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A Seoul court sentenced a suspected lobbyist to five years in prison Tuesday in connection with the high-profile corruption scandal involving a property development project in Seongnam City.

Nafla, the rapper sentenced to prison for his involvement in evading military service, has been released on bail during the appeal process, as confir…

At a press conference, victims’ families say apology is a makeshift measure to ward off a boycott

Months ahead of crucial elections, South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hit with controversy involving first lady and an expensive blue calfskin Dior bag, Maroosha Muzaffar reports

Medical schools across the country will admit 2,000 more students starting from the next school year, raising the total annual quota to 5,058, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday. The planned increase in the number of people trained as physicians comes as South Korea suffers from a deadly shortage of doctors outside the greater Seoul area and in life-saving specialties such as pediatrics, general surgery,...

Over 90 percent of elementary school teachers oppose the government’s plan to significantly expand after-school programs, which essentially amount to child care, to all elementary schools nationwide this year, according to an opposition lawmaker, Wednesday.

The president addressed the matter for the first time since controversy erupted, but did not apologize for his wife’s acceptance of a luxury handbag

Months ahead of crucial elections, South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hit with controversy involving first lady and an expensive blue calfskin Dior bag, Maroosha Muzaffar reports

Kangwon Land on Wednesday reported its fourth-quarter net profit of 78 billion won ($58.7 million), up 746.1 percent from a year earlier. ...

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday opened up about a scandal involving first lady Kim Keon Hee that has shaken up South Korean politics, about two months after a video of Kim receiving a purse by luxury brand Christian Dior worth 3 million won ($2,260) on a hidden camera was released. "(The visitor who gifted the pouch) attached a hidden camera to a wristwatch, so we can say the scheme was deliberately arrange...