About half of 451 North Korean defectors questioned in a survey endured physical violence at the hands of North Korean authorities, a rights group has said as leader Kim Jong Un prepared to meet U.S. President Donald Trump for a summit. U.S. lawmakers called Kim ...

If North and South Korea succeed in their long-shot bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics, any athletic feats may be overshadowed by the political achievements needed to make the games happen. Buoyed by the role the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics played in easing tensions ...

After a blistering year-and-a-half long surge, a sudden drop in some memory chip prices followed by Samsung Electronics Co.'s disappointing profit estimate is causing jitters among investors who had bet the chip boom would last at least another year. Amid news that the market has ...

More than 70 aging South Korean women live in a squalid neighborhood between the rear gate of the U.S. Army garrison in Pyeongtaek and half a dozen seedy nightclubs. Near the front gate, glossy illustrations posted in real-estate offices show the dream homes that ...