More than 14,000 police officers have been deployed ahead of Friday’s decision by the Constitutional Court in the impeachment case of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

SEOUL (AP) — A young actor’s suicide in South Korea. Allegations of an underage relationship. They are part of a growing drama in the Asian entertainment world that raises questions about society’s treatment of celebrities in crisis, with harsh media and online commentary amplifying their lowest moments.

With North Korea preparing to strike southward, and the United States deeply ambivalent about its defense, Seoul needs nuclear weapons now more than ever.

South Korea faces being thrown into turmoil as the North's despotic Kim Jong-Un relishes in Seoul's leader facing being ousted by a court for slapping martial law on the country

The chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has expressed his strong interest in expanding defense cooperation with South Korea, not just on an individual country basis, but also at a "NATO-wide" level,

U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to impose a 10 percent "baseline" tariff on imports from all foreign countries, as well as "reciprocal" tariffs, including 25 percent duties for South Korea,

South Korean authorities on Wednesday seized one ton of cocaine worth $341.7 million from a ship off the East Asian country's east coast. In Seoul's largest drug bust to date, authorities discovered 50 boxes each carrying approximately 20 kilograms of cocaine hidden on the vessel, Seoul-based Yonhap News reported.

China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state media said on Monday, an assertion Seoul called "somewhat exaggerated", while Tokyo said there was no such discussion.