South Korea plans to bolster its alliance with the United States in a bid to build a stronger deterrence system against North Korea’s possible military provocations, Seoul’s pointman on the North said Tuesday.

Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho made t…

President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday he will push to scrap a new tax scheme to help promote investment in the country’s stock market.

Yoon made the remark during a ceremony marking the first trading day of the year, referring to the financial invest…

Seoul shares closed higher Tuesday, the first trading day of the year, helped by tech gains and an improving global appetite for risky assets. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose …

Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southeastern port city of Busan on Tuesday and was airlifted to Seoul for surgery amid fears of additional bleeding, though the wound is not life-threatening, officials sai…

The Cabinet on Tuesday passed a proposal to have high-risk sexual offenders, such as those who committed crimes against children, reside at state-designated facilities after serving prison terms.

The bill on the designation of the residences for hig…

A fire broke out at an apartment building in Gunpo, just south of Seoul, on Tuesday morning, killing one and injuring a dozen residents, fire authorities said.

Three people were in the ninth-floor home of the 15-story building in Gunpo, 24 kilometer…