President Park Geun-hye was officially deprived of all her rights and privileges as the President of the Republic of Korea.This was declared at the Constitutional Court ruling, which was declared at 11:20 this morning.In other words, President Park was dismissed as a result of unanimous decision of

Bolivia has named one of its streets after South Korea in a show of respect and friendship for the country that helped build its new town in Santa Cruz, the Seoul government said Thursday.The 80-meter wide, 9.85-kilometer-long road bisecting the new town of Santa Cruz was named "Avenida Corea" or

President Park Geun-hye's lawyers and allies reacted angrily Monday to the independent prosecution's final report on its 70-day investigation which reaffirmed her as a suspect in multiple corruption cases.Independent Counsel Park Young-soo's team announced the results of its probe into t

North Korea's state radio station resumed broadcasting mysterious numbers Sunday that could be some kind of coded message to its agents operating in South Korea.The message began just after midnight (Seoul time), at 12:15 a.m., by the North's propaganda station Radio Pyongyang. It lasted a f

The weekly rallies that have become a constant feature of Seoul life are expected to gain further traction Saturday as the Constitutional Court nears its ruling on President Park Geun-hye's impeachment.The president's opponents, who launched the candlelight rallies soon after her corruption

A North Korean man detained over the killing of Kim Jong-un's half brother got on an airplane heading to Beijing on Friday, after Malaysia released the suspect citing lack of sufficient evidence, foreign media reported. Ri Jong-chol, 46, was the only one taken into custody out of eight N

Four potential presidential candidates in South Korea's main opposition party trumpeted their winning strategies in their first public debate on Friday.The liberal Democratic Party is as hopeful as ever as all polls indicated high odds of its victory in the upcoming presidential election, which

The national security advisers of South Korea and the United States held their first phone conversation Wednesday and pledged to carry out the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system here as planned, the presidential office said.Kim Kwan-jin, chief of South Korea's National Security Office,

South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn said Wednesday the country will take strong actions against any provocations made by North Korea and seek tougher sanctions on Pyongyang with the United Nations."We will strongly punish any provocations and threats from North Korea

South Korea and the United States on Wednesday kicked off an annual joint military exercise amid heightening tensions following the North's recent missile test and the death of its leader's half brother. Foal Eagle, a field training exercise involving ground, air and naval forces, will run t

Millions of people are expected to crowd the streets of Seoul Wednesday in a last push to oust or reinstate impeached President Park Geun-hye, leading to concerns about violence between the two groups.Park's supporters and opponents have taken to the streets each Saturday since late last year as

The defense ministers of South Korea and the United States pledged to fight against any attack in a phone call Wednesday as the two allies kicked off an annual joint military exercise amid rising tensions following the North's recent missile test and the assassination of its leader's half br

U.S. President Donald Trump's pick for intelligence chief singled out North Korea on Tuesday as one of the most challenging issues, calling Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions and provocations something that needs laser focus.Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN), who has been named to be director of national int

A man in the audience of President Park Geun-hye's impeachment hearing Monday was ordered to leave the courtroom after welcoming a justice's remarks with applause.The man, appearing to be in his 50s, clapped during the 15th hearing at the Constitutional Court in response to acting Chief Just

South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Monday said it appears "certain" that North Korea is behind last week's murder of the estranged half brother of its leader Kim Jong-un.During a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC)'s Standing Committee, Hwang

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother was murdered with poison in Malaysia, multiple sources including South Korea's spy agency said Wednesday, with the local police tracking down two women and four men who may be implicated in the crime. Kim Jong-nam, 46, was at the

Most North Koreans are unaware that the head of the country's spy agency has been sacked, a U.S.-based media outlet said Sunday. Citing Japan's media outlet Asia Press that claimed to have contacted four North Koreans to check if Kim Won-hong's fall from grace has reached ordinary people

South Korea's Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Sunday said Seoul is doing its best to carry out a "corresponding" response to punish Pyongyang for its latest missile launch. The communist state launched a ballistic missile at around 7:55 a.m. toward the East

North Korea on Sunday fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea in show of force against the Donald Trump government's hard-line stance toward the communist state, the South Korean military said.It is the first test-firing of a North Korean missile since Trump became U.S. president on Jan. 20.

Chances are low that the ballistic missile recently test-fired by Iran could have been North Korea's Musudan intermediate range ballistic missile, a defense expert said.Iran launched the missile on Jan. 29, which flew about 1,000 kilometers. Media reports have since surfaced suggesting that the