The jailed president Yoon Suk Yeol, who had been holed up in his presidential compound for weeks after issuing a martial law decree last month, now faces rebellion charges punishable by the death penalty or life in prison.

South Korea’s military says North Korea has test-fired multiple missiles toward its eastern waters in its second launch event of 2025

North Korea has been broadcasting unbearable sounds for months close to its border with the South, in their latest wave of psychological warfare.

South Korea rebuked President Trump’s remarks calling North Korea a “nuclear power,” raising concern about the relationship between the two countries. “North Korea’s denuclearization remains a

Investigators say Yoon Suk Yeol abused his power when he tried to impose martial law last month. He would become the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested.

North Korea’s second launch event of 2025 - following a ballistic launch last week - comes days ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration on a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr Day

The military detected the launch from the Kanggye area of the North's Chagang Province at around 9:30 a.m., South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a message to reporters. Advertisement The ...

South Korea's anti-corruption agency detains impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief declaration of martial law.

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested and questioned for hours by investigators in relation to a criminal insurrection probe, ending a weeks-long standoff with authorities.

South Korea's joint chiefs of staff said the weapons were fired from a northern inland area and were suspected to be short-range ballistic missiles. It wasn't immediately clear how far the weapon flew.

North Korea defended its right to maintain a nuclear weapons program at a United Nations disarmament conference held shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump referred to the North as a "nuclear power.

The latest missile test coincided with Takeshi Iwaya’s visit, the first by a Japanese foreign minister in seven years, to Seoul for talks on trilateral cooperation with the US. Mr Iwaya met his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae Yul on Monday. He condemned the North’s nuclear and missile development, and pledged to boost security ties with Seoul.