North Korea has opened its most important political event, where leader Kim Jong Un is expected to map out his domestic and ...

With Kim Jong-un set to outline his end-of-decade vision, the notable absence of his teenage daughter raises fresh succession ...

South Korea’s government or the U.N. Command – has evolved into a full-fledged institutional and political confrontation.

Impeached former President Yoon Suk Yeol could face the death penalty if he is convicted Thursday over his failed attempt to ...

The ruling, delivered by Seoul Central District Court judge Jee Kui-youn, was lighter than the death penalty prosecutors sought in January.

Jeong Yeon-doo, vice minister for strategy and intelligence at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with James Heller, the U.S. chargé d'affaires to South Korea, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty of masterminding an insurrection when he imposed martial law in 2024. It was the country’s ​biggest criminal trial in decades.

SEOUL, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A South Korean court sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison on Thursday, for leading an insurrection when he declared a brief episode of martial law in ...