South Korea

Despite anticipating a weekend crowd of more than 100,000, Seoul police had assigned just 137 officers to Itaewon on the day of the crush.

Ties between the two U.S. Asian allies have long been complicated by grievances related to Japan's brutal rule of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945.

There are some exceptions built into South Korea’s conscription laws, but K-pop stardom is not among them.

The dogs officially belong to the state, but former President Moon had taken them home before giving them up amid a dispute over financial support.

Seoul faces growing pressure to reckon with a child export frenzy driven by dictatorships that ruled the country until the 1980s.

Has the time finally arrived to confirm that the KIC is a dead project or does it have a future?

"Our public insensitivity to safety is too severe,” one South Korean man told the Associated Press.

BTS finally announced that its members will enlist, with the group taking an extended hiatus until 2025. 

South Korea’s socio-economic achievements demonstrate the need for a strong state regardless of the institutional system. 

Li, chairman of the standing committee of China's National People's Congress, heads a 66-member Chinese delegation to South Korea that includes three Cabinet-level officials. 

The national security advisors from the three countries met in Honolulu this week to discuss a coordinated response to the growing North Korean threat.