Inquiries to cover Yoon’s alleged role in martial law plan, corruption claims tied to his wife, and Marine’s death - Anadolu Ajansı

The 30-minute call comes as Lee, a liberal from South Korea's Democratic Party, seeks to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North-South relations are at their most strained in decades amid Kim's frequent ballistic missile tests and North Korean troop deployments to support Russia's war against Ukraine.

Successive South Korean presidents have promised to raise the historically low valuations of the country’s listed companies — the so-called Korea discount — with little success. The price-to-book ratio of Kospi companies reached a record low of 0.84 last year, meaning the market valued them below the stated worth of their net assets.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday the government was preparing to revamp the country's tax system to boost dividend payouts, as part of a broader push to make the domestic stock market more attractive.

Just a week into his term in office, South Korea's liberal President Lee Jae-myung has moved against his ousted conservative predecessor.

A South Korean court has fined a woman for sexual misconduct after she pulled down a colleague's trousers - and his underwear, by accident - in front of their colleagues, local media reported.

A Stryker brigade from Colorado arrived in South Korea in late May as the Army’s latest rotational unit tasked with deterring regional threats for the next nine months.

Before introducing new export platforms, South Korea’s troubled KDDX destroyer programme deserves attention. The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN)’s six-ship programme is currently around two years behind schedule following a legal dispute between HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Hanwha Ocean.