On Dec. 27, less than two weeks after Han assumed the role of acting president following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s own ...

When the Nobel committee recognized Han Kang in October for her body of work exploring “the fragility of human life,” it ...

The vote was the second major impeachment in two weeks after President Yoon’s ill-fated martial law bid set off turmoil. The ...

Charges and counter-charges reverberate around South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk-yeol. Add “resisting arrest” to ...

South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo speaks at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Choi Jae-koo/Yonhap via AP) South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo ...

Actor Lee Jung-jae clarified that his ties with former PPP leader Han Dong-hoon were limited to a single meal as high school ...

South Korean officials said Monday they will conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the ...

South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Tuesday he would immediately move to fill vacancies on the ...

The arrest warrant for an incumbent president is unprecedented, and deepens the political crisis that has engulfed South ...

Born in 1941 in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, now in North Korea, Han moved with his family -- led by his father, a timpanist -- to Seoul in 1946. After the 1950-53 Korean War, he left for New ...

After a dramatic six-hour long standoff with security, South Korean police have called off an attempt to arrest suspended ...