SEOUL: No thanks to his "xie xie" gaffe from a year ago, former opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who is widely regarded as ...

The presidential hopeful is known for his strength in domestic politics but has appeared weak when it comes to foreign policy. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

South Korea's former president Moon Jae-in claimed Friday that prosecutors abused their power, were politically motivated and "unjust" to indict him on bribery charges.

Similar claims that the BBC criticised the country's judges spread elsewhere on Facebook and X, South Korean online forums ...

South Korea’s Constitutional Court affirmed the National Assembly’s impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, removing him from ...

Moon’s predecessor, Park Geun-hye, faced impeachment and removal from office due to an influence-peddling scandal. Yoon Suk Yeol, who succeeded Moon, was also removed from office earlier this month ...

The trend towards political polarisation is hardly unique to South Korea, but the country’s long-running divisions have been ...

South Korea said on Thursday that DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, secretly shipped out user data and prompt content without ...

Bribery charges follow a recent history of former leaders having faced impeachment, prison or suicide.

We will be affected directly by the U.S. tariffs [and] also indirectly by their tariffs to other countries,” said Rhee Chang ...

SEOUL: As South Korea gears up to elect a new leader in less than two months, impeached former president Yoon Suk-yeol's ...

South Korea's economy unexpectedly contracted 0.1 percent in the first three months of this year, the country's central bank ...