The mid-20th century was a time of seismic change in Korea. After its liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, the ...

Ahn Jung-geun is best known for his dramatic assassination of Japan's first prime minister in 1909 at a railway station.

Calligraphy by a South Korean independence hero, created while awaiting execution for assassinating a Japanese statesman, is breaking new auction records in Seoul, as the country's ultra-rich seek to ...

South Korea has confirmed 52 measles cases so far this year, marking the highest number in six years, Yonhap News reported Sunday, citing health authorities. The increase comes amid a global ...

Taegeukgi is the name for the South Korean flag. This far-right movement includes fascistic elements and has continued as supporters of Yoon. While lacking any popular support, they staged ...

SEOUL: South Korea’s former opposition leader Lee Jae-myung (pic) still remains the frontrunner for now in a presidential election that will struggle to heal the political divide in a nation ...

South Korea. The Indian golfer's approach to the ninth hole hit the flag and rebounded straight across the green and into the water. He took a double-bogey six. That stroke of misfortune appeared ...

SEOUL, April 17. /TASS/. The United States and South Korea have kicked off the Freedom Flag joint air exercise that will involve about 90 aircraft from both sides, the Yonhap news agency reports.

A quick-thinking police officer in South Korea recognised a silent emergency call as a cry for help and used non-verbal cues to guide the caller – a domestic violence victim unable to speak ...

An estimated 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded while fighting alongside Russia against Ukrainian forces, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Wednesday. The assessment ...

SEOUL, May 1 (Reuters) - South Korea's acting leader Han Duck-soo is expected to resign on Thursday in order to clear a path for him to join the race to become the country's permanent president ...