Two South Korean naval vessels fired on two North Korean fishing boats sailing off Japan and tried
Pope John Paul II on Friday praised recent efforts by North and South Korea "to overcome difficulties" caused by the political division of the country.
Two Korean newspapers and a local tour bureau were ordered by a Superior Court judge not to contact
South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan arrived here today to a welcoming crowd of more than 1,000
Police and thousands of anti-government protesters clashed at a monument and on 18 college campuses today, the 25th anniversary of a student-led uprising that led to the downfall of the Syngman Rhee government.
Students demonstrated Friday throughout South Korea, often fighting with police, on the fifth anniversary of an uprising against martial law in which nearly 200 people were killed.
UCLA and the Academy of Korean Studies have agreed to establish a scholars exchange to encourage joint research projects and student programs.
Hundreds of anti-government students hurling fire bombs and rocks clashed today with riot police who bombarded protesters with tear gas grenades to stop them marching from campuses into the streets.
who fought there more than three decades ago will gather in San Pedro today to announce plans for a Korean War monument overlooking the Pacific.
Korean War, she decided that, at least for one group of young Korean-Americans, that would change.
Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung was freed early today from house arrest imposed on the eve of a national convention of his New Korea Democratic Party.
China has endorsed a North Korean suggestion that the two Koreas co-host the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, the official New China News Agency said.
Several hundred students at Seoul National University staged a violent demonstration Friday to protest the arrest of a student leader.
Police overpowered 14 South Korean students and freed three hostages after a two-hour anti
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Nationwide rallies, originally scheduled for this week to push for constitutional reform in South Korea, will be postponed until next year, opposition leaders said Saturday.
Like Americans, most Koreans prefer politics as a straight-forward contest between the forces of good and evil where every right-thinking citizen knows clearly where he stands.
Sung-yol Yi has been penning poetry in his native language, Korean, for a decade.
After six postponements, the National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution authorizing the creation of a special committee to draft constitutional amendments to transform South Korea into a democracy.
Prosecutors announced formal felony charges Monday against 40 people and sent 130 others to court on misdemeanor charges, all arising out of violent weekend protests over the killing of a university student by police.