Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday after investigators and police descended on his residence over his short-lived declaration of martial law last month.

The uneasy truce between nuclear-armed North Korea and US-allied South Korea remains one of the most vexing security concerns ...

South Korea has developed into one of Asia's most affluent countries since partition in 1948. The Communist North has slipped ...

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Ongoing political chaos will entrench the country’s economic and social problems—and leave Seoul woefully unprepared for ...

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation this year, the Korea Heritage Service announced Thursday that it ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s attempted martial law declaration sparked a wave of collective resistance from ...

Yet, while these recent developments are historic, they are just the latest chapter in South Korea’s scandal-ridden presidential history. Since the country’s founding after World War II ...

A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea is a startling development, even ...

In response to martial law, South Korean citizens mobilised en masse, transforming urban centres into arenas of dissent characterised by inventive protest strategies and cultural symbolism.