1978 -- The country's first nuclear power plant, Kori No. 1, begins commercial operation. 1991 -- A unified women's table tennis team from both South and North Korea wins the world championships in ...

Having accepted jurisdiction, the Seoul Central District Court will simultaneously hold criminal trials for two former South ...

Lee's unlikely journey from child laborer to human-rights lawyer to governor known for his COVID-19 response reached the top ...

Lee Jae-myung secured the presidential nomination of South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party on Saturday, positioning ...

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

South Korean prosecutors indicted former liberal President Moon Jae-in on bribery charges Thursday, saying that a budget ...

South Korean prosecutors indicted former president Moon Jae-in for alleged bribery on Thursday, making him the latest former ...

Former South Korean president Moon Jae In was indicted without detention on charges of bribery on Thursday, in the latest ...

South Korea's prosecutors said Thursday they have indicted former president Moon Jae-in on corruption charges related to the ...

Yoon is the fifth former president to appear in this courtroom as a defendant. Former Presidents Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae-woo stood trial in 1996, Park Geun-hye in 2017, and Lee Myung-bak in 2018. In ...

Yoon, who was South Korea's public prosecutor, in fact led a probe that landed former president Park Geun-hye in prison. Now apart from being impeached, Yoon is also being investigated for treason ...

In 2017, Park Geun-hye, South Korea’s first female president, was removed from office and arrested over an explosive corruption scandal. South Korea’s elected president Park Geun-hye speaks in ...