A South Korean court rejected a request to make public diplomatic documents related to South Korea's 2015 deal with Japan over Tokyo's wartime sex slaves.

South Korea's powerful ministry of justice has decided not to prosecute a high-profile political case as rape, citing insufficient digital evidence.

A South Korean conservative condemned a court decision to overturn an arrest warrant request for a Moon administration official.

South Korea's main opposition conservative leader said Friday President Moon Jae-in's absence at a memorial for fallen South Korean sailors is "regrettable."

North Korean defectors who responded to a South Korean survey conducted in December are voicing greater concern about their safety in the South.

South Korea's main opposition conservatives are slamming a joint decision to cancel annual military exercises scheduled to take place in March.

A former chief justice of the Supreme Court in South Korea was arrested on charges of manipulating court rulings, including the case involving South Korean workers of forced labor at Japanese factories during World War II.

South Korean business executives who were forced to leave assets behind at a jointly operated factory park in North Korea are growing impatient.

North Koreans are a proud people who believe they have "taken their destiny in their own hands."

On Dec. 9, 2008, federal agents arrested Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges in a scheme involving the sale of Illinois' open Senate seat.

The South Korean government has given permission to a local humanitarian group to travel to North Korea.

South Korean and Japanese diplomats are discussing a 2015 agreement that culminated in the foundation of a fund to assist former "comfort women."

New evidence shows former South Korean President Park Geun-hye's office made contact with a former judge presiding over a defamation lawsuit in 2015.

Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has appealed a court sentence of 15 years in prison for corruption, according to his lawyer.

Prosecutors raided homes and offices of the former chief justice and judges of the South Korean Supreme Court, looking for evidence of a manipulation scandal.