Former intelligence chief Kim Jae-gyu, second from left, stands trial in 1979 for assassinating then-President Park Chung Hee. [JOONGANG ILBO] The Seoul High Court said Wednesday that it has ...

The daughter of former dictator Park Chung-hee, she was the first woman president of South Korea and had presented herself as incorruptible. But she was accused of receiving or requesting tens of ...

A South Korean court said today it had reopened the case of the assassination of former president Park Chung-hee by his intelligence chief. Park had ruled the country with an iron fist for more ...

Amid the political impeachment of President Yoon Seok-yeol, a series of political films are hitting theaters, while the ...

Park is a daughter of late authoritarian President Park Chung-hee. She was elected in late 2012 on a wave of support from conservatives who celebrate her father as a hero who pulled the country up ...

President Park Chung Hee last week closed five of his six presidential villas, and having set that example, called on his people to begin a nationwide bout of belt tightening. The reason ...

A local court said it had reopened the case of the assassination of former president Park Chung-hee by his intelligence chief. Park had ruled the country with an iron fist for more than 15 years ...

"But my brother did not kill the president so that he could become president or to ... A huge Card stunt which is honoring Park Chung-hee is being performed. (Photo by Baek, Jong-sik, via Courthouse ...

1990 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia, which later split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. 2007 -- Host China calls the stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament ...

Park Geun-Hye, South Korea's president, salutes during her inauguration ceremony ... Park is the daughter of Park Chung-hee, the strongman who ruled South Korea for 17 years until his assassination in ...

The Seoul High Court said Wednesday that it has decided to retry the case of former spy chief Kim Jae-gyu, who was convicted ...

The Seoul High Court said Wednesday that it has decided to retry the case of former spy chief Kim Jae-gyu, who was convicted in 1979 for assassinating then President Park Chung-hee. The decision ...