South Korea teetered on the edge of a far worse crackdown than the infamous Gwangju Uprising massacre. As the country ...

Kang’s novels offer an important lens for understanding Korean history and politics, and the grief and strength of the Korean people.

Wearing symbolic white helmets and waving "Stop the Steal" flags, the young men of the "white skull squad" are back on the ...

“The whole situation just naturally evolved in a way that Yoon Suk Yeol became the symbol of this movement of freedom and ...

Scenes of armed soldiers attempting to enter the parliament building shook South Korea and were a reminder of the country's dictatorship in the 1980s. Soldiers try to enter South Korea's ...

In a nation haunted by a repressive past and threats from North Korea, Lee Chang-dong’s tales fuse the personal with an inescapable politics ...

Seoul central district court in South Korea on Friday cancelled the arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in connection ...

North Korea's unveiling of its first nuclear-powered submarine marks a bold leap in its military ambitions, but skepticism ...

South Korea's decision to enter the race for the 2031 Asian Cup hosting rights looks set to reignite a bidding battle between ...

In 2004, South Korea's GDP surpassed one trillion dollars ... its grip on the economy amid the political changes of the 1980s and 1990s. The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 hit South Korea ...

Yoon’s December 3 decree threw South Korea into turmoil when he banned political ... War until its transition to democracy in the late 1980s. Even several members of Yoon’s own conservative ...