South Korea

New vaccines offer hope, but global economic recovery remains difficult, the IMF warns before the G20 summit.

Stubborn cluster outbreaks prompt concern that country is on brink of another wave of the coronavirus.

Authorities say tougher distancing measures necessary to limit spread following recent triple-digit...

Fifteen countries have signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.

Health authorities say private gatherings, public events fuelling rise in cluster cases that are complicated to trace.

Unarmed man was taken into custody on Wednesday, about 14 hours after he was spotted crossing the border.

The manhunt began after the man, who was not in a uniform, crossed the heavily fortified border late on Tuesday.

South Korea began accepting refugees in 1994, but acceptance of foreigners remains contentious in Korean society.

China, Japan and South Korea have pledged to slash carbon emissions to net zero.

The South Korean man was fatally shot by the North’s military while adrift in the North Korean side of the Yellow Sea.

Launch of new foldable smartphones reignited demand that had flagged because of coronavirus, but weaknesses remain.

South Korea’s economy grew by 1.9 percent in third quarter on stimulus measures, after shrinking in the previous two.

Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee died on Sunday, aged 78, after being in hospital since 2014 following a heart attack.

Some of region’s top economies, which count China as their biggest export market, to report GDP figures in coming days.