After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected ...

South Korea’s acting president has asked for an emergency safety inspection of the country's whole airline operations as well as a check of all Boeing 737-800s, after 179 people died when a Jeju ...

South Korea, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Rescue team carry the body of a passenger at the site of a plane fire at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, ...

South Korean defence minister’s resignation follows short-lived martial law declaration and as Russia-North Korea security pact comes into force. South Korean Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun ...

A Boeing plane returning from Bangkok crashed into a wall next to a runway at the Muan Airport in South Korea, with all but two people on board losing their lives ...

The martial law declaration and revocation within six hours was the fiercest whiplash between military control and democracy that South Korea has endured since it became a democracy in 1987.

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, speaks during an interview with The ...

Choe Sang-Hun John Yoon and Jin Yu Young Choe Sang-hun and Jin Yu Young reported from Seoul, and John Yoon from Muan, South Korea. Here are the latest developments. A passenger plane crashed while ...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – In one of his first appearances of the year, South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol pledged to boost confidence in the country’s stock market, which is famed for being ...

South Korea plane crash Highlights: A Jeju Air plane veered off the runway and collided with a fence in South Korea's Muan city on Sunday. Out of the 181 passengers, 179 are feared killed.