South Korea’s correctional facilities, including detention centers and prisons, are becoming overcrowded. A surge in drug ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach, was released from detention Saturday after spending ...

Experts say they're likely kept apart from North Korean inmates to prevent them from spreading hostile thoughts. In responses to questions from the AP, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said ...

SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court on Friday ordered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to be released from jail, a ...

According to the latest figure from the Justice Ministry, a South Korean inmate annually had 5.5 meetings with their lawyers on average throughout the year of 2023, given that South Korea's ...

SEOUL, March 8 (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walked out of a detention centre on Saturday after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel the impeached leader ...

Memories of seeing those bodies still haunt me in my sleep.” Hundreds and possibly thousands died amid the forced labour, ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison Saturday, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial ...

The Hwaseong center is a special detention-work institute (one of two existing in Korea) where about 1,000 inmates receive vocational training (specializing in mechanics, welding, carpentry and other ...

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach over his declaration of martial law, has been freed from detention after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision ...