Successive South Korean presidents have promised to raise the historically low valuations of the country’s listed companies — the so-called Korea discount — with little success. The price-to-book ratio of Kospi companies reached a record low of 0.84 last year, meaning the market valued them below the stated worth of their net assets.

Former Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of emergency martial law was short-lived. Now 105 citizens are suing him for emotional damages.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday the government was preparing to revamp the country's tax system to boost dividend payouts, as part of a broader push to make the domestic stock market more attractive.

Just a week into his term in office, South Korea's liberal President Lee Jae-myung has moved against his ousted conservative predecessor.

A Stryker brigade from Colorado arrived in South Korea in late May as the Army’s latest rotational unit tasked with deterring regional threats for the next nine months.

A South Korean court has fined a woman for sexual misconduct after she pulled down a colleague's trousers - and his underwear, by accident - in front of their colleagues, local media reported.

The 30-minute call comes as Lee, a liberal from South Korea's Democratic Party, seeks to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North-South relations are at their most strained in decades amid Kim's frequent ballistic missile tests and North Korean troop deployments to support Russia's war against Ukraine.

Inquiries to cover Yoon’s alleged role in martial law plan, corruption claims tied to his wife, and Marine’s death - Anadolu Ajansı