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The U.S. State Department said Sunday that in accordance with its security commitment to South Korea, U.S. troops in Japan would be automatically deployed to …

WASHINGTON (Yonhap) ― North Korean officials criticized the U.S. for using the issue of human rights to intervene in their domestic affairs when they met …

The number of part-time workers in South Korea has topped the 2-million mark, data showed Monday, as the government is striving to create more jobs amid …

The ruling and main opposition parties’ budget row continued unabated Monday with less than two weeks left until the Nov. 30 budget review deadline. The …

South Korea’s election watchdog said Monday lawmakers and political groups were now allowed to receive political contributions via smartphones, paving the …

Police have taken into custody a former military officer on charges of handing over to North Korea a series of documents about the state defense procurement …

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon and Seoul education chief Cho Hee-yeon on Monday announced their joint plan to spruce up the city’s education sector, including …

South Korea said Monday North Korean leader Kim Jong-un seems to be sending a special envoy to Russia to counter international pressure over its nuclear …

Six Army soldiers have appealed against jail sentences for beating their colleague to death in April, lawyers and military officers said Monday. Last month, a …

The captain of the sunken ferry Sewol has appealed a lower court’s guilty verdict for abandoning passengers in the deadly sinking, court officials said …