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 ...

If he’s thrown out of office, a national election to choose his successor must be held within 60 days. (AP video shot by Yong Jun Chang) Participants celebrate after hearing the news that South ...

SEOUL, Dec 18 (Reuters) - South Korea's foreign minister said on Wednesday he was devising a roadmap to prepare for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's potential reopening of nuclear talks with ...

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol pledged to fight “to the end” just days ahead of another impeachment vote.

The launches come days after a trilateral military exercise run by the U.S., South Korea and Japan, according to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. North Korea on Tuesday test-launched several short ...

SEOUL — South Korea’s parliament on Saturday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his stunning and short-lived martial law decree, a move that ended days of political paralysis but set up an ...

Until the court produces its ruling, South Korea will have to live with political uncertainty. One silver lining in all this is that when a major political and constitutional crisis occurs in ...

SEOUL, Dec 17 (Reuters) - South Korea has blacklisted 11 individuals and 15 entities linked to illicit military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

The vote by South Korea’s parliament to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday marked the culmination of a stunning political showdown sparked by his shock decision to impose martial law on ...

President Yoon reportedly said that he will lift martial law, hours after the country's parliament voted to veto the plan. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday in an extraordinary rebuke that came about after his own ruling party turned on him following his refusal to resign ...

The party had previously boycotted a vote last week on impeaching Yoon Suk Yeol. South Korea's parliament is voting for a second time on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after his short ...