The early inhabitants of the peninsula survived by hunting animals and collecting edible plants in groups. The history of the Korean nation began in Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula when people ...

Born to a poor rural family in the early years of the Japanese occupation ... Polls by Gallup Korea have consistently ranked him the most beloved president in the country's history. Former Hyundai CEO ...

Yet, while these recent developments are historic, they are just the latest chapter in South Korea’s scandal-ridden presidential history. Since the country’s founding after World War II ...

Archives documenting an early Cold War-era massacre on a South Korean island and the decadeslong truth-finding process ...

Here are other ways that North Korea’s government has handled reports about its supreme leaders’ health over the years. In early 2020 speculation about Kim’s health exploded after he was not ...