South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him for insurrection after a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break a security blockade and take in the embattled leader.

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s security service stopped an effort to detain him on insurrection charges and has vowed to do so again. Its roots are in the era of military dictatorships.

Protesters have thronged the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, where officials trying to arrest him were blocked by security guards.

The U.S. secretary of state aimed to show that his country stood by South Korea as it grapples with a political crisis, and as Donald J. Trump returns to power.

South Korea's government said on Monday it will extend the shutdown of Muan International Airport by a week to Jan. 14, citing the ongoing investigation into the crash of a Jeju Air jet that killed 179 passengers on board.

South Korea says North Korea fired a ballistic missile that flew 685 miles before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan

A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea is a startling development, even for observers used to the country’s famously rough and tumble ...

Elon Musk warns that population collapse is a significant threat to humanity. He highlights falling fertility rates and aging populations in countries

People around the world see various factors as contributing to economic inequality in their country: Majorities in almost every country surveyed believe

In our 36-country survey, we asked respondents how large a problem various types of inequality are in their nation, including the gap between the rich and

The signing of the agreement covering exports of nuclear technology was signed by the US and South Korea on the same day that the leaders of South Korea and the Czech Republic reaffirmed their commitment to projects including the expansion of the Dukovany nuclear power plant.