South Korea’s birth rate has dropped throughout much of the past decade, spelling trouble for the military as regional ...

The writing has been on the wall for a long time: South Korea’s birth rate has dropped throughout much of the past decade, spelling trouble for the military as regional threats and global ...

South Korea's fertility rate—the world's lowest—stood at 0.75 births per woman in 2024, well below the 2.1 rate needed to sustain a population. That same year, the share of the population aged 65 and ...

During a White House meeting, US President Trump highlighted the sensitive \"comfort women\" issue with South Korean ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he intended to stick to existing agreements with Japan tied to its ...

Over in Yueyang city in Hunan province, China, Madam Peng Zhuying, 96, was blinded at the age of nine from the mustard gas bombs dropped by the Japanese army during the Second Sino-Japanese War from ...

Lee Jae-myung has been sworn in as South Korea's president, ushering in the nation's first liberal government since 2022.

As South Korea’s population falls, its military is shrinking rapidly. Is that a problem as North Korea ramps up its forces?

As of July, the military had 450,000 troops, it said – down from 563,000 in 2019. “If the number of standing army (members) continues to decline, there can be difficulties in securing elite manpower ...