South Korea

The United States and South Korea agreed on April 6 to proceed with the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defence system that has angered China, while the U.S.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on March 16 that the escalating threat from North Korea's nuclear program showed a clear need for a "new approach," although he stopped short of detailing what steps the Trump administration would pursue.

South Korean prosecutors will summon former president Park Geun-Hye, whose impeachment was confirmed by the country's highest court last week, for questioning as a criminal suspect, a spokesman said March 14.

Park has been named as an accomplice to the secret confidante at the heart of a corruption and influence-peddling scandal that triggered her dramatic downfall.

A new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Independent Task Force report, A Sharper Choice on North Korea: Engaging China for a Stable Northeast Asia, finds that the United States’ policy of “strategic patience” with North Korea will neither halt that country’s recurring and dangerous cycle of provocation nor ensure the stability of Northeast Asia in the future.

A Buddhist monk is critically ill after setting himself on fire in protest at South Korea’s deal with Japan over its sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War Two.

The 64-year-old man suffered third-degree burns and remains unconscious in hospital, officials say.

BELGRADE - South Korean lawmakers on Friday voted overwhelmingly to impeach President Park Geun-hye over an influence-peddling scandal, setting the stage for her to become the country's first elected leader to be pushed from office in disgrace.

Two huge U.S. bombers flew over South Korea on Sept. 13 in a show of force against the North as a top U.S. envoy said China must help close loopholes in sanctions following Pyongyang's largest-ever nuclear test.

The supersonic B-1B Lancers reached airspace over the U.S. Osan Air Base at Pyeongtaek, 64 kilometers south of Seoul, at around 10 a.m.

BELGRADE - President Tomislav Nikolic received a farewell visit from South Korean Ambassador Lee Do-hoon on Friday.

He noted the relations between their two countries were very good and thanked Lee for the Republic of Korea's vote against Kosovo's UNESCO membership bid, noting that Serbia's cultural heritage could not be preserved by those who had been destroying it.

US President Barack Obama has warned North Korea of serious consequences , calling on the leaders of Jaan and South Korea for consultations, according to a White House spokesperson on Friday, after North Korea confirmed it had successfully conducted its fifth nuclear test.

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye's ruling conservative party, Saenuri, was reeling April 14 from a shock electoral defeat that broke its 16-year parliamentary majority and threatened its chances of retaining the presidential Blue House in 2017.