Corruption
Park Geun-hye is already serving 24 years in prison on separate corruption charges following her removal in 2017.
South Korea
Asia Pacific
by Florence Looi
World Cup 201827 Jun 2018 18:46 GMT
Two injury-time goals by South Korea mean four-time winners Germany finish bottom of the group.
North Korea27 Jun 2018 15:17 GMT
Defence lawyers claim evidence is too weak to convict two women facing the death penalty for the airport poisoning.
Asia Pacific22 Jun 2018 11:32 GMT
The planned reunion in August will be the first such event since 2015.
Asia Pacific18 Jun 2018 18:20 GMT
North and South Korea will hold a basketball competition next month, and an inter-Korean team will compete in some sports at the Asian Games in August.
South Korea15 Jun 2018 10:33 GMT
South Korean and Japanese officials react to Trump's decision, as analysts warn of weakened US alliance in the region.
Asia Pacific14 Jun 2018 09:36 GMT
US top diplomat pushes back at Pyongyang's claim that it would get concessions from Trump during 'step-by-step' process.
Asia Pacific13 Jun 2018 11:04 GMT
Some expressed doubts about where the historic summit in Singapore would lead and what really would happen next.
Human Rights13 Jun 2018 09:48 GMT
As North Korea agrees to denuclearisation, Koreans living in Japan hope for a more peaceful future.
Asia Pacific12 Jun 2018 14:19 GMT
President Moon Jae-in, who often acted as a mediator for meeting between US and North Korea, is vowing to write a new history with Pyongyang.
Asia Pacific12 Jun 2018 11:26 GMT
YouTuber Ttohyang, who defected from North Korea in 2009, shares her thoughts on the historic meeting.
Asia Pacific11 Jun 2018 18:40 GMT
South Korea hopes that Washington's meeting with Pyongyang will open the way to end the Korean War.
Asia Pacific04 Jun 2018 14:58 GMT
Opposition senator says the president's action 'was a despicable display of sexism and grave abuse of authority'.
North Korea02 Jun 2018 09:24 GMT
Meetings between Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in are not the whole of the inter-Korean peace process, as high-level officials are establishing contact across the border and even setting up a liaison office.
US & Canada01 Jun 2018 22:05 GMT
US president says he will meet North Korean leader in June to talk about denuclearisation in the Korean Peninsula.
North Korea30 May 2018 06:54 GMT
Kim Yong-chol, North Korean leader's right-hand man, to told high-level talks in the US on a possible June 12 summit.
by Michael Pembroke
by J Berkshire Miller
by Se-Woong Koo