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 breaking new auction records in Seoul, as the country's ultra-rich seek to ...

TikTok’s viral Hongdae boy videos – while they may be comedic parodies – are drawing attention to broader insidious forms of ...

After South Korea's former acting president Han Duck-soo declared his intention to stand for the top job in early May 2025, a ...

A security expert in the United States underscored the need Tuesday for Seoul to make diplomatic efforts to persuade China ...

South Korea's Democratic Party has launched a Digital Asset Committee to shape crypto policy before the June 3 presidential ...

Banners featuring South Korea’s People Power Party’s presidential election candidate Kim Moon Soo, top, Democratic Party’s ...

At the 10 a.m. event, titled “Promises to the People,” Han declared, “I have decided to find what I can do for the future of South Korea, the country I love, and for all of us.” He shared his decision ...

Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted Thursday for abuse of power over his martial law declaration, prosecutors said, adding to the impeached ex-leader's legal jeopardy.

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