Kwangju-Jikhalsi, South Korea News

Kim Hong-bin, a mountaineer without hands, has conquered the third highest peak in the world, the 8,586-m Kangchenjunga in the Himalayas.

HIJOS , the acronym for "Sons and Daughters for Identity and Justice Against Oblivion and Silence", is an Argentine rights group founded in 1995 when children of people "disappeared" by that country's 1976-1983 military regime came together to hold escraches or outings of human rights violators.

President Park Geun-hye on Saturday took part in honoring the 33rd anniversary of a popular movement in the southern city of Gwangju that acted as the watershed event in the nation's transition into a democracy and said the event should be used to bring about national unity.

Today is May 18, 33rd anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising-one of the most significant events of South Korea's march to democracy.

Leading democracy activists from Burma were due to continue their Asian tour on Saturday, Eleven Media reported on Tuesday, making a pit stop in South Korea to receive an award.

With a career that spans over six decades, the Korean-born American artist Po Kim will have selections from his substantial body of work explored in the exhibition "Po Kim: The Spirit of Change," on view now through Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at the Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, located in Fairfield University's Quick Center for the Arts, in ... (more)

The ASEAN-Korea Center is organizing a special lecture series with former ambassadors to East Asian countries on the topic of "Rising ASEAN and Korea" in cooperation with the chambers of commerce and industry in Busan, Daejeon and Gwangju.

South Korea on Friday jailed six nuclear power engineers and suppliers linked to a major corruption scandal that stoked public concern over safety standards.

"I feel the need ... the need for speed!" Those infamous words spoken by Maverick and Goose in the movie "Top Gun" enter my head as I walk across the tarmac to the fighter jet that I will soon fly in.

Gwangju International Center is about to be made homeless, and members of the local community are busy raising funds to find it a new home.

Expats have rallied to save a teacher who was severely ill and in need of blood donations and funds.

From the Department of Neurology, Seoul Medical Center, Seoul, Korea ; St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada ; Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea ; Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea ; Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea ; Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, Korea ; Eulji General ... (more)