SEOUL, South Korea -- The heir and de facto leader of the Samsung group received a presidential pardon Friday, continuing South Korea's long tradition of freeing business leaders convicted of corruption on economic grounds. In this file photo taken on February 22, 2017 Lee Jae-Yong (C), vice...
SEOUL, South Korea -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed his "clear commitment" to North Korea's denuclearisation during his visit to Seoul, weeks after Pyongyang said it was "ready to mobilise" its nuclear deterrent. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres talks...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's capital has moved to ban the cramped basement flats made famous by Oscar-winning movie "Parasite" after four people drowned in subterranean dwellings during flooding caused by record-breaking rains this week. South Korean soldiers clear debris from a residential...
SEOUL, South Korea -- The death toll from South Korea's record-breaking rains and flooding has risen to 11, officials said Thursday, with eight more people still missing as Seoul struggles to clean up after the deluge. Partially submerged roadsigns are seen as waters from the flooded Han River...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea recorded 151,792 new Covid-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, taking the total number of infections to 20,845,973, the health authorities said Wednesday. The daily caseload was up from 149,897 in the previous day as a highly transmissible...
SEOUL, South Korea -- At least nine people were killed and seven others missing in South Korea after record downpours flooded major roads, metro stations and homes, officials said Wednesday. People walk across a street during heavy rainfall in the Gangbuk district of Seoul on August 8, 2022. YONHAP...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Saturday slammed US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her recent visit to the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone, calling her the "worst destroyer of international peace". In this handout photo from the Speakers Office, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a...
Liza Soberano made fans giddy posting on social media a photo of her with Momoland’s Nancy McDonnie. The actress uploaded the photo on Instagram along with others taken during her recent South Korean sojourn. She captioned it simply, “Korea dump pt. 2”...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's first lunar orbiter successfully launched on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, Seoul said Friday, with the payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space. This screen grab made from SpaceX footage shows the Falcon 9 launch...
Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick” and Chris Hemsworth’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” topped the monthly box office in South Korea for July with a combined gross of $62.26 million. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office receipts, “Top Gun: Maverick,”...
SEOUL, South Korea -- After her high-profile trip to Taiwan, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in South Korea Thursday where her agenda included a visit to the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) -- but not a meeting with the country's president. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and South...
SEOUL, South Korea -- After her high-profile trip to Taiwan, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in South Korea Thursday where her agenda included a visit to the border with the nuclear-armed North, an official told AFP. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) poses with South Korean National Assembly...
