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South Korea says to follow agreed terms on sharing defence costs after Trump's demand
SEOUL - South Korea will follow terms previously agreed with the United States on defence cost sharing, its foreign ministry ...
In a Good-Will Gesture, South Korea Returns Stranded Fishermen to the North
The fishermen’s boats had drifted into South Korean waters, officials said. The South’s new president has been trying to ...
Korea’s Household Loan Surge Puts Rate-Cut Plans Under Pressure
South Korea’s household lending surged in June at the fastest pace in 10 months, driven by a hot property market in Seoul ...
Seoul returns six North Koreans with 'strong desire' to go back
This is the first such return under the presidency of South Korea's Lee Jae-myung, who had campaigned on improving ...
Longtime AP journalist Paul Shin, who covered South Korea's turbulent modern history, dies at 84
Paul Shin, whose decadeslong career in journalism, including nearly 20 years with The Associated Press, placed him at the heart of South Korea’s most turbulent and transformative moments since the ...
South Korea sends 6 rescued North Koreans back across sea border
South Korea sent six North Koreans back across the rivals' sea border on Wednesday morning, months after they drifted south in wooden boats in March and May.
South Korea Keeps Its Chin Up as Trump Wields Tariff Threat
The country’s new president, in office for a little over a month, had just dispatched his senior deputies to Washington to ...
South Korea to step up US trade talks before tariffs kick in on August 1
South Korea said it planned to intensify trade talks with the United States and considered U.S. President Donald Trump's plan ...
He knows he was adopted from South Korea. The rest is a troubling mystery.
For years, Aaron Grzegorczyk thought his birth mother had left him at a South Korean clinic in 1988. A recent investigation ...
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Seoul fails to bring Japan’s forced labor issue to fore at Unesco
South Korea has failed to place Japan’s failure to address colonial-era forced labor at UNESCO-listed Meiji Industrial ...
South Korea's former President Yoon to attend hearing on detention warrant
South Korea's former President Yoon Suk Yeol will appear on Wednesday at a Seoul court, which will consider a special ...