When the Nobel committee recognized Han Kang in October for her body of work exploring “the fragility of human life,” it ...

The vote was the second major impeachment in two weeks after President Yoon’s ill-fated martial law bid set off turmoil. The ...

Actor Lee Jung-jae clarified that his ties with former ruling People Power Party (PPP) leader Han Dong-hoon were limited to a ...

Charges and counter-charges reverberate around South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk-yeol. Add “resisting arrest” to ...

South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo speaks at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Choi Jae-koo/Yonhap via AP) South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo ...

South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok vowed to continue trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United States, ...

South Korean officials said Monday they will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the ...

The arrest warrant for an incumbent president is unprecedented, and deepens the political crisis that has engulfed South ...

South Korea's suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol ignored the objections of key cabinet ministers before his failed martial law bid last month, according to a prosecutors' report seen by AFP on ...

Born in 1941 in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, now in North Korea, Han moved with his family -- led by his father, a timpanist -- to Seoul in 1946. After the 1950-53 Korean War, he left for New ...