Se Eun Gong

President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty after their summit in Pyongyang on Wednesday.

Russia and North Korea's leaders are expected to demonstrate their deepening military and political relationship, built on cooperation on Russia's war in Ukraine. But experts doubt its sustainability.

South Korea's liberal opposition wins nearly two-thirds of the seats in parliamentary elections, blowing a crushing defeat to President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Young men and women are politically drifting apart across the developed world. The growing political gender divide in South Korea is making experts worried about the country's future.

In a television interview, President Yoon Suk Yeol acknowledged it being "regretful" that his wife didn't reject being given a Christian Dior handbag as a gift.

A gift accepted by the country's first lady has set off very public debates about ethics and revealed ruling party divisions just weeks before legislative elections.

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck, authorities said, during a visit to the city of Busan. No motive for the attack was immediately available.

South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, who played a rich entrepreneur in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, was found dead on Wednesday. Police suspect he died by suicide.

Many South Korean teachers say they have suffered from parents' harassment and excessive demands. This summer, they came out to the streets voicing anger and demanding protection for their rights.

As Japan plans to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea this summer, concerned South Koreans are stocking up on sea salt.