The Latest Breaking News from South Korea

Japan’s government on Monday defended its stance on wartime sexual slavery and described South Korean court rulings ordering Japanese compensation as violations of international law, after U.N. investigators criticized Tokyo for failing to ensure truth-findings and reparations for the victims

President says foreign workers ‘welcome’ in America

US agents detained 475 workers at Hyundai's Georgia battery site in the largest single-site immigration raid in HSI history; over 300 South Koreans flew home despite a US offer to stay, straining Seoul–Washington ties.

Three people have died in two years at the South Korean Hyundai-LG battery plant in Ellabell

Seoul airport witnesses tearful scenes as returning workers recount horrible experience

As Hyundai-LG workers fly home after visa ordeal, Koreans bristle at ‘humiliation’ and sense of betrayal by Seoul’s ally

Images of arrested workers in handcuffs and chains have caused outrage over what many see as a betrayal of an ally.

President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing by attracting foreign investment are clashing with his immigration crackdown

A plane carrying more than 300 South Korean workers released after days of detention in Georgia has landed in South Korea