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The Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a ruling that convicted a senior opposition lawmaker of receiving 30 million won ($24,400) in kickbacks from a former …

The father of Texas Rangers’ outfielder Choo Shin-soo received a three-year jail term Thursday for not paying back 500 million won ($407,400) that he …

Suh Byung-soo, mayor of Busan, said Thursday he will step down as chief organizer of the Busan International Film Festival amid allegations that he tried to …

South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn said Thursday that the government maintains a denuclearization policy despite some debates on the possibility of the …

Concerns and skepticism persist over Seoul’s policy direction and future cross-border relations since President Park Geun-hye broke a taboo by warning of …

The ruling conservative Saenuri Party’s internal feud over candidate nominations for the upcoming parliamentary elections escalated Thursday into a head-on …

Police on Thursday raided the office of a company in Seoul that manages a computer server run by a progressive teachers union to investigate whether the public …

For expats, one of the first things they learn to adjust to in South Korea is to clarify their age in two ways: one as they would back home, and another in …

The amount of smuggled narcotics in South Korea surged 42 percent year-on-year last year, statistics released by the Korea Customs Service showed Thursday. …

Over 80,000 infants in Korea failed to show up for free basic health checkups, stoking concerns that they may be suffering from parental negligence, a lawmaker …