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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Friday that his country and Japan can open up a new future together if the two continue to build trust and solve difficult challenges left over by history.

SEOUL -- Former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon has decided to leave a newly created political party less than two weeks after joining its ran

South Korean police says that a man who stabbed opposition leader Lee Jae Myung earlier this month has claimed he tried to kill Lee so that he could not become president of the country in the future.

South Korea's parliament passes a bill banning the butchering and selling of dog meat in a bid to end the long-continued practice in the country.

GENEVA (Kyodo) -- North Korea may recall its ambassador to Switzerland later this month, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday, following all

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warns that any use of nuclear weapons by the North Korean regime would spell its end.

SEOUL (Kyodo) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday that Beijing welcomes the holding of a trilateral summit of China, South Korea and Japan a

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned the U.S. military that it will face a "very critical fight" if it repeats what she called acts of "illegal intrusion," state-run media reported Tuesday.

SEOUL -- South Korea's National Intelligence Service is facing uncertainty after the recent appointments of senior officials were unexpectedly withdra

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol meets with Korean atomic bomb victims in Japan as part of his three-day visit to Hiroshima to attend the Group of Seven summit.