The Latest Breaking News from South Korea

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told South Koreans on Sunday his "heart hurts" when he thinks of suffering and pain during Japanese colonial rule, in a nod to historical disputes that have soured relations between the two U.S. allies.

The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), also known as Danuri, arrived in low lunar orbit in mid-December and has already returned a series of impressive images.

South Korea will soon engage with China at the senior level and also seek the opportunity for diplomacy aimed at trilateral cooperation with Japan and China, South Korea's ambassador to Washington Cho Hyun-dong said on Thursday.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit South Korea on Sunday, for the first time since 2018. But while relations between the two countries have warmed in recent weeks, many South Koreans have yet to forgive Japan for its brutal occupation which ended almost 80 years ago. While survivors continue…

Seoul's city government has effectively blocked South Korea’s largest annual LGBT festival from taking place outside city hall this year after granting a permit for a Christian youth concert instead, the LGBT event’s organisers said this week.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris vowed further cooperation in space during a visit to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Senior South Korean and Japanese officials have discussed strengthening relations and coordinating responses to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats in a meeting ahead of a summit between their leaders

More than 10,000 South Korean community doctors and certified nursing assistants went on strike on Wednesday, protesting a nursing bill they fear would hurt their jobs even as it improves nurses' pay and working conditions.

Celtic will take on Wolves at the Suwon World Cup Stadium in South Korea this July as part of their summer tour of Asia.