Athens Democracy Forum: Dialogue Is An Antidote for Security Threats

At a forum in Athens, leaders discussed challenges to democracy that they said stemmed from both internal and external forces.

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​Kim Seongmin, Defector Who Pierced North Korea by Radio, Dies at 63

As a military propagandist, he fled the North by jumping off a train. In the South, he broadcast forbidden outside news to isolated North Koreans.

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South Korean Leader Warns of U.S. Investments After Hyundai-LG Plant Raid

President Lee Jae Myung made the comments as hundreds of South Korean workers swept in an immigration raid were expected to fly home on Thursday.

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Delayed Release of Workers Detained in Georgia Raid Fuels Anger in Korea

It is unclear when the South Korean detainees will be repatriated. They were previously scheduled to depart the United States on Wednesday.

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In a First, Korean Women Target U.S. Military in Suit Over Prostitution

Dozens of women who worked in the sex trade in South Korea are seeking an apology and compensation for the rights abuses they suffered while catering to American G.I.s.

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Immigration Raid Exposes Tensions From Seoul to Washington to Rural Georgia

The raid at a Georgia plant being built with heavy investment from South Korea reveals strain as a rush to expand manufacturing in the United States clashes with an immigration crackdown.

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Immigration Raid on Hyundai-LG Plant in Georgia Rattles South Korea

The shocked but subdued reaction to the arrest of hundreds of Koreans at the site reflected the delicate position of a government engaged in tense trade talks with the Trump administration.

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The Communist Warrior Stranded for Decades in an ‘American Colony’

Ahn Hak-sop was captured during the Korean War by the South and imprisoned for more than 40 years. Now 95, he wants to return to the North to die.

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As Trump Pushes International Students Away, Asian Schools Scoop Them Up

The president’s hostility toward foreign students has made American higher education a riskier proposition for them. Other countries are eager to capitalize.

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The South Korean Collector Who Fell for Posters From Communist Poland

Oh Hwangtaek has amassed one of the largest collections of Polish posters outside Poland. He shares his unlikely passion at his own museum in Seoul.

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