station in the city of Seongnam. Yoon Sung-hyun, an official from the southern Gyeonggi provincial

Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung, one of the ruling Democratic Party's contenders for next year's

world’s 10th largest economy. Earlier, Lee, a former governor of Gyeonggi province, conceded his

treated for serious injuries, according to Gyeonggi Province fire department officials. Police are

aggressive pandemic response and a populist economic agenda. Lee Jae-myung, the governor of Gyeonggi

Police Station in Gyeonggi province are investigating the man, who is in his 40s, for violation of

, speaks during a New Year press conference at a Kia Motors' plant in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, on Jan

SEOUL( Reuters)-About 44 million South Koreans headed to polls to elect mayors and provincial governors on Wednesday, in races seen as an early test for new President Yoon Suk-yeol and his drive for fuelling an economic recovery and tackling inequality. Yoon took office last month after winning an unprecedentedly tight presidential election by a margin of just 0.7% in March, evidence of the deepening political, generational and gender divide that has frayed Asia's fourth-largest economy. Stakes

Police officers cordon off the scene near a subway station in Seongnam, South Korea, on Thursday after an attack.... A white Kia hatchback with a broken front window and ruptured front tire could be seen on a sidewalk near the subway station.... World Nation In Seoul’s ‘piece rooms, ’ there’s barely enough space to lie down....

This screenshot image shows Choe Jae Hyeong, former chief of South Korea's state audit agency, speaking during an online press conference on Aug.... Choe Jae Hyeong is reportedly a" Plan B" candidate for the conservative People Power Party should Yoon face difficulties running in the March election due to some scandal.... " As a South Korean, I just could not watch our nation collapse," the former judge told an online press conference, saying that as president, he would re-examine the nation's