South Korea

The Korean baseball club NC Dinos will play their next three home games behind closed doors after a piece of aluminum structure fell and injured two fans during Saturday's contest.

Calls are growing for the Constitutional Court’s swift decision on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, as its protracted deliberation is causing public fatigue with continuous political confrontations and months of rallies either supporting or opposing the removal of the president.

The average monthly income of single-parent families stands at only about 60 percent of the average for all households, a government report showed Sunday.

“Evacuate! Everyone to the bathhouse, now!”

The military deployed 600 soldiers and 49 helicopters Saturday to help contain wildfires that have devastated the country's southeastern provinces, the defense ministry said.

South Korea has long faced the threat of its nuclear-armed northern neighbor, a risk that continues to grow as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vows to expand his country’s nuclear weapons program.

Seoul will push forward the project to provide telemedicine services for 4,500 crew members of deep-sea vessels using satellite telecommunications, the oceans ministry said Sunday.

A massive wildfire that began in Sancheong County and swept through nearby regions in South Gyeongsang Province has been fully contained, authorities said Sunday.

The White House cited Friday, South Korean conglomerate Hyundai Motor Group's recently unveiled plan to invest US$21 billion in the United States through 2028 as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump's push to achieve 'American manufacturing dominance.'

Officials in Seoul seem perplexed by the U.S. government's inclusion of Korea's offset trade program in the defense sector in its report on foreign trade barriers, released just two days before the Donald Trump administration is set to impose reciprocal tariffs.

Korea plans to offer humanitarian aid worth $2 million to Myanmar to assist the country's people affected by the catastrophic quake earlier this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday.

The Ministry of Justice announced measures Monday to support foreign residents affected by recent wildfires in southeastern Korea, including a temporary waiver of overstay fines and relaxed restrictions on job transfers for seasonal workers.

Approximately 1.17 million foreign patients visited Korea last year to receive medical treatments, the highest number since Seoul launched its medical tourism initiative in 2009, reinforcing the country’s push to become a leading health care destination in Asia.

The trade ministers of South Korea and Japan agreed Sunday to cooperate to jointly respond to global trade issues involving both countries amid the expansion of trade protectionism, Seoul's industry ministry said.

The foreign ministry said Tuesday it has requested a 'public audit' by the state auditor over allegations of preferential treatment in the hiring of Prosecutor General Shim Woo-jung's daughter at both the ministry and an affiliated think tank.

The government said Tuesday that a revision to the Commercial Act, passed unilaterally by the opposition majority last month, undermines shareholder protection and could negatively impact the economy.

Industry ministers of South Korea and China discussed expanding economic cooperation in the supply chain and other areas, Saturday, amid growing tensions in global trade in their first meeting in over a year, Seoul's ministry said the same day.

Moroccan Ambassador to Korea Chafik Rachadi highlighted the growing economic partnership between the two countries, highlighting Hyundai Rotem’s recent $1.5 billion (2.2 trillion won) contract with Morocco’s national railway operator as a landmark achievement.

Wildfires reignited in the southeastern part of the country overnight Saturday before firefighters brought them back under control, according to firefighting and regional authorities.

Roads near the Constitutional Court in central Seoul will be closed Friday as the court delivers its ruling on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, with massive rallies expected both in support of and against him, police said Tuesday.

“Bwahahahaha” is a weekly column that explores the roots of Korean humor through the joke book “Kkalkkal Useum,” originally published in 1916.

A total of 96.9 percent of students at 40 medical schools across the country have decided to return to class after a government-imposed deadline for reinstatement expired earlier this week, the education ministry said Tuesday.

The state anti-corruption investigation office has opened a probe into Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok over his non-appointment of an opposition-recommended Constitutional Court justice candidate, judicial sources said Monday.

Police began investigating a 56-year-old man on suspicion of igniting the wildfires that ravaged southeastern Korea over the past 10 days, leaving 30 dead and burning up vast stretches of land.

South Korea will share its railroad construction technologies and experience with Vietnam as part of bilateral railway cooperation with the Southeast Asian nation, Seoul's transport ministry said Monday.

Major palaces in Seoul will be closed Friday as a precautionary measure when the Constitutional Court delivers its verdict on President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his short-lived martial law bid.

The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) said Monday its leader Lee Jae-myung requested a meeting with acting President Han Duck-soo, in an apparent move to pressure the appointment of a Constitutional Court justice, but has yet to receive a response.

The floor leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) on Sunday urged acting President Han Duck-soo to quickly appoint an opposition-recommended Constitutional Court justice or face consequences.

With two U.S. citizens in key positions at the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) required to regularly report their activities to the U.S. under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), Korea’s space agency faces a dilemma in recruiting top-tier foreign rocket scientists.