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Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty on charges of abuse of authority and masterminding an insurrection, stemming from his December 2024 attempt to impose martial law.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has previously said flying the drone into North Korea was akin to "firing a shot" across the border.

A major fire that broke out early on Friday in a deprived area of the upmarket Gangnam district of Seoul was brought under control and fully extinguished about eight hours later, a fire official said.

A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison on charges that included obstructing attempts by authorities to arrest him following his failed bid to impose martial law in...

Four people have been arrested in South Korea for allegedly hacking more than 120,000 video cameras in homes and businesses and using the footage to make sexually exploitative materials for an overseas website.

A light truck crashed into a market in South Korea on Thursday (Nov 13), ploughing 150m along a passageway lined with stalls before coming to a halt, killing two people and injuring 18, according to emergency officials a...

South Korea on Wednesday (Oct 15) issued travel bans on parts of Cambodia over growing concerns about its citizens being lured to scam centres in the Southeast Asian country.

An explosion at an Army artillery unit in the northwestern city of Paju left at least 10 soldiers injured, officials said.

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

Heavy rain pounded South Korea’s greater capital region on Wednesday, turning roads into chocolate-colored rivers and disrupting traffic, as authorities issued flood and landslide warnings near water sources and hills.

A special counsel team will make its second attempt to execute a warrant to detain jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday to bring him in for questioning over election meddling allegations involving him and hi...

South Korean authorities began removing on Monday loudspeakers blaring anti-North Korea broadcasts along the country's border, Seoul's defence ministry said, as the new government of President Lee Jae Myung seeks to ease...

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung declared six districts as special disaster zones on Tuesday after days of torrential rains left a trail of destruction in parts of the country.

Severe wet weather in South Korea eased on Monday following days of torrential rain that triggered floods and landslides and left at least 18 people dead, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said on Monday.

A South Korean court rejected ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol's request to be freed from prison on Friday, Newsis news agency said, denying his argument that his detention during an investigation into his bid to im...

Heavy rains pounded South Korea for a third day on Friday in a deluge that has killed at least four people, forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and destroyed property and infrastructure.

Two people have died and about 1,000 residents were evacuated as torrential rains slammed parts of the nation's central regions, authorities said Thursday, as they warned of more downpours in the coming days.

A hearing on the legality of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest will be held later this week, a court said Wednesday, as Yoon fights to regain his freedom a week after being placed in custody over his failed attempt...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol returned to jail on Thursday after a court approved a warrant sought by prosecutors investigating his attempt to impose martial law last year.

A hearing on whether to issue an arrest warrant for former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law bid will be held later this week, a court said Monday.