Former President Park Geun-hye headed back home Wednesday after over 21 hours of questioning by the prosecution on a string of corruption allegations that removed her from office earlier this month.Park began to undergo interrogation at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in southern

Former President Park Geun-hye's supporters and opponents held opposing rallies outside the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in southern Seoul on Tuesday, as the ousted leader appeared before prosecutors to be questioned over allegations of corruption.Scores of demonstrators from t

Former President Park Geun-hye was questioned by prosecutors Tuesday over a string of corruption allegations that removed her from office earlier this month.Park appeared at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in southern Seoul at around 9:30 a.m. as a suspect of various charges inclu

An appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling to dismiss a South Korean business tycoon who was accused of violating the accounting law for years.The Securities and Futures Commission under the Financial Services Commission (FSC) ordered Hyosung Group to dismiss its chairman Cho Suk-rai, 8

Small and medium-sized South Korean companies doing business in China are also bearing the brunt of a string of disruptive acts by Chinese authorities in an apparent protest of Seoul's planned deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system, industry sources said Tuesday.Beijing has been heaping a slew

Former President Park Geun-hye apologized to the public over an influence-peddling scandal as she arrived at the prosecutors' office on Tuesday to be questioned over a string of corruption allegations that removed her from office earlier this month.Park appeared at the Seoul Central District Pro

Former President Park Geun-hye is set to be questioned by prosecutors Tuesday over a string of corruption allegations that removed her from office earlier this month.Park is scheduled to arrive at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in southern Seoul at around 9:30 a.m. She will under

The White House expressed concern Monday about North Korea's weekend test of a high-powered rocket engine amid concern the communist nation could use the engine to carry out a threatened test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S."We continue to be concerne

Former President Park Geun-hye faces allegations of bribery, abuse of power, coercion and leak of government secrets in 13 difference cases involving her close friend and former aides.Park, Korea's first leader to be ousted by impeachment, is scheduled to appear at the Seoul Central District Pro

The foreign ministers of South Korea and Vietnam discussed how to jointly rein in North Korea's prohibited nuclear tests and missile launches during their talks in Vietnam on Monday.South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se met with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, who is doubling as

Two candidates competing to become the presidential nominee of the minor conservative Bareun Party expressed different views Monday on the possible arrest of former President Park Geun-hye.Park is scheduled to appear before prosecutors Tuesday after being dismissed over a corruption scandal earlier

U.S. President Donald Trump looks forward to enhancing relations with China, the top U.S. diplomat told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday, media reported.U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made the remark during his visit to China, the last leg of his three-nation trip to Asia following stop

Choe Ryong-hae, a vice chairman of North Korea's ruling party, is believed to have played a role in the latest dismissal of the country's spy chief, a report by a South Korean state-run think tank said Sunday.Kim Won-hong, 72, was fired as minister of state security in mid-January after a pr

Nearly 7 out of 10 companies with more than five employees have adopted a "wage peak" or incentive payment systems since the introduction of legislation to extend the retirement age to 60 in 2013, a survey showed Sunday. The government has pursued the wage peak system in which employees accept red

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observed the ground jet test of a new high-thrust rocket engine, the country's state-run media said Sunday, an indication that Pyongyang may engage in future provocations despite warnings by the international community.According to the Korean Central News Agency (

The South Korean government ran a final test Sunday on its plan to refloat a ferry that sank off the country's southwestern tip of the peninsula three years ago, a disaster that killed more than 300 people.The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said it began to conduct a final test run at 6:00 a.m

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that all options, including military force, remain on the table in dealing with North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, declaring that the so-called strategic patience with Pyongyang has ended. Tillerson made the remarks during a press

The Danish prosecution said Friday it decided to extradite the daughter of ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye's close friend for an investigation into a high-profile scandal that removed Park from office."It is the assessment of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions that al

A district court on Friday temporarily banned a local high school from using a controversial state-authored history textbook.The court upheld an injunction request filed by five parents who accused the school authorities of breaking rules in their decision to adopt the textbook. Liberals criticize t

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson began his two-day trip to South Korea on Friday, which is expected to focus on discussing ways to strengthen the bilateral alliance and fend off the growing threats from North Korea.Tillerson arrived at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul a