SEOUL--South Korea on Sunday protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with "deep disappointment" and urged Japanese leaders to show repentance for the ...

Shamans, the practitioners of an ancient belief system, are often disparaged in South Korea. But they also hold a special place in the country’s culture.

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 ...

24 that “we are aware that she did not visit Yasukuni Shrine after becoming an Upper House member in July 2022.” Despite the denials, South Korea withdrew from the event and organized its own ...

A group of 27 South Koreans fought to have their relatives’ names removed from the highly controversial shrine in Tokyo.

Explore the historic city of Kyoto with this stunning drone footage, capturing the elegance of ancient temples, serene ...

South Korea President Yoon indicted for insurrection over martial law decree Asia Pacificcategory· January 26, 2025 South Korea's exports are expected to have fallen for the first time in 16 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met South Korea’s acting leader Choi Sang-mok in Seoul on Monday ...

WASHINGTON − President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon upset key U.S. ally South Korea Tuesday when he labeled North Korea a "nuclear power" in a statement submitted to a ...

Park Jong-joon, the chief of the presidential security service, arrives at the Joint Investigation Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (Lim Hwa-young/Yonhap via AP) Security ...

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said it began in the plane’s tail. Footage aired by local broadcaster YTN shows evacuation slides deployed on both sides of the single-aisle plane, with ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday fired a ballistic missile that flew 1,100 kilometers (685 miles) before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, South Korea’s military ...