A new study focuses on a hominin jawbone known as SK 15 that was unearthed in 1949 at Swartkrans, a cave in modern-day South Africa that holds a rich trove of prehistoric hominin fossils ...

The recent political crisis in South Korea highlights both the vulnerabilities and resilience of its democracy. Among countries that underwent the third wave of democratization in the late ...

After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected ...

In South Korea, the arrival of spring is marked by the blooming of pastel pink and white cherry blossoms, known locally as "beot kkeot". While Japan is often the top destination for cherry blossom ...

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said it began in the plane’s tail. Footage aired by local broadcaster YTN shows evacuation slides deployed on both sides of the single-aisle plane, with ...

South Korean intelligence has claimed that Kim Jong Un is also planning to send more troops to Russia. It is unclear why the troops appear to have withdrawn, but the commander added that the North ...

Photos have emerged showing the burning Air Busan aircraft being doused with water An Airbus plane has caught fire at an airport of South Korea's city of Busan, forcing the evacuation of all 176 ...

An Airbus plane has caught fire at an airport of South Korea's city of Busan, forcing the evacuation of all 176 people on board, fire authorities say. They say four people were injured as they ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Few people understand what may be going through the minds of North Korean soldiers fighting and dying for Russia in the war against Ukraine. But Lee Chul Eun is one of them.

Seoul, South Korea — The first report on last month's Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane's engines, though officials haven't determined the cause of the ...

The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed the plane’s two black boxes stopped recording about four minutes prior to the crash that killed 179 people on board.

SEOUL-South Korean prosecutors indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Jan 26 for being the “ringleader of an insurrection” after his abortive declaration of martial law, ordering the ...