SEOUL (Reuters) - A Seoul court on Friday jailed former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak for 15 years for corruption, making him the latest in a string of high-profile political and business ...

Lee Myung-bak government’s first defense minister, Lee Sang-hee (retired army general), honorary senior advisor at the Korea National Strategy Research Institute (KRINS), passed away on the 10th. He ...

Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak reported to prosecutors for questioning in a corruption probe Wednesday, apologising for the controversy. Allegations of corruption involving the ...

North Korea has accused South Korea of poisoning their players with an 'adulterated foodstuff' ahead of last week's World Cup qualifier in Seoul ...

President Lee Myung-bak confronts a deepening political crisis that requires a bold proactive strategy to overcome the country's factionalism and put South Korea back on the path to economic recovery.

Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was arrested Thursday on a number of corruption charges from bribery and embezzlement to tax evasion, according to Yonhap news agency. Lee, the 76-year-old ...

After surviving a stabbing and appearing on a coup arrest list, South Korea’s presidential frontrunner now campaigns behind bulletproof glass – exposing deeper political polarization and growing ...

Modern Korean presidential history often reads like a long-running case study in leadership types. Over the decades, the office has been occupied by a variety o ...

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