South Korea will hold its first military procession in ten years.

South Korea will hold its first military parade in a decade on Tuesday, showcasing its advanced armament in the face of deteriorating relations with North Korea's nuclear arsenal.

Pyongyang routinely holds massive military parades, whereas such events are traditionally held in Seoul...

Competition intensifies in Seoul as parties vie for control of the assembly.

South Korea's ruling and opposition lawmakers campaigned throughout Gangseo in western Seoul over the long holiday weekend, as the district will choose a new chief in a by-election next week.

With the general election still six months away, the by-election in Gangseo-gu on October 1...

South Korea will hold its first military procession in ten years.

South Korea will hold its first military parade in a decade on Tuesday, showcasing its advanced armament in the face of deteriorating relations with North Korea's nuclear arsenal.

Pyongyang routinely holds massive military parades, whereas such events are traditionally held in Seoul...

A South Korean court denies a corruption arrest warrant for opposition leader Lee.

Wednesday, a South Korean judge denied an arrest warrant for the country's opposition leader, citing a lack of evidence that he posed a clear risk of destroying evidence. Lee Jae-myung, who awaited the decision in a detention facility where he would have been held if the judge had approved hi...

South Korean legislators approve to dismiss the prime minister.

The opposition-controlled legislature of South Korea has passed a motion urging President Yoon Suk-yeol to dismiss the prime minister for alleged incompetence and policy failures.

Thursday, lawmakers voted 175-116 in favor of seeking Han Duck-soo's dismissal.

The motion, s...

Senior officials from South Korea and the United States have reached a consensus that North Korea and Russia's cooperation in the arms trade violates UN sanctions.

On Friday, senior South Korean and United States diplomats and defense officials reached a consensus that military collaboration between North Korea and Russia is a grave violation of US sanctions and that the allies would guarantee that there is a price to pay for this violation. They also agree...

"Any Nuclear Attack Would Bring Down the Kim Jong Un Regime," South Korea warns.

Pyongyang had stated that the deployment of a US nuclear-capable submarine and other strategic assets in the region could satisfy the requirements for the use of nuclear weapons.

Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday that South Korea has warned North Korea that any nuclear attack from t...

Teacher wounded in latest South Korean knife attack at school

South Korean police have taken into custody a suspect believed to have wounded a high school teacher with a knife on Friday in Daejeon. This is the second apparent random knife attack in the country in the past two days.

The only description provided by the Daejeon Metropolitan Police A...

A large number of US and South Korean forces will conduct live-fire drills in an area close to the border with North Korea.

Despite North Korea's warning that it won't accept such a hostile invasion rehearsal, South Korea and the US were about to launch huge live-fire drills along the border with North Korea. Despite North Korea's warning that it won't accept what it deems a hostile invasion rehearsal ...

First Q1 current account deficit in 11 years in South Korea

The Bank of Korea released data on Wednesday showing that the first three months of 2023 saw a deficit in South Korea's current account balance for the first time in 11 years due to weak exports. A record-high loss of $4.21 billion in January followed by $520 million in February contributed t...

South Korean cigarette sales increase in 2022.

Despite the government's anti-smoking campaign, cigarette sales in South Korea rose by 1.1% in 2022 over the previous year, according to the Finance Ministry.

According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, South Korean consumers purchased 3.63 billion packs of 20 cigarettes in 20...

Ten Reasons Why You Should Invest in the South Korean Economy

The question, "What business can I start in South Korea?" is a common one. Alternatively, what characteristics should a reliable investment have? Read on, and you'll learn about investment prospects in the business world. Money investments are serious business. It's not enough t...

Financial, automotive, and battery material gains push Seoul stocks higher at the close.

Automakers, battery materials businesses, and financial institutions were the day's top gainers on the South Korean stock market. The domestic currency depreciated versus the dollar.

After gaining 3.99 points, or 0.16 percent, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index ended the day at 2...

Gains in LG's market capitalization have been the highest among major companies.

With Chairman Koo Kwang-mo at the helm, the South Korean conglomerate LG has been able to outpace its larger competitors Samsung, SK, and Hyundai Motor in terms of overall market value growth over the past year thanks to its focus on change, innovation, and the development of new growth engines. ...

South Korea needs a smaller Assembly, says the head of the ruling party.

The leader of the ruling People Power Party said Thursday that South Korea might need a smaller National Assembly.

Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon said Thursday at a meeting of the party leadership that the present 300 seats in the 75-year-old parliament "shouldn't be considered absolute.&qu...

At the South Korea-United States summit, extending deterrence should be the top goal.

Ahn Ho-young, the former South Korean ambassador to the United States, has encouraged the leaders of the United States and South Korea to undertake an in-depth conversation on improving US steps to reinforce extended deterrence, the United States' pledge to protect South Korea with the entire...

In 2024, South Korea plans to implement a new hydrogen classification system.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy of South Korea announced on Wednesday that beginning in 2024, the country will adopt a new clean hydrogen certification system that will assess businesses' carbon footprints according to the total amount of carbon emissions rather than the method of...

In April, Japan and South Korea will hold their first security discussions in five years.

According to a diplomatic source on Monday, preparations are being made for the first working-level security talks between Japan and South Korea in more than five years to take place next month, ahead of a planned visit by President Yoon Suk Yeol to the United States.

As Tokyo and Seoul...

South Korea says that if US money is given to companies, chip factories in China won't have to close.

On Wednesday, South Korea's trade ministry said that recipients of the $52 billion in semiconductor funding the United States proposes to restrict from being used by "countries of concern" will not be forced to shut down their China facilities. On Tuesday, the US Department of Comme...

South Korea: "20 years of protesting, and we still don't have equal rights."

Because there are steps, I can't go to the theater. For the same reason, I can't go to the convenience store or the new café that just opened," he says. "Even when I do get into a place, the bathroom is a problem. I can't use it most of the time." But when he tri...