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Next month’s joint military drills by South Korea and the United States will simulate an endgame scenario for North Korea that has the military recover the …

Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday it is reviewing 16 government-wide tasks to better cope with persistent threats posed by North Korea’s nuclear and missile …

Of all elementary, middle and high school students in South Korea, 1.8 percent of have been deemed gifted children and are receiving specialized education, the …

A South Korean conservative civic group called Wednesday for the country’s own nuclear armament to better cope with persistent threats posed by North …

American troops stationed in South Korea decided not to use so-called TOW anti-tank missiles at its shooting range close to the inter-Korean border after one …

A former police chief was acquitted Wednesday of charges he received bribes from an owner of a local construction firm, citing a lack of evidence. The Busan …

A local court said Wednesday that draft-dodging rumors about the son of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon are false and handed down monetary penalties to those who …

South Korea warned Japan Wednesday not to undermine a bilateral deal on “comfort women,” upset about Japan’s repeated denial of the forced …

Anybody who carries lighters or matches while on a mountain or in farmland vulnerable to wildfires can be fined up to 500,000 won ($407), the government said …

A former member of the Seoul municipal council, who is serving a life sentence for abetting a murder, received an additional three-year jail term Wednesday for …