursday of 13.8 trillion won ($9.7 billion) to bolster an economy grappling with weak domestic ...

Roughly 600 North Korean troops have been killed fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, South Korean lawmakers said on Wednesday, citing the country's intelligence agency. North Korea has ...