Page 27 - South Korea

South Korean President calls on Parliament to decide her fate

Park is facing facing an investigation as a criminal suspect after the scandal emerged in October

South Korea President's office admits to buying 360 Viagra pills

Viagra-style drugs are prescribed by South Korean doctors to climbers as they are supposed to be effective in preventing altitude sickness

Japan-South Korea intelligence-sharing pact would aggravate hostility: China

Officials from Japan and South Korea signed the General Security of the Military Information Agreement in Seoul

South Korea's president colluded in corruption scandal: prosecutors

The scandal has sparked nationwide fury, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets to call for Park's resignation

South Korean president replaces prime minister to contain political scandal

The president is facing allegations that she allowed a long-time friend to meddle in affairs of state

South Korean protesters call for president to step down

Park Geun-hye ordered 10 of her senior secretaries to resign over a scandal that is likely to deepen the president's lame duck status

S Korean prosecutors raid presidential office

Investigations are on into an influence-peddling scandal involving the president

S Korea's President Park Geun-Hye pushes reform of single-term presidency

Park is struggling with plunging popularity ratings and a widening corruption scandal

Typhoon Chaba leaves six dead in South Korea

Video showed cars, refrigerators and other debris floating in streets and people struggling through chest-deep water

South Korean law on North Korea human rights comes into force

The ruling Saenuri Party said the law would act as a 'light to protect the freedom and rights of North Korean citizens'

South Korea says no plans to introduce nuclear submarines

North Korea is seeking to develop nuclear-armed missiles capable of reaching the continental US

South Korea summons Volkswagen executive over emissions scandal

Number of vehicles subject to administrative measure is 83,000, which were sold here between 2009 and July this year

South Korea MPs defy President Park Geun-Hye with China visit

But Park insisted the visit would be counter-productive and suggested the MPs were being irresponsibly disloyal

South Korea hits back at China in US missile row

Tension has been running high since the North staged its fourth nuclear test in January and a series of missile launches since then - most recently last Wednesday

South Korean PM Hwang Kyo-ahn pelted with eggs, bottles over missile site

Hwang didn't appear to be directly hit by any object as security guards used umbrellas and bags to protect him

South Korea set to disclose site for US missile defense system

The announcement comes two days after North Korea threatened to take unspecified "psychical" measures once the location for THAAD is disclosed

US to deploy anti-missile system on Korean peninsula: Pentagon

According to the official announcement, the deployment of the system is 'solely' aimed at North Korean missile and WMD capabilities

South Korean presidential hopeful resigns amid bribery scandal

Ahn Cheol-Soo stepped down amid allegations that his party's members received tens of thousand of dollars from local companies

South Korea brings down 2016 growth forecast to 2.8%

Seoul ministry said the economy may lose steam in the second half of the year owing to export slowdowns

Operation to lift South Korean sunken ferry suspended

The Sewol was carrying 476 people when it sank off the southwestern island of Jindo in April 2014