SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has decided to withdraw his nomination for budget minister amid mounting ...

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to five years in prison last week, the first of eight criminal verdicts stemming ...

A South Korean court ruled Wednesday that the ill-fated imposition of martial law by the then President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion, as it sentenced his prime minister to 23 years in ...

Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was sentenced to 23 years in prison Wednesday for playing a key role in an insurrection by ...

South Korean government prosecutors have recommended that former President Yoon Suk Yeol be punished with death for his stunning effort early in December 2024 to return to dictatorship. This is ...

Special Counsel Cho Eun-suk had sought a 15-year prison term, arguing that Han played a key role before and after the declaration of martial law. It is rare for a court to impose a sentence exceeding ...

South Korea logged its slowest growth in half a decade in 2025, the country's central bank said Thursday, while exports rose ...

South Korea's economy is widely expected to regain its footing this year after a 2025 trade deal between Seoul and Washington tamed tariff headwinds. The overhang from the political crisis sparked by ...

Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, 76, was the first official from the Yoon administration to be convicted of ...