Just a week into his term in office, South Korea's liberal President Lee Jae-myung has moved against his ousted conservative ...

The sun sets over a tidal flat in southwestern South Korea. Tidal flats are a type of ecosystem that provide habitat for wildlife and help fight climate change—yet many are at risk of disappearing.

The new president, who will take office immediately, faces a number of pressing challenges including repairing domestic ...

Bull-on-bull fighting has been popular in South Korea for centuries. Critics say it’s needlessly cruel and painful.

After six months of turmoil, citizens hope for better times. But political polarization and international tensions over trade ...

The new South Korean president, Lee Jae-myung, calls himself a foreign policy “pragmatist”. He says he is driven by South ...

Images from the election of South Korea's new president are as peaceful and orderly as you’d expect to see in any vibrant ...

South Korea's transformation from colonial subjugation and a war-ravaged state into one of the world's leading economies and ...

Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung has won South Korea’s snap presidential election with a clear ... It was the first time in nearly 20 years that not a single woman stood among the contenders for the ...

Korean Air, Jeju Air and T’way Air have been fined a total of 3.54 billion won (US$2.6 million) by South Korea’s government for safety violations. The three South Korean airlines violated the ...

South Korea, on March 20,... A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter carries a boat during a joint river-crossing exercise between South Korea and the U.S. as part of the Freedom Shield 25 training ...

Press freedom deteriorated significantly under the former administration, with South Korea falling from 18 places, only in three years, to its current 61st rank in 2025 RSF’s World Press Freedom Index ...