South Korean prosecutors indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection charges over his declaration of martial law, a move that plunged the country into political turmoil.

President Yoon Suk Yeol will stand trial along with his former defense minister and others who participated in his short-lived imposition of martial law.

Heavy snow Monday night prompted school closures, travel warnings and suspended services for some U.S. bases in South Korea.

South Korea's defence ministry said on Tuesday the denuclearisation of North Korea must continue to be the goal necessary for lasting global peace, after reports that U.S. President Donald Trump had called Pyongyang "a nuclear power.

Yoon Suk Yeol has been indicted by prosecutors for being the “ringleader of an insurrection” over his short-lived attempt to declare martial law.

Train stations and airports across the country have been jam-packed for weeks as millions returned home to spend the holidays with their loved ones in an annual migration that is expected to be a record.

A South Korean court on Friday rejected the prosecutors' office request to extend the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over a criminal investigation into his short-lived martial law on Dec.

The growing prevalence of orthopaedic conditions is boosting the market’s demand. South Korea’s bone graft and substitutes market is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 4% through 2033,

South Korea’s authorities investigating last month’s Jeju Air plane crash have submitted a preliminary accident report to the UN aviation agency and to the authorities of the United States, France and Thailand,

South Korea’s economy is deteriorating, squeezed by political instability and a weakening currency. The won has lost over 12% of its value against the dollar in 2024, making it Asia’s worst-performing currency.

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