South Korea’s president said he will pursue a three-phase "denuclearization plan" to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, seeking to freeze Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs in the first stage.

In his Liberation Day address, President Lee Jae Myung departed from the long tradition of framing the national destiny around reunification of Korea..

Since its installation in a Seoul park, crimes reported during the hours the hologram is active have gone down by about 22 per cent, data shows.

Foreigners intending to invest in Korean real estate must now reside in the property for two years and obtain approval, aimed at curbing speculative purchases in Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon.

Perennial business bellwether Samsung Life Insurance stood out among South Korea's major life insurance companies, which announced their first-half results this month.

Seoul’s top diplomat said Monday that the Lee Jae Myung administration will leverage “alliance modernization” with the US as an opportunity to bolster South Korea’s defense capabilities, signaling openness to raising defense spending in response to Washington’s call.

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised "heroic" North Korean troops who fought for Russia in the war against Ukraine, in a meeting with officers of the army's overseas operation, state media KCNA said on Thursday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met with ground commanders of the North's troops deployed to the front-line Kursk region and "highly appreciated" their role in aiding Russia's war on Ukraine, the North's state media reported Thursday.