A South Korean court has reopened the case of a woman who was sentenced in 1965 after defending herself against a sexual ...

Choi Mal-ja, now 78, took her case to the Supreme Court and the High Court was ordered to review the matter again.

1942 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is born. He took power after his father Kim Il-sung, founder of the communist country, died in 1994.

Netflix has a huge catalog of excellent foreign-language shows, so many that finding a place to start can be daunting. As ...

Review of 78-year-old Choi Mal-ja’s case more than 60 years ago marks the country’s evolution in women’s rights.

A South Korean woman who was punished for biting off the tongue of the man who tried raping her is going to get a retrial. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the 78-year-old woman will ...

Six people die in a fire in Busan, South Korea; Lung cancer cases spike in China, probably due to pollution; Pakistan is once again hosting a major international cricket to ...

Six people have died in a fire in a hotel resort construction site in South Korea ’s port city of Busan, according to the ...

South Korean women are at the center of the weekly protests calling for the removal of President Yoon Suk- yeol. They see Yoon, among other things, as an obstacle to women’s rights. That’s hardly ...

A fire broke out at a resort construction site in the South Korean city of Busan on Friday, killing at least four people, ...

Filmmaker Magnus von Horn discusses his gritty film, now nominated for the best international feature Oscar.