South Korea’s economic growth has sputtered to a snail’s pace. Its income gap is wider than ever. Its suicide rates are among the highest, and its birthrates the lowest, in the world.

One analyst, as well as supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, says China backed Yoon's ouster in South Korea to weaken U.S. ties and expand its influence by propping up Beijing ...

A television screen shows South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol speaking during a news broadcast in Goyang, northwest of Seoul on December 3, 2024, after he declared emergency martial law, saying ...

On Dec. 3, 2024 at 10:23 p.m., South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law for the first time since 1980. Within hours, chaos began to unfold as police scuffled with protesters ...

South Korea votes after a turbulent six months. Here’s what to know. The election was called after President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over his decision to declare martial law.

South Korea's transformation from colonial subjugation and a war-ravaged state into one of the world's leading economies and cultural exporters is a story of extraordinary resilience and ambition.

South Korea has been a stable democracy since the 1980s, but the country was plunged into a short-lived, but severe, constitutional crisis. Here’s how it played out.

The South tries to get information into the North, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un tries furiously to block it, as he attempts to shield his people from outside information.

Retropolis South Korea’s martial law crisis stirs memories of 1980 Gwangju massacre. In the uncertain hours early Wednesday, many recalled the nation’s last martial law, which came after a ...