The wife of a South Korean fisherman who reportedly escaped North Korea after 31 years of captivity there accused her government Friday of refusing to help her husband back home. Choi Uk-il, 67.. [Jan.5,2007 16:54 KST]

A Vietnamese citizen last year obtained a South Korean driver’s license. He took the test in English, however, as the languages offered for the test in 2006 were Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Fr.. [Jan.5,2007 15:26 KST]

The adult male smoking rate in South Korea has been falling rapidly since reaching a peak in 1980. According to a survey of 1,552 South Koreans over the age of 19 - 765 males and 787 females - perf.. [Jan.5,2007 15:24 KST]

It is the summer of 2057. Ten years have passed since the once-annual jangma (summer rains) ceased in Korea. The soil is dessicated, and regular... [Jan.5,2007 14:33 KST]

The chief justice of South Korea's Supreme Court faces public criticism for his evasion of income taxes in 2004, when he worked as an attorney, despite his claim that the evasion was not deliberate... [Jan.4,2007 21:38 KST]

President Roh Moo-hyun nominated lifelong economic bureaucrats as his new commerce minister and top government policy coordination official, his aide said Thursday. Roh nominated Kim Young-joo.. [Jan.4,2007 21:22 KST]

As this year is traditionally known as the "Year of the Golden Pig," which comes around every 600 years, piggy banks are selling briskly. With many companies purchasing the porcine depositories in lar.. [Jan.4,2007 15:47 KST]

A court has ruled that lawyers have the right to recommend their clients to refuse to give statements to investigators. Judge Bae Yong-jun of the Seoul Central District Court ruled on Wednesday th.. [Jan.4,2007 15:43 KST]

Starting from January 4, information on high-ranking central and provincial government officials’ business trips abroad can be seen on the... [Jan.4,2007 15:24 KST]

Ahead of the December 19 presidential election, presidential hopefuls are increasingly hiring former journalists to help them with publicity and... [Jan.4,2007 15:01 KST]