Despite a declining workforce and a need for foreign workers, South Korea maintains some of the strictest immigration controls among the OECD countries.

Distorted historical narratives prevent South Korea from fully coming to terms with the 1980 Gwangju Democracy Movement and inhibit democratic growth.

Among President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's campaign promises was a pledge to fix bilateral relations with Japan. Will he be able to?

The United Nations has begun the process of selecting a new Special Rapporteur to focus on the situation of human rights in North Korea.

Businesses are investing in nations rich in cobalt, nickel, and lithium, minerals essential to the global renewable energy transition.

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's delegates to Japan reaffirmed Yoon's pledge to rebuild bilateral relations and improve US-ROK-Japan trilateral cooperation.