South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment…
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Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics declared an indefinite strike Wednesday to pressure South Korea’s biggest company to accept their calls for higher pay and other…
North Korea sent hundreds more trash-carrying balloons to South Korea, Seoul’s military said Monday, following a warning from Kim Jong Un’s sister about further responses…
South Korean authorities issued return-to-work orders for doctors involved in a one-day walkout on Tuesday, part of an extended strike opposing government plans to increase…
At least four people were killed and six injured Tuesday after a tragic collapse at a highway construction site south of Seoul, fire authorities reported.…
The rear section of a passenger aircraft belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan caught fire at an airport in the country’s southeast on Tuesday,…
Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stormed a Seoul court on Sunday after a judge extended his detention over his failed bid…
South Korea’s Constitutional Court opened the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday following his failed bid to impose martial law. However, the…
At least 179 people were feared dead Sunday when a plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival. The Jeju Air…
A grieving South Korea flew flags at half-mast Monday for the 179 victims of its deadliest plane crash, as investigators examined why the Jeju Air…