South Korea's main opposition party said it will introduce a bill to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo on Thursday and hold a vote on Friday, a move that could deepen the country's constitutional crisis triggered by a short-lived martial law.

Beijing may also see a potential new administration in Seoul as an avenue to improve ties between both sides, analysts say.

Trump's return to office raises uncertainty over U.S.-South Korea relations as political turmoil in Seoul challenges effective leadership and diplomacy.

South Korea has become a “super-aged” society with one in five people aged 65 or older, official data showed Tuesday, underscoring the country’s deepening demographic crisis.

Tesla's sales in South Korea are surging, with expectations to exceed 100,000 units by mid-2025, despite increasing competition from BYD.

The World Bank on Thursday said it raised its forecasts for China's gross domestic product growth for 2024 and 2025 to account for the effect of recent policy easing and near-term export strength.

China's battery materials sector is thriving, backed by government subsidies, low electricity costs, and cheaper labor, enabling aggressive investment. In contrast, South Korean firms, lacking comparable support,

Andrei Lankov is a historian of North Korea at Kookmin University, Seoul. He is the author of The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia. In 2017, the highly militarized regime of Kim Jong Un of North Korea found itself confronting a rare coalition of China,

South Korea’s Congress passed an impeachment bill for President Yoon Suk Yeol. While the constitutional court of Korea is expected to deliver a final verdict within 180 days, the odds are not in the president’s favor due to his imposition of martial law and adverse public opinion.

South Korea has played a crucial role in Manila’s maritime security strategy. Can that cooperation survive if the Yoon administration comes to an abrupt end?

South Korea held the largest share of the US import market for battery materials last year, a trade association said on Sunday, outranking rivals China and Japan.

South Korea has pledged to spend 55 trillion won ($38 billion) over the next three years to shore up the nation’s supply chain for critical minerals and the components needed for key industries, like electric vehicles and battery making.