Samsung heir avoids arrest over controversial merger A South Korean court on Tuesday declined to issue an arrest warrant for the heir to the country's Samsung empire over a controversial merger of two business units seen as a key step to his succession.

S Korea: Ruling party wins landslide victory in parliamentary elections amid pandemic The ruling Democratic Party (DP) clinched a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary election results released on Thursday, as voters apparently supported the government's efforts to overcome the new coronavirus crisis.

VN farm exports have big potential

As an important trading with a strong agriculture sector, Việt Nam has great potential to become a strategic exporter of agricultural products to Korea, Hong Sun, vice chairman of the Korean Chamber of Business in Việt Nam, tells Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Phương Thảo

 

Ousted S Korean leader Park goes on trial

South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-hye went on trial on Tuesday over the massive corruption scandal that led to her downfall.

S. Korea’s Moon vows to restore democratic spirit of 1980 uprising

South Korea’s new President Moon Jae In today vowed to restore the democratic spirit of the May 1980 pro-democracy uprising in which hundreds of protesters were killed or injured by a brutal military crackdown in the southwestern city of Gwangju.

S. Koreans cast ballots in presidential election

Tens of millions of South Koreans were casting their votes on Tuesday to elect a candidate to lead the country for the next five years.

Prosecutors to indict Park, conclude investigation into corruption scandal

Prosecutors today will indict ousted President Park Geun-hye  on bribery and other charges related to 13 criminal allegations, and conclude their probe into the influence-peddling scandal that brought her down, prosecution sources said.

South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-hye arrested

South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-hye arrived at a detention centre near Seoul early on Friday after being arrested over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down.

S.Korea’s ousted president Park appears in court

South Korea’s ousted president Park Geun-hye arrived at court on Thursday for a hearing to decide whether she should be arrested over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down.

S.Korea prosecutors to seek arrest of ex-president Park

Prosecutors in South Korea will seek an arrest warrant for ousted president Park Geun-hye, they said on Monday, days after questioning her over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down.