South Korea President Lee Jae Myung suggested that insurance should cover hair loss. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks to University of Hawaii professor S. Heijin Lee about the country's beauty standards.

A computer simulation ordered by the government showed that everyone on board would have survived if the concrete berm had been made of materials that easily broke apart.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung flew to China this week for a summit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, for the second time in two months.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says he asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to serve as a mediator to help resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis and ease animosities between the two Koreas.

South Korea's special prosecutor is expected to make a sentencing request for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, as a lower court trial convened on Friday for its final session.

The Inspire Resort, with three five-star hotels, a 15,000-seat K-pop arena and a foreigners-only casino, had its grand opening in 2024 by the Mohegan tribe. The development on an island near South Korea’s Incheon international airport was the first outside North America for the tribe, which has a 600-acre reservation in Connecticut.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung will visit Japan for a two-day, one-night trip starting Jan. 13, the presidential office said Thursday.

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Japan next week for talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Seoul said Friday, days after meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.Lee met with President Xi this week,

Gross domestic product in Asia’s fourth-largest economy is projected to expand 2.0% in 2026, up from the government’s forecast of 1.8% in August.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he wants to open a “new phase” for relations with China during his first trip to Beijing since he took office in June.

South Korea’s National Assembly is sliding into what political observers describe as a full-scale “special counsel war." Rival parties are proposing overlapping