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Yoon Suk Yeol tells nation he will face legal consequences and will not try to impose martial law for a second time

South Korea’s president is in serious trouble after the nation descended into chaos today – and Australia won’t be immune from the fallout.

Kim Yong-hyun has apologized for causing “confusion and concern” by advising President Yoon Suk Yeol to declare martial law

South Korea has declared martial law, with troops preparing to storm parliament after an escalation of tensions with North Korea.

Amid worrying times, South Korea is considering building nuclear weapons of its own in what could create a “balance of terror”.

Majority of the dead were workers who emigrated from China, officials say

Lee Jae-myung was attacked during a press conference in Busan.

New details have emerged regarding the final days of Parasite star Lee Sun-kyun, after his shock death shook Hollywood.

Lee, who has died aged 48, was a homegrown star who graduated to global fame in the multi-award-winning Parasite

South Koreans have become a year or two younger as a new law aligns the nation's two traditional age-counting methods with international standards.

One country is paying its “lonely” young people a staggering $743 each and every month for a truly baffling reason.

The current law limits the work week to 40 hours plus up to 12 hours of compensated overtime – though in reality, critics say, many workers find themselves under pressure to work longer.

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden said he isn’t currently discussing joint nuclear exercises with South Korea after that country’s president said his government wanted a more active role in managing atomic weapons on the Korean Peninsula.

The law passed Thursday will standardize the use of international age across all “judicial and administrative areas,” according to the parliament website and documents related to the bill.

Just hours after North Korea test-fired two cruise missiles, the South repeated an offer to aid Pyongyang if it gave up a nuclear weapons program. Meanwhile, the US and South Korea prepare for a large military exercise.

The heir and de facto leader of the Samsung group received a presidential pardon Friday, continuing South Korea's long tradition of freeing business leaders convicted of corruption on economic grounds.

Yoon Suk-yeol wins the race to succeed Moon Jae-in in one of the country’s most contentious elections in recent memory

Moon said after ground and flight tests are completed, mass production of the KF-21 will begin with a goal of 40 jets deployed by 2028 and 120 by 2032.