The South Korean ceremony took place near Japan's Sado mines, where an estimated 1,500 Korean laborers were forced to work ...

Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, ...

Since the Korean War, almost all able-bodied men in South Korea have been required to serve in the army for at least 18 ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea expressed regret to Japan on Monday over Tokyo's attitude towards a memorial service held for ...

A South Korean man has been found guilty of deliberately gaining weight to dodge military service, according to reports.

South Korea has paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado gold mines in a memorial ceremony ...

North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader kim Jong Un, condemned what she said were leaflets criticizing the ...

The man and his friend devised a plan for him to put on excessive weight in order to trick the conscription system.

Russia has issued a warning to South Korea against sending arms to Ukraine, with Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim also shared their commitment at a summit to ...

After boycotting one organised by Tokyo, South Korea held its own memorial event on Monday for compatriots forced to work in ...

A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in ...