South Korea

Timeline explains South Korea’s influence-peddling scandal

SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) --South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been impeached by parliament over her role in an influence-peddling…

Lacson: Sta. Isabel recording might be played in Senate inquiry into Jee slay

(Eagle News Service) -- Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Thursday that he might allow the  phone conversation recorded by Ricky Sta.…

Kim autopsy ‘illegal and immoral’: North Korean state media

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Pyongyang's state media on Thursday blasted Malaysia for an "illegal and immoral" autopsy on a…

S. Korea’s Hanjin Shipping declared bankrupt

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The axe finally fell on South Korea's once-mighty Hanjin Shipping on Friday as a Seoul…

Samsung heir arrested in corruption probe

by Park Chan-Kyong Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The heir of South Korean giant Samsung was arrested…

US, Japan, S. Korea request UN Security Council meeting on N. Korea

UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) --The United States, Japan and South Korea on Sunday requested an urgent UN Security Council…

South Korean artists sue president, aides for damages over blacklist

SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) -- Hundreds of South Korean artists sued President Park Geun-hye and former aides on Thursday (February…

Pentagon chief Mattis arrives in S.Korea amid Trump uncertainty

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in South Korea Thursday on the first leg of…

New Pentagon chief seeks to underscore alliances with Japan, S.Korea

by Thomas WATKINS Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- New Pentagon chief James Mattis on Wednesday heads to South…

S. Korea, US defense chiefs back anti-missile system

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea's defense chief and his new US counterpart vowed Tuesday to push ahead with…

US, S. Korea to ‘strengthen’ defenses against N. Korea

WASHINGTON, United States  (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump and South Korea's Acting President Hwang Kyo-Ahn vowed Sunday to "strengthen"…

Cops in Korean businessman’s kidnap-slay to “suffer,” President Duterte assures South Korea

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte vowed he would not let criminal cops who had tainted the integrity of…

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