The country is home to almost 52 million people and uses the South Korean won as its currency. Its capital city, Seoul, is geographically located in the nation’s upper region. Thanks in part to ...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol moved back on Friday with his wife and their 11 dogs and cats to their apartment in an upscale district of Seoul, close to the prosecutors’ office ...

(Song Kyung Seok/Pool Photo via AP) Recently ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is greeted by a college student before he leaves the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, ...

A supporter of recently removed South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol carries flowers near Yoon's private residence in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ...

Supporters of recently removed South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold a banner with a picture of Yoon near his private residence in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 11, 2025. The part of ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted by the Constitutional Court on Friday, which upheld parliament's impeachment motion over his short-lived imposition of ...

Kim Shin-jo, a prominent ex-North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1968 failed ...

He famously said the mission of a hit squad sent by Pyongyang in 1968 was to “slit the throat” of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul Kim Shin-jo ...

South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, widely seen as the front-runner in a presidential by-election triggered by the removal of President Yoon Suk Yeol last week over his ill-fated ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Shin-jo, a prominent ex-North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then South Korean President Park Chung-hee ...

South Korea's military fired warning shots after approximately ten North Korean soldiers crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) in the demilitarized zone (DMZ). The incident occurred around 5:00 ...