Park Chung-hee, an army general ... In 1996, Chun was initially sentenced to death, while Roh received 22½ years in prison. In April 1997, South Korea’s Supreme Court reduced Chun’s sentence ...

Born to a poor rural family in the early years of the Japanese occupation, Park Chung-hee ... South Korea. More than 200 pro-democracy demonstrators were either killed or disappeared. During Chun ...

The family of a late comfort woman has won a damages suit against the Japanese government in South Korea, a local court ... including the late Bae Chun-hee, ordering Japan to pay 100 million ...

Park Chung-hee, South Korea's dictator, was assassinated in October 1979, by Kim Jae-gyu, his spy chief, during a private dinner. Following Park's death, army generals Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae ...

The South Korean president's declaration of martial law came as a surprise to South Koreans and the rest of the world South Korea's beleaguered ... president Chun Doo-hwan, who declared martial ...

Former South Korean President Park Chung-hee, right, and his daughter, Park Geun-hye, cast ballots in Seoul, South Korea, in 1977. (Yonhap via AP, File) Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan ...

SEOUL, April 25 (Yonhap) -- The family of a late comfort woman has won a damages suit filed against the Japanese government in South Korea, a local court said ... including the late Bae Chun-hee, ...

As its trade negotiators headed to Washington for talks, South Korea announced measures to support the country’s carmakers who were badly hit by the levies announced by President Trump.

“Japan plans to deepen partnerships by viewing Japan, the US, Australia, the Philippines, South Korea and others as [partners focusing on] a single theatre,” Nakatani was quoted as telling ...

The relationship between Japan under its former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and South Korea under the Moon administration was very tense. While the direct cause of tensions was rooted in historical ...

SEOUL, April 29 (Reuters) - South Korea's exports are expected ... conflict between the U.S. and China," Chun added. Still, the chip sector, South Korea's biggest export item, remained resilient ...