SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea’s leading liberal politician vowing to fight inequality and corruption, will become the country's next ...

SEOUL, June 29 (Reuters) - South Korea needs to take measures to support its economy in the short term as it continues tariff talks with the U.S., its likely new finance minister Koo Yun-cheol said on ...

Gains among South Korean names were led by Hanwha Aerospace, Korea Aerospace Industries, Hyundai Rotem and LIG Nex1. The pickup in South Korean stocks comes amid expectations of higher defense costs ...

South Korea’s crypto ecosystem is far more advanced than global narratives suggest, with rising enterprise adoption and a ...

• South Korea was plunged into political chaos after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s aborted attempt to declare martial law, which sparked a fierce backlash and mounting pressure for him to step down. • Six ...

From tech giants to startups, South Korean players are developing large language models tailored to their own language and culture, ready to compete with global heavyweights like OpenAI and Google.

Childhood in today’s South Korea is no longer a sanctuary of play and wonder – it has become a training ground for survival in an academic war. The so-called “7-year-old exam” is now a growing trend, ...

Demonstrators chant slogans during a protest against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol outside the National Assembly in Seoul, December 7, 2024. The Republic of Korea (South Korea) experienced a ...

SEOUL — It’s a worldwide shift that has taken political scientists and sociologists by surprise: the growing ideological divide between young men and women. In the recent U.S. presidential election, ...