Seoul, which also established ties with Cuba last year, now has relations with all 191 U.N. member states except North Korea.

North Korean state media didn’t immediately comment on South Korea establishing ties with Syria. South Korea also established diplomatic relations with Cuba last year, which the Seoul government ...

South Korea and Syria have formally agreed to establish diplomatic relations, after years of maintaining a distance because of the former Syrian regime's ties to North Korea.

SEOUL, South Korea ... Syria’s new Islamist government, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday, months after a rebel coalition ousted President Bashar Assad, who had maintained close ties with ...