Police on Wednesday questioned the leader of a local fan club of former President Park Geun-hye over a violent street rally protesting against the Constitutional Court's decision to remove her from office last month. Chung Kwang-yong, chief of "Parksamo" -- meaning a group of pe
Finally, Presidential Candidate Ahn Cheol-soo of the second opposition People’s Party has started overtaking the hither-to front-running Presidential Candidate Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Minjoo Party in an all-contender contest—winning 36.8% of th4e vote4 over Moon who got only 32.7% s
Moon Jae-in, the presidential candidate of the liberal Democratic Party, saw his approval rating dwindle over the past few weeks as all his contenders from both ends of the spectrum "naturally" focused their attacks on the front-runner, local observers said Monday.Their accusations include what Mo
A Seoul court will hold a hearing this week to decide whether to issue a warrant to arrest a former presidential secretary in connection with a corruption scandal that led to the removal of former President Park Geun-hye from office, officials said Monday.The Seoul Central District Court will hold t
The South Korean government said Sunday the salvaged Sewol ferry has been moved onto land, embarking on the final stage of the transfer nearly three years after its sinking.The salvage team has moved the ship onto a dry dock at a port in the southwestern province of Mokpo, from the semisubmersible t
South Korea on Friday lauded the summit agreement between the U.S. and Chinese leaders to work closely together to convince North Korea to curb its nuclear program."We assess that they were relatively successful talks that laid the groundwork for cooperation between the two leaders and the developm
U.S. President Donald Trump said he held in-depth discussions with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping over North Korea's nuclear problems during the summit, the office of South Korea's acting leader said Saturday.Trump made the remark during his 20-minute phone talks with Acting President an
With more transporter vehicles being deployed, salvage workers are set to conduct the final stage of testing on Saturday to move the salvaged wreck of the Sewol ferry onto land, government officials said.Salvage workers have been trying to move the ferry onto land at the port of Mokpo, some 410 kilo
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a mushroom farm, expressing satisfaction that it was built with indigenous technology and materials, Pyongyang's state media said Saturday.Kim inspected the Pyongyang Mushroom Farm, accompanied by party and state officials including premier Pak Pong-ju
Samsung Group's de facto leader on Friday denied bribery allegations during his first court hearing held in relation to a massive corruption scandal that brought down former President Park Geun-hye.Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., appeared at the Seoul Central District Cou
The chief of South Korea's retail giant Lotte will be grilled by prosecutors Friday as they widen the investigation into local conglomerates in relation to a corruption scandal that removed former President Park Geun-hye from office.Shin Dong-bin is set to appear at the Seoul Central District Pr
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday instructed its ambassador to South Korea to request that Seoul implement a landmark 2015 deal to resolve the long-running rift over Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, a Japanese broadcaster reported.Abe met with Ambassador Yasumas
U.S. President Donald Trump should press China to sever financial links with North Korea when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping for their first summit talks later this week, a U.S. expert said Monday.Victor Cha, Korea chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, made the sug
Ahn defeated Moon for the first time the Presidential race started in Korea this year.In a public survey conducted on the next Korean President on the afternoon of April 3, 2017 by Korean-language daily, Naeil Shinmun, and The Opinion (a polling company), People’s Party Presidential Candidate Ahn Ch
A group of lawmakers from the conservative Liberty Korea Party on Monday called for the launch of South Korea's own nuclear armament program in case of another North Korea nuclear test.The 24 lawmakers of the former ruling party made a joint statement, saying "nuclear weapons can only be deterr
Japan's top envoy to South Korea, who was recalled to Tokyo amid diplomatic friction over a girl statue symbolizing the victims of its wartime sexual slavery, will return to Seoul this week, a foreign ministry official here said Monday.The Japanese government recalled its Ambassador to South Kor
Some 50 items presumed to belong to those that were on the ill-fated ferry Sewol have been retrieved from the wreck that has been brought to the port of Mokpo after being raised from the bottom of the sea, the government said Monday.Salvage operators raised the 6,800-ton Sewol ferry and placed it on
The presidential nominee of the leading conservative party on Sunday rejected the notion of forming a political alliance with a centrist party to challenge liberal front-runner Moon Jae-in.Hong Joon-pyo, governor of South Gyeongsang Province and presidential nominee of the Liberty Korea Party, made
South Korea's presidential race is set to begin in earnest this week after all parties nominate their standard-bearers. The nominations scheduled for this week are those of the largest Democratic Party and the minor People's Party, the two liberal parties that have arguably drawn the most in
The North Korean women's hockey team arrived in South Korea Saturday for an international competition.The delegation of 20 players and 10 coaches and officials landed at Incheon International Airport via Beijing. Starting Sunday, they will participate in the International Ice Hockey Federation (