Moon Jae In

Everything to know about South Korea's presidential election: Candidates, issues, scandals

Lee is a former governor of the populous Gyeonggi province that surrounds Seoul, while Yoon is a former prosecutor general who entered party politics last year.

South Korea's ex-president Park Geun-hye granted government pardon for corruption scandal

South Korea's Moon Jae-in has pardoned his predecessor Park Geun-hye, who was serving a 22-year prison term for a vast corruption scandal

Australia and South Korea sign $720 million defence deal, to upgrade ties to ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’

The defense contract is the largest struck between Australia and an Asian nation, and comes at a time of heightened tensions between Australia and China

North Korea continues to expand nuclear arsenal, tests new hypersonic missile

The announcement comes a day after South Korean and Japanese militaries said they detected North Korea firing a missile into its eastern sea

North Korea accuses US of hostility, claims nukes a deterrent; wants South to come out of American influence

North Korea mainly uses the term "hostile policy" to refer to US-led sanctions over its nuclear weapons programme and the joint US-South Korea military drills

North Korea wants US-led sanctions lifted before officially ending war with South Korea; here's why

Analysts say North Korea is trying to use Moon’s desire for inter-Korean engagement to pressure South Korea into extracting concessions from Washington on its behalf

The fierce appeal of Yuh-Jung Youn: How the actress endeared herself to South Koreans years before Minari

Yuh-Jung Youn's life story and work made her Oscar win resonate deeply in South Korea, particularly among women who have long struggled under the country’s male-dominant hierarchical order.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: North Korea won't participate in Games over COVID-19 fears, says country's sports ministry

The North's official KCNA news agency had previously carried a dispatch on the committee meeting, without mentioning the Olympic decision.

South Korea's top court upholds 20-year jail term for ex-president Park Geun-hye in bribery case

Park was convicted of colluding with her longtime confidante, Choi Soon-sil, to take millions of dollars in bribes and extortion from some of the country's largest business groups, including Samsung

Kim Jong-un offers apology over killing of South Korean official; move expected to thaw Seoul’s anti-North sentiments

South Korea accused Pyongyang of fatally shooting its official who was likely trying to defect and burning his body after finding him in North Korean waters