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Ex-UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon Returns to South Korea, Hints at Presidential Bid

Jan 12, 2017 09:43 PM EST

Former United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon returned to his native South Korea on Thursday, arriving in the middle of an increasingly tense battle to succeed the country's recently impeached President Park Geun-Hye.

People watch a television screen showing a breaking news on North Korea's long-range rocket launch

North Korea Missile Launch Causes Worldwide Uproar

ALVIN MUNENE |

Sep 05, 2016 01:55 PM EDT

South Korea military officials have confirmed that North Korea fired three ballistic missiles from the areas around Hwanju County into the Sea of Japan. Following the news, world leaders from China, Japan, the United Nations (UN), and the US have condemned the move.

South Korea President Park’s Party Routed in Parliamentary Elections

S Satapathy |

Apr 14, 2016 09:47 AM EDT

President Park Geun-hye got a striking political setback as South Koreans denied her conservative party a majority in the recently completed National Assembly election.

South Korean Activists Protest a Free Trade Agreement with China

South Korea-China Free Trade Agreement Attracts Protest from Activists as Lawmakers Ratify Deal

Victoria Stanley |

Dec 01, 2015 08:05 AM EST

South Korean farmers and activists on Monday staged protests against a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China ahead of a parliamentary meeting to vote on its confirmation.

China-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Summit

China-Japan-South Korea to Hold Trilateral Summit in Tokyo on Sunday After 3-Year Break Over Dispute

Kwao Peppeh |

Oct 29, 2015 09:11 AM EDT

Premier Li Keqiang will meet with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japan's Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Sunday for the sixth China-Japan-South Korea trilateral summit. The meeting, which will be held at the Yeongbingwan guest house in the South Korean president's office and resident known as the Blue House, is the first such gathering between representatives of the three nations since a dispute erupted between them in 2012.

Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee

North Korea Delegation Absent Kim Jong-Un Agrees To Talks With South Korea

dweisman |

Oct 04, 2014 11:56 AM EDT

Three of North Korea's top officials visited Seoul for the finish of the Asia Games and agreed Saturday to continuing talks with South Korea on easing tensions later this month or in early November. While Kim Jong-Un wasn't among the delegation that surprised the world with its unexpected visit and announcement, analysts believed he still remained very much in charge of the nation.

South Korea Opens Door For Talks With North

Bianca Ortega |

Sep 17, 2014 04:34 AM EDT

South Korea's President Park Geun-hye announced that she is open to the idea of conducting talks with the North in the next United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly.

Japan’s Abe Offers Condolences To Xi Over China Quake

Christl Leong |

Aug 04, 2014 05:57 PM EDT

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed condolences to China on Monday in the wake of the deadly earthquake that rocked its southwestern Yunnan province on Sunday that left at least 381 people dead.

North Korea Proposes Peace Offer; South Korea Calls It ‘Nonsensical’

Staff Reporter |

Jul 01, 2014 08:07 AM EDT

North Korea suggested on Monday that the two Koreas halt military aggression practices starting later this week.

Xi Jinping’s Visit To South Korea A Message To The North

Christl Leong |

Jun 27, 2014 11:53 AM EDT

China's Xi Jinping will make his first presidential visit to South Korea next week to discuss regional security and cooperation, a move which many believe, underscores Beijing's growing frustration with the North.

Police Raid Sewol Ferry Owner In Massive Manhunt

Christl Leong |

Jun 13, 2014 01:44 PM EDT

The search continues as South Korean police raid an Evangelical Baptist Church in Anseong for suspected owner of Chonghaejin Marine, operator of the Sewol ferry that sank in April with some 304 passengers - most of them children who were presumed to have drowned.