South Korea News

Opposition lawmakers ended their violent, 12-day siege of South Korea's Parliament Tuesday after successfully delaying a key vote on a U.S. free trade deal and other legislation. Democratic Party legislators had occupied the National Assembly since Dec.

North Korea has replaced five ministers in the past few months, a South Korea government agency said on Tuesday, while a leading daily newspaper said the impoverished state was shaking up its leadership team. "The large-scale cabinet reshuffle seems to...

Seoul's unification ministry, which closely monitors the North's official media, said Pyongyang had replaced its finance, trade and commerce ministers. New faces were also being brought in at ministries overseeing the metal industry, electricity sector, railways, forestry and fisheries.

South Korea said on Tuesday it will invest 50-trillion won ($38,1-billion) over the next four years on environmental projects in a "green new deal" to spur slumping economic growth and create about a million jobs. "We are in an unprecedented...

The group led by former foreign minister Han Seung-joo and Kim Tae-hyo, a presidential secretary on foreign affairs, will discuss the policies of the Lee Myung-bak administration and the new U.S. government, they said. The envisaged meetings, dubbed ``1.5 track''...

Flack and Hwang Hae-rym , Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Wednesday, January 7, 2009 The United States and South Korea are negotiating a proposal that could delay the relocation of U.S. Forces Korea from Seoul by two years, according to...

Royster, who previously managed Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers and took over the Lotte Giants last year, will be in Washington to see Obama become president later this month. "I am honored to be invited to a historic and meaningful...