The mid-20th century was a time of seismic change in Korea. After its liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, the ...

There’s a Korean mini-festival north of Boston. In Salem, the survey show “Korean Art” and photography exhibition “Jung ...

Ahn Jung-geun is best known for his dramatic assassination of Japan's first prime minister in 1909 at a railway station.

Calligraphy by a South Korean independence hero, created while awaiting execution for assassinating a Japanese statesman, is ...

When you have a global market, you’re not heavily dependent on one region, and that allows you to plan better for challenging ...

Officials in the country’s second-largest city are hoping that new infrastructure, including a new airport, can help revitalise the port city.

The CMIM pool currently amounts to US$240 billion (S$310 billion) in foreign exchange reserves, with Japan and China each contributing US$76.8 billion, South Korea US$38.4 billion and the 10 ...

Beneath the bustling streets of major South Korean cities, vast underground malls have become an integral part of urban life, but several sinkhole incidents across the country have raised concerns ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's conservative ... conservative vision for the country in his acceptance speech, vowing to take a hard line against North Korea and implement incentives for ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s acting leader, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, said Thursday he is resigning to take on “heavier responsibility” as expectation mounted he will run in ...

The buildings have become rarer over time, because of urbanization, war and occupation, which led to the destruction of many traditional homes in the country ... War left the city in ruins.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firings of missiles from a recently launched destroyer — the first such warship for the North — and ...