By Joyce Lee SEOUL, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A South Korean court is due to rule on Thursday on whether former President Yoon Suk ...

South Korea's Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said on Wednesday (Feb 18) that three civilians had sent drones to North Korea on four occasions since President Lee Jae-myung took office last year ...

Yet his actions created deep cleavages on the South Korean right. His former right-of-centre party, the People Power Party ( ...

A South Korean court will rule Thursday on insurrection charges against ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, weighing whether he ...

Insurrection is the most serious charge facing Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached over the short-lived 2024 order and could get the death penalty if convicted.

South Korea's ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol faces prison or even the death penalty when he appears in court Thursday on insurrection charges stemming from his 2024 bid to impose martial law. Now he faces ...

The country has not carried out capital punishment in almost three decades, despite its courts continuing to hand down death sentences.

Pyongyang said it downed a surveillance drone in early January, accusing Seoul of sending the aircraft to gather intelligence ...

Unifica­tion Minis­ter Chung Dong-young said three civilians had sent drones to North Korea on four occasions since President ...

South Korea’s former interior minister had been sentenced to seven years in prison for abetting then-President Yoon Suk ...

South Korea plans to increase medical school admissions by more than 3,340 students from 2027 to 2031 to address concerns ...