Mount Paektu, an active stratovolcano straddling the border of North Korea and China, is the highest peak on the Korean peninsula and lies at the heart of North Korea’s foundation myth.

South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday as authorities ...

At least 19 people have been killed in one of South Korea's worst wildfire outbreaks ... helicopter died when his aircraft crashed in a mountain area, officials said. According to the interior ...

In a week that saw French right-wing leader Marine Le Pen banned from running for office, the South Korean Constitutional Court's ouster of President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday has ...

After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected ...

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he opened trade negotiations with South Korea, one of the many countries that “want to make a deal with the United States” following the ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP ... built in 681 A.D. during the Shilla dynasty that ruled more than half of the Korean Peninsula. It is nestled at the foot of Deungun Mountain in the southeastern town of ...

South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, widely seen as the front-runner in a presidential by-election triggered by the removal of President Yoon Suk Yeol last week over his ill-fated ...

An investigation by South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has concluded that the country’s government-endorsed foreign adoption programme violated the fundamental human rights of ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean Constitutional Court’s decision to formally unseat President Yoon Suk Yeol is another test for the country’s democracy after the conservative ...

South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled on Monday to reinstate Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's powers, marking the latest twist in the country's turbulent politics after his impeachment as ...