Seoul:A former South Korean presidential contender stepped down as a provincial governor Tuesday and announced his retirement from politics after a secretary accused him of multiple rapes. The stunning fall of Ahn Hee-jung -- who came second to Moon Jae-in in the contest to select the Democratic ...

Seoul: South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics logged a record profit of 11.2 trillion won -- $10.0 billion -- in the July to September period, it said Tuesday, its best for any quarter.The world's biggest memory chip and smartphone maker has had its de facto leader jailed for bribery and faced ...

Seoul: Former South Korean president Park Geun-Hye's defence lawyers resigned en masse Monday in protest at what they called a biased corruption trial, as the ex-leader described the proceedings as "political revenge".Park faces multiple charges including bribery, coercion and abuse of power for ...

SEOUL (APP) - Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye is now just prisoner 503, incarcerated in a spartan cell while prosecutors decide whether to indict her over a corruption scandal that precipitated her fall from grace.The former head of state spent her first night in solitary confinement at ...

SEOUL (APP) - North Korea said Saturday it would not submit to US nuclear "blackmail", a day after shocking the world with its fifth and largest nuclear test."Gone are the days never to return when the US could make a unilateral nuclear blackmail against the DPRK," said the ruling party newspaper ...

SEOUL (APP) - North Korea carried out its fifth and most powerful nuclear test on Friday, sparking condemnation from regional leaders.Here are some key dates in North Korean history and in its development oflong-range missiles and nuclear weapons:READ MORE: US and North Korea at loggerheads over ...

SEOUL (APP) - South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Friday condemned North Korea's latest nuclear test as an act of "self-destruction" that will further deepen its isolation in the international community.The impoverished but nuclear-armed North staged its fifth nuclear test Friday morning, she ...

SEOUL (APP) - North Korea on Wednesday labelled South Korean President Park Geun-Hye a "psychopath" after she made a speech slamming Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions and defending the deployment of a US anti-missile system.In her televised address on Monday, Park had stressed that deploying the ...