South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law on Tuesday marked the first time such a sweeping measure has been enacted since the country transitioned to a full democracy more than 35 years ago. The unprecedented move has sparked ...

SEOUL: A South Korean judo instructor in her 20s has been referred to prosecutors for allegedly choking two high school students unconscious during training at a gym in Gyeonggi Province, police said Thursday (Jan 8).

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of ...

Lawmakers in South Korea unanimously voted to lift a controversial martial law, which was declared by President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier on Tuesday, reversing a dramatic event that shook the nation. Democratic institutions across the globe are being tested ...

'Guiding Hero' Kim Jae-beom (director of the Korea Racing Authority Judo Team) was appointed as the chairman of the Korea Sports Association's performance improvement committee. The addition of Kim Jae-beom, a gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics and ...

PARIS, 31 July (BelTA - Yonhap) - South Korea extended its medal-winning streak to four days at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, picking up a bronze medal each in table tennis and judo. The first medal of the day was a drought buster, as Lim Jong-hoon and ...