South Korea News

Nearly one third of South Koreans will be aged 65 or older by 2040, government data showed on Thursday, confirming one of the greatest challenges facing Asia's fourth-largest economy.

South Korea's most famous footballer Park Ji-Sung, and one of its most eligible bachelors, used a packed press conference Thursday to announce he was dating a local TV sports presenter.

The United States, South Korea and Japan said Wednesday that North Korea must end its nuclear program if it wants better ties, after Pyongyang said it was willing to return to talks.

Hong Kong can learn from South Korea, where local industry has had a hand in developing its aspiring universities, says an editor of a new list ranking young universities worldwide.

The possibility of Salmonella outbeak prompts a pet food recall. Natura pet products says six different brnads of dog and cat food are included.

Last Friday the South Korean prosecution announced the results of their 2-month long investigation into the Korean National Intelligence Service's intervention of last December's presidential election.

Negotiators from North Korea and China held strategic talks in Beijing on Wednesday as they work to repair strained relations, but offered little indication they will lead to a resumption of nuclear disarmament talks any time soon.

South Korea will buy European bunker-busting missiles as the United States refused to sell the same kind of weapons to the country, the state procurement agency said on Wednesday.

North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills manual.

A war diary by Admiral Yi Sun-shin, the naval commander who repelled Japanese invaders in a famous 16th-century maritime battle during the Chosun Dynasty, will be registered as a UNESCO World Heritage asset.

A woman surfs the Internet on a computer for visitors at a registration desk at South Korean mobile carrier KT's headquarters in Seoul December 2, 2011.

Thais flock to Nami Island to see where 'Winter Love Song' was filmed, but nearby Chuncheon should not be ignored The Thai flags flapping in the breeze alongside South Korea's emblem on the ferry taking tourists to Nami is a clear indication of how popular this small island known as Namiseom locally has become among Thais.

This summer at all three Los Angeles locations of the Korean restaurant Bibigo , Korean pop megastar Psy, also known as the King of YouTube -- or his actual name Park Jae-sang -- is everywhere.

Overseas Korean leaders opened their annual meeting in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss ways to better nurture young talent and support the government's "creative economy" initiative.

South Korea's top envoy on North Korea left on Tuesday for a meeting in Washington with his US and Japanese counterparts, two days after Pyongyang proposed direct, high-level talks with the United States.

Hope that a Korean consortium, led by the Incheon International Airport Corp., could win the first deal to build an international airport overseas this month is rising as the government is developing a package of programs to support the deal.

JUNE 18, 2013 03:00. . President Park Geun-hye said Monday, "A recent media survey on teenagers` history awareness showed 69 percent of respondents saying South Korea invaded North Korea in Korean War," adding "Distortion of truth and history at schools is should never happen."

The President spoke to Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye yesterday evening to discuss regional security issues, building on discussions from her May visit to Washington.

Samsung plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday.

China's increasing assertiveness and Japan's sense of insecurity would further spur nationalism in Northeast Asia, hampering the region from achieving huge potential gains from mutual cooperation, a renowned foreign policy analyst said.