The contraction in the first quarter will reduce annual GDP growth significantly.

South Korea’s economy contracted in the first quarter after large-scale wildfires and political turmoil over its president’s ...

Acting South Korean President Han Duck-soo visited the memorial altar for the late Pope Francis on Tuesday to pay tribute to ...

Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, leaves a lasting legacy shaped by his deep ties to South Korea, a connection now ...

From tornadoes and floods to wildfires and cyclones, the toll on human life and property has been severe, with regions around ...

The South Korean government’s fact-finding commission has suspended its groundbreaking investigation into the extensive fraud and abuse that tainted the nation’s historic foreign adoption ...

In Japan, rice is more than just a grain; it is central to daily meals, festivals, spiritual offerings, and even language ...

Alastair Gale was Asia security correspondent and Japan editor for The Wall Street Journal, based in Tokyo. He covered ...

Japan’s agriculture ministry said that till April 6, prices of 5 5-kilogram bag of rice stood at  4,214 yen, or about 29 ...

In 1954, the United States and South Korea signed the ROK/U.S. Mutual Security Agreement, in which they agreed to defend each other in the event of outside aggression. In 1978, the two countries ...

SEOUL, April 24 (Reuters) - South Korea has expressed "deep concern" over China erecting a sea structure off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

A rapidly spreading wildfire in northeastern South Korea has forced expanded evacuations and a broader highway shutdown, as ...