In 1897, Joseon changed its name to the Korean Empire (Daehan Jeguk) and pushed ahead with reforms and an open-door policy, but it was too late. Japan soon won major victories in its wars against the ...

TOKYO, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will travel to South Korea on Monday to shore up security cooperation between the East Asian neighbours and their mutual U.S. ally ...

Top diplomats from Japan, the United States and South Korea have agreed to continue working together on steps to counter North Korea, which has deepened military cooperation with Russia.

The Japanese government says at least 17 citizens were abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s. Five have returned home, but the other 12 remain unaccounted for.

South Korea's presidential guards and military troops on Friday prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon ...

There is extreme animosity in Korea toward Japan, due to Japan’s annexation of Korea at the beginning of the 20th century and brutal Japanese rule there through the end of the Second World War.

SADO, Japan (AP) — South Korea commemorated wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado gold mines in a ceremony Monday, a day after boycotting a similar event organized by Japan ...

neighboring South Korea and Japan said. South Korea's military "has detected and is analyzing several short-range ballistic ...