SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he intended to stick to existing agreements with Japan tied to its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula, including one on the treatment of Korean women forced to work in its military brothels.

Since taking office in a snap election in June, the liberal Lee has taken steps to lower tensions with the nuclear-armed North, and the issue is one where he is expected to find common ground with Trump, who still boasts of his historic summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

When Presidents Lee Jae Myung and Donald J. Trump meet at the White House, they’ll have much to celebrate as they bolster U.S.-South Korea relations.

Ten South Korean petrochemical companies have agreed to restructure their operations, including large cuts to their naphtha-cracking capacity, government officials said on Wednesday.

Investors in the region are awaiting India's HSBC Composite flash purchasing managers' index reading for August expected later in the day.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemned South Korean-U.S. military drills and vowed a rapid expansion of his nuclear forces to counter rivals, state media said Tuesday, as he inspected his most advanced warship being fitted with nuclear-capable systems.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met on Tuesday with the heads of some of the country's biggest conglomerates, including Samsung and Hyundai Motor, who will accompany Lee for his summit next week with U.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power may link up with Westinghouse on deals as they try to put lengthy legal dispute behind them

The former first lady told a confidant that she had contemplated death to protect her husband, Yoon Suk-yeol, from further punishment.

Police on the South Korean island of Jeju have cracked down on misbehaving tourists, telling them to act responsibly or risk facing fines. Jeju police have released a set of guidelines, printed in Chinese, English, and Korean, after locals complained about ...