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Samsung boss goes on trial on drugs charges
Two months ago Lee Jae-yong was released early from a two and a half year prison term for bribery, embezzlement and other offences in connection with a corruption scandal
Samsung Electronics posts record in Q3 despite smartphone struggles
The world’s top maker of smartphones and memory chips has recovered from a series of setbacks
South Korea to stick with Japanese ‘comfort women’ deal
The issue of women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II is a hugely emotional one that has long marred ties.
‘Equestrian princess’ arrested in Denmark over South Korea graft scandal
The scandal has drawn hundreds of thousands of protesters onto the streets of Seoul for weekly demonstrations
South Korean parliament votes overwhelmingly to impeach President Park
The impeachment motion was carried by a wider-than-expected 234-56 margin in a secret ballot in parliament.
North Korea defies UN ban by launching Scud missiles
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into seas east off its coast, defying a UN ban on the isolated country testing such weapons.
S Korea’s first female president condemns North’s nuclear activities
South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye has called for North Korea to walk away from nuclear weapons and take the "peace and shared development" path.