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A tourist bus carrying 26 South Koreans crashed on a road in northwestern Mexico late last week, leaving the driver dead and 18 passengers injured, …

  At least six people were killed and about 40 injured in a fire that broke out at Goyang Bus Terminal in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, Monday.  The blaze …

North Korea’s chief nuclear envoy met with U.S. experts late last week for informal talks in Mongolia over the resumption of stalled multilateral …

Local election candidates of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy still pulled ahead of their Saenuri Party rivals in major regions over the …

Four followers of ex-Semo Group chief Yoo Byung-eon were detained over the weekend on suspicion of helping the de facto owner of the sunken ferry Sewol to …

Despite President Park Geun-hye’s repeated apologies and drastic reform proposals, a growing number of people are participating in protests against the …

Controversy escalated on Sunday over Prime Minister-nominee Ahn Dae-hee’s high income reported last year, with some speculating that the former Supreme Court …

The U.N. World Food Program is seeking Seoul’s involvement in its program to fight acute malnutrition among babies and mothers in North Korea, which suffers …

Raising a child in Korea is tough, with skyrocketing private education costs, nationwide standards for acquiring fluent English skills and competition for …

Koh Seung-duk has seemingly done it all. He was the first person to pass Korea’s state exams for law, public administration and diplomacy. Having spent three …