U.S. President Donald Trump hosts South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Washington for their first summit meeting on Monday, after the countries struck a trade deal last month lowering U.S. tariffs on the Asian ally to 15% from a threatened 25%.

Controversy surrounds the 50-year agreement between state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, or KHNP, and Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC of the United States.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will send a special delegation to China from August 24-27, his spokesperson said on Friday, as Seoul and Beijing increasingly align in response to U.

Looming over the first meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung are recent tariff tensions and renewed cost-sharing discussions for their long-standing

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemned South Korean-U.S. military drills and vowed a rapid expansion of his nuclear forces to counter rivals, state media said Tuesday, as he inspected his most advanced warship being fitted with nuclear-capable systems.

Despite opposition from Korea Medical Association, thousands of underground tattoo artists could get licensed after the parliamentary sub-committee approves the landmark bill

Captured during the Korean War and imprisoned for decades for refusing to renounce his communist beliefs, 95-year-old Ahn Hak-sop now has a single dying wish: to return to North Korea and be buried alongside his comrades.

Torrential rain that has battered South Korea’s greater capital region for two days has started easing, but not before claiming at least one life.

By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean entertainment companies riding the Korean Wave, or Hallyu, are scrambling to widen their global reach as Asia's fourth-largest economy bets on cultural exports at a time of growing protectionist barriers for traditional manufacturers.