The Latest Breaking News from South Korea

Dongduk women’s university in Seoul was set up to help women in a deeply patriarchal society, but a demographic crisis is putting that under pressure

Japanese officials hold memorial ceremony at Sado Island Gold Mines, sparking controversy over omission of acknowledging forced labor, straining Japan-Sout...

South Korean man avoids military service by overeating, sparking debates on conscription and gender equality.

An acquittance of the man received a suspended one-year prison term for aiding his crime

"The Korean Zombie" admits UFC comeback thoughts are there, but he's keeping them at bay thanks to Z Fight Night.

The country has invested billions into robotics to address a shrinking working population due to low birth rates

A final week-long round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea, with deep differences between nations emerging almost immediately. The ‘high ambition coalition' – which includes France – will be fighting for a legally binding framework that will definitively curtail global plastic…

Man, 26, doubled food intake to deliberatly gain weight, the court heard

South Korea has paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines in a memorial ceremony

Negotiators are gathering in South Korea in what’s billed as a final push to address the global crisis of plastic pollution

The 26-year-old, who now works behind a desk at a government agency, had his methods uncovered by officials