South Korea's trade minister Kim Hyun-chong said on Friday the United States may demand that Seoul guarantees it will step up arms purchases and imports of U.S. shale gas if the two countries renegotiate a free trade agreement. More »
South Korea's financial regulator on Friday said it will ban raising money through all forms of virtual currencies, a move that follows similar restrictions in China on initial coin offerings. More »
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said on Monday North Korea is on a "reckless path" with its continued nuclear and missile provocations in defiance of international condemnation. More »
McDonald's Corp said Monday its Korea unit is cooperating with an investigation by the South Korean government into a possible food contamination case that led to the company halting sales of its bulgogi burger. More »
The Trump administration plans to name a Washington-based academic and former White House official, Victor Cha, as the next U.S. ambassador to South Korea, an administration official said on Tuesday. More »
South Korea's new antitrust chief said he has been in talks with the autos-to-steel conglomerate Hyundai Motor Group about overhauling its complex ownership structure, which critics say gives too much power to its controlling family at the expense of sharehold... More »
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee fought back tears and denied wrongdoing on Monday as prosecutors sought a 12-year jail term on charges that include bribing the former president to help cement control of the South Korean tech giant. More »
FILE PHOTO: A South Korea won note is seen in this illustration photo May 31, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo South Korea’s economy is expected to see gradual improvement this year thanks to manufacturing and services, the country’s central ... More »
Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol speaks during a news conference at Seoul Foreign Correspondent’s Club January 22, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday unemployment was “very serious” and it could turn into a national c... More »
FILE PHOTO: South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech during a ceremony marking Korean Memorial Day at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said on Monday the o... More »
South Korean health officials carry chickens at a poultry farm where a birdflu virus broke out in Ulsan, South Korea, June 5, 2017. Picture taken on June 5, 2017. Yonhap via REUTERS South Korea’s agriculture ministry said on Monday it will raise its bird flu a... More »
South Korean authorities were questioning on Monday six North Koreans rescued on the weekend as they drifted in the sea off the east coast and will send them home if they want to go, the South’s Unification Ministry said. More »
FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the defence detachment on Jangjae Islet and the Hero Defence Detachment on Mu Islet located in the southernmost part of the waters off the southwest front, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Kor... More »
South Korea’s presidential Blue House office said on Monday there have been nine cases of ransomware found in the country so far, but did not provide details on where the cyber attacks were discovered. More »
South Korea said on Monday it will send special envoys to the United States, China, Japan, Russia and Germany to establish firmer ties as tensions mount on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of a missile launch by North Korea over the weekend. More »
China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria min Park and Christine Kim More »
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe adjusts his headphones during a news conference at a hotel in London, Britain April 29, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korea’s new president, Moon Jae-in, agreed on Thursday to work t... More »
South Korea’s Presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo from People’s Party speaks during a plenary session of the special committee for constitution revision at National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Lee Jin-man/Pool South Korean software ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the Samsung 837 store in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo South Korean authorities found no explosives at the headquarters of Samsung Life Insurance Co Ltd i... More »
South Korea’s Prime Minister and acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn attends a ceremony celebrating the 98th anniversary of the Independence Movement Day in Seoul, South Korea, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korea’s acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn on Wedne... More »
Shareholders walk past the logo of Samsung Electronics before their general meeting at a company’s building in Seoul, South Korea, March 24, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), one of several South Korean companies caug... More »
Barges are seen during a salvage operation of sunken ferry Sewol at the sea off Jindo, South Korea, March 22, 2017. News1 via REUTERS Salvage experts in South Korea could on Wednesday begin raising a ferry that sank nearly three years ago, killing more than 30... More »
Choi Soon-sil, a long-time friend of South Korean President Park Geun-hye who is at the center of the South Korean political scandal involving Park, arrives for her first court hearing in Seoul, South Korea, December 19, 2016. Korea Pool/via REUTERS Denmark wi... More »
Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee arrives at the office of the independent counsel team in Seoul, South Korea, February 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Files A South Korean court said on Friday it has reassigned Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee’s bribery trial to an... More »
South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-hye greets her supporters as she arrives at her private home in Seoul, South Korea, March 12, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon min Park More »
South Korean prosecutors started investigating domestic conglomerates Lotte Group and SK Group as part of a wider probe into a graft scandal that led to Park Geun-hye’s removal from the presidency, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. More »
South Korea will hold a presidential election on May 9 to replace impeached leader Park Geun-hye, who was dismissed last Friday over a corruption scandal, the Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. More »
South Korea’s former president Park Geun-hye’s pet dogs are seen in this handout picture provided by the Presidential Blue House and released by News1 on December 24, 2015. The Presidential Blue House/News1 via REUTERS A South Korean animal rights group has fi... More »
South Korean Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho speaks during an interview in Manhattan, New York, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton hyung Lee and Christine Kim More »
South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-hye sitting inside a vehicle waves to her supporters upon her arrival to her private house in Seoul, South Korea, March 12, 2017. Seo Myeong-gon/Yonhap via REUTERS min Park More »
South Korea is looking into share trading of 13 companies which are believed to be linked to possible presidential candidates ahead of an election in two months, the country’s financial watchdog said on Monday. More »
Protesters supporting South Korean President Park Geun-hye clash with riot policemen near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea. Kyodo/via REUTERS South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed President Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a graft sc... More »
People react after hearing that President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment was accepted in front of the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji min Park More »
Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee arrives at the office of the independent counsel team in Seoul, South Korea, February 19, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji The head of South Korea’s Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee, denies all charges against him, his lawyer said on Thursday... More »
Special prosecutor Park Young-soo announces the results of their investigation over an influence-peddling scandal involving South Korean President Park Geun-hye, in Seoul, South Korea, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji min Park More »
A lawyer for South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye said on Monday that the special prosecutor’s bribery charge against Park was “an absurd fiction, far from truth”. More »
The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen in front of its building in Seoul, South Korea, February 28, 2017. Picture taken February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korean conglomerate Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] reiterated on Monday that it did not pay bribes or... More »
The central banks of Indonesia and South Korea on Monday renewed a bilateral local currency swap arrangement to promote trade and financial cooperation between the two countries, Bank Indonesia (BI) said. More »
A Lotte Mart is seen closed in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer South Korea’s Lotte Group said on Monday four of its retail stores in China were closed after inspections by authorities, as Seoul protests at discriminating act... More »
South Korea will ban imports of U.S. poultry after a strain of H7 bird flu virus was confirmed at a U.S. chicken farm, the agriculture ministry said on Monday. More »
FILE PHOTO – The logo of Lotte duty free shop is seen at its main shop in Seoul, South Korea, December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo South Korean firms are being squeezed in China, in suspected retaliation for Seoul’s deployment of a U.S. missile de... More »
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Hando... More »
A currency dealer works at a dealing room of a bank in Seoul, South Korea, August 25, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korean companies on Friday bore the brunt of Chinese anger over the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system outside Seoul, as shares tumbl... More »
Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee arrives at the office of the independent counsel team in Seoul, South Korea, February 22, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee will go on trial for bribery and embezzlement on Thursday, a court sa... More »
U.S. and South Korean naval ships traverse the ocean in formation as part of Foal Eagle 2016 in the waters surrounding the Korean peninsula, in this U.S. Navy picture taken March 24, 2016. Picture taken March 24, 2016. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Petty Officer 3rd Class... More »
South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrives to attend an emergency cabinet meeting at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, December 9, 2016. Yonhap/ via REUTERS The South Korean special prosecutor’s office said on Monday it will not be able to q... More »
South Korean President Park Geun-hye speaks during an emergency cabinet meeting at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, December 9, 2016. Yonhap/ via REUTERS South Korean President Park Geun-hye told the Constitutional Court in a statement disclo... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense ... More »
A South Korean health official disinfects a vehicle to prevent spread of bird flu in Pohang, South Korea, December 19, 2016. Choi Chang-ho/News1 via REUTERS South Korea is extending a scheme to subsidize up to half the cost of importing eggs by sea for another... More »
A building of Samsung Electronics (R) is seen in Seoul, South Korea, November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Tech giant Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) is tightening board oversight on donations while two senior Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] executives reportedly offe... More »
Choi Gee-sung, chief executive of South Korea’s Samsung Electronics, speaks during an annual shareholders’ meeting at the company headquarters in Seoul March 18, 2011. REUTERS/Truth Leem Two senior Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] executives have offered to resign to t... More »
Short Track – Asian Winter Games – Women’s 1000 m – Makomanai, Sapporo, Japan 22/02/17 – South Korea’s Shim Suk-hee (L) and South Korea’s Choi Min-jeong (R) in action during final. Picture taken on February 22, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon South Korea invested... More »
South Korea has confirmed an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus at a duck farm in a southwestern county, its first such incident in 15 days, the farm ministry said on Wednesday. More »
South Korea plans to set up a plant to manufacture a locally developed foot-and-mouth vaccine by 2020 as part of efforts to combat outbreaks of the viral animal disease, the country’s agriculture ministry said on Monday. More »
Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee, leaves the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, February 16, 2017. Picture taken on February 16, 2017. Shin Wong-soo/News1 via REUTERS Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee was arrested on Friday over his alleged role i... More »
FILE PHOTO – Choi Gee-sung, chief executive of South Korea’s Samsung Electronics, speaks during an annual shareholders’ meeting at the company headquarters in Seoul March 18, 2011. REUTERS/Truth Leem/File Photo The arrest of Samsung Group scion Jay Y. Lee on b... More »
Lee Jae-yong (C), vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives to be questioned as a suspect in a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye, at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul. REUTERS/Jung Yeon-Je/Pool min Park More »
Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee, is surrounded by media as he arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korea’s special prosecutor’s office said it is planning to indict Samsung Group chief J... More »
FILE PHOTO – Lee Boo-jin, daughter of Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee and president and chief executive of Hotel Shilla, arrives to preside over the annual general meeting of the hotel stockholders in Seoul March 16, 2012. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/File Pho... More »
Samsung Group said on Friday it will do its best to ensure that the truth is revealed in future court proceedings, after the arrest of its chief, Jay Y. Lee. More »
Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee, leaves after attending a court hearing to review a detention warrant request against him at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korea’s special prosecutor’s office... More »
FILE PHOTO – Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee, leaves after attending a court hearing to review a detention warrant request against him at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo min Park More »
Lee Jae-yong (C), vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives to be questioned as a suspect in a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye, at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul on February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jung Y... More »
The South Korean special prosecutor’s office said on Monday it will decide whether to seek arrest warrants for more Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] executives amid a widening influence-peddling scandal that could topple President Park Geun-hye. More »
A health officer checks a cattle in a farm in Gimje as a preventive measure against foot-and-mouth disease after South Korea on Monday confirmed a case of food-and-mouth at a dairy farm elsewhere in the country, South Korea, February 6, 2017. Moon Yo-han/News1... More »
Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee, arrives for a court hearing to review a detention warrant request against him at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji min Park More »
A health officer checks a cattle in a farm in Gimje as a preventive measure against foot-and-mouth disease after South Korea on Monday confirmed a case of food-and-mouth at a dairy farm elsewhere in the country, South Korea, February 6, 2017. Moon Yo-han/News1... More »
A health officer checks a cattle in a farm in Gimje as a preventive measure against foot-and-mouth disease after South Korea on Monday confirmed a case of food-and-mouth at a dairy farm elsewhere in the country, South Korea, February 6, 2017. Moon Yo-han/News1... More »
FILE PHOTO – A Nissan Qashqai is seen at its dealership in Seoul, South Korea, May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo A South Korean court ruled against Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) on Thursday in an emissions case, siding with the government in its accusati... More »
Culture Minister Cho Yoon-sun arrives at the Seoul Central District court in Seoul, South Korea, January 20, 2017. Yoo Seung-kwan/News1 via REUTERS South Korea’s special prosecutor has indicted a former culture minister and a former top aide to President Park ... More »
A health officer checks a cattle in a farm in Gimje as a preventive measure against foot-and-mouth disease after South Korea on Monday confirmed a case of food-and-mouth at a dairy farm elsewhere in the country, South Korea, February 6, 2017. Moon Yo-han/News1... More »
FILE PHOTO – An exchanged Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 7 is seen at company’s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo South Korea said on Monday it will strengthen lithium-ion battery safety requirements and con... More »
South Korean acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn speaks during the New Year’s press conference at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean Acting... More »
South Korea’s special prosecutor’s office said on Monday it plans to investigate other conglomerates after completing its probe of Samsung Group [SAGR.UL], whose leader has been named a suspect in a graft scandal involving President Park Geun-hye. More »
Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee arrives to attend a hearing at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji min Park and Se Young Lee More »
Jay Y. Lee, center, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives to be questioned as a suspect in bribery case in the influence-peddling scandal that led to the president’s impeachment at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, ... More »
A flag bearing the logo of Samsung Electronics is pictured at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo South Korea’s special prosecution office said on Tuesday it had not yet decided whether to seek arrest warra... More »
Choi Soon-sil, a long-time friend of South Korean President Park Geun-hye who is at the center of the South Korean political scandal involving Park, attends her first court hearing in Seoul, South Korea, December 19, 2016. Korea Pool/via REUTERS South Korean a... More »
A Nissan logo is pictured at a car dealership in Sunderland, Britain June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Yates/File Photo South Korea has banned the sale of 10 models of Nissan, BMW and Porsche vehicles after the carmakers were found to have fabricated certification... More »
U.S. officials are urgently seeking an agreement with South Korea that would allow imports of American eggs so farmers can cash in on a shortage caused by the Asian country’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu. More »
The National Pension Service (NPS) Chairman Moon Hyung-pyo is summoned to the Independent Counsel Team in Seoul, South Korea, December 27, 2016. News1 via REUTERS min Park More »
People set off fireworks on a road leading to the Presidential Blue House during a protest calling for South Korean President Park Geun-hye to step down in central Seoul, South Korea, December 10, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji S&P Global Ratings said on Monday tha... More »
FILE PHOTO – South Korea’s new finance minister Yoo Il-ho (C) gets a briefing in front of a car carrier during his visits to a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, January 15, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korea’s prime minister is expected to keep incumbent Fin... More »
South Korean Prime Minister and the acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn releases a statement to the nation at the Goverment Complex in Seoul, South Korea, December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn will begin getting official br... More »
South Korean health officials bury chickens at a poultry farm where the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu virus broke out in Haenam, South Korea, November 17, 2016. Yonhap/via REUTERS South Korea’s agriculture ministry said on Monday it will issue a temporary na... More »
A truck transports containers at Hanjin Shipping’s container terminal at the Busan New Port in Busan, about 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Seoul August 8, 2013. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won South Korea’s exports are expected to rise in November for the first time sinc... More »
South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers her speech during the inaugural session of the 20th National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, June 13, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korean President Park Geun-hye will not respond to a request by prosecutors to q... More »
Protesters shout slogans after they are blocked by riot policemen in a road nearby the presidential Blue House during their march calling South Korean President Park Geun-hye to step down in Seoul, South Korea, November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon South K... More »
File Photo: South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the 1919 independence movement against Japanese rule over the Korean peninsula, in Seoul March 1, 2016. REUTERS/Jung Yeon-Je/Pool/File Photo South K... More »
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye arrives to deliver an address to the nation, at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Ed Jones/Pool – RTX2RU2T South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Tuesday she will withdraw her nominee f... More »
South Korean President Prak Geun-hye (in red) walks past members of the minor opposition Justice Party at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, November 8, 2016. Yonhap/Bae Jae-man/via REUTERS min Park More »
South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye attends the East Asia Summit in Vientiane, Laos September 8, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday proposed amending the country’s constitution to allow presidents to serve multiple term... More »
The logo of the Bank of Korea is seen on the top of its building in Seoul, South Korea, July 14, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korea’s central bank is forecast to keep interest rate policy on hold on Thursday as board members weigh the risks from household d... More »
South Korea’s finance minister said on Tuesday that Samsung Electronic Co Ltd’s (005930.KS) deepening crisis over its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone would hurt exports if the phone model is scrapped altogether. More »
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday agreed with South Korean President Park Geun-hye to closely cooperate regarding North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch, the Japanese government said in a statement. More »
China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool Chinese President Xi Jinping told his South Korean counterpart that China ... More »
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) speaks to South Korean President Park Geun-hye (not pictured) during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit at the West Lake State Guest House in Hangzhou, China, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/How Hwee Young/Pool Chinese... More »
South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers her speech during a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, at Seong Cultural Center in Seoul, South Korea, August 15, 2016. REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool South Korea’s Presid... More »
South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers her speech during a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, at Seong Cultural Center in Seoul, South Korea, August 15, 2016. REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool South Korea’s Presid... More »
