South Korea's special prosecutor is expected to make a sentencing request for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, as a lower court trial convened on Friday for its final session.

A computer simulation ordered by the government showed that everyone on board would have survived if the concrete berm had been made of materials that easily broke apart.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung flew to China this week for a summit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, for the second time in two months.

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Japan next week for talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Seoul said Friday, days after meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.Lee met with President Xi this week,

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement it detected several ballistic missile launches from North Korea's capital region around 7:50 a.m. It stated that the missiles flew approximately 560 miles and that South Korean and U.S. authorities were analyzing the details of the launches.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung will visit Japan for a two-day, one-night trip starting Jan. 13, the presidential office said Thursday.

A Seoul court began a final hearing for former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched declaration of martial law in 2024, with prosecutors set to seek either the death penalty or a life sentence for the impeached leader.

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Carlos Alcaraz ‌beat his great rival Jannik Sinner 7-5 7-6(8) to win their Hyundai Card Super Match exhibition event in Incheon, South Korea, on Saturday that marked the start of the season for the world's top two men's tennis players.

Conservatives in South Korea still believe the country's pro-democracy Gwangju Uprising in the 1980s was backed by Pyongyang. A speech from a supposed former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent has circulated online where he baselessly claimed declassified US government documents provided proof of the claim.