Topic: Park Geun-hye

A group comprised of 1,056 activist and labor organizations issued a joint statement on Tuesday opposing parole or pardon for Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of Samsung who is serving a 30-month sentence.

South Koreans struggling to find their footing in an uncertain economy could be turning increasingly to the nation's political parties for answers.

Masterpieces from the enormous art collection of LeeKun-hee, the late chairman of Samsung who was South Korea's richest man, went on public display Wednesday in Seoul after heirs donated some 23,000 works to museums.

Bang Si-hyuk, the music producer behind South Korea's boy group BTS, has joined the country's stock-rich list as the stock price of his company HYBE jumped this year.

A dispute over universal basic income is casting a shadow over South Korean presidential candidates of the ruling Democratic Party.

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong will undergo a formal trial on charges of receiving illegal propofol injections.

A former South Korean prosecutor who clashed with members of President Moon Jae-in's administration, Yoon Seok-youl, launched his presidential bid Tuesday.

A onetime aspiring celebrity confirmed he is auditioning to become a spokesman for South Korea's political opposition, as the People Power Party seeks to shore up support from younger voters in their 20s and 30s.

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae yong has been fined $45,000 for receiving illegal propofol injections.

South Korean conservatives say they will fight for the release of former presidents Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak and for commemorating a past dictator with an airport, ahead of a race in their party.