Lee's remarks immediately sparked off public outcry, as Aegukga has long been sung as the national anthem since the founding of South Korea in 1948.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean authorities began removing on Monday loudspeakers blaring anti-North Korea broadcasts along the country's border, Seoul's defence ministry said, as the new government ...

South Korea's Lee dodges 'Zelenskiy moment' at high-stakes Trump summit President Donald Trump welcomed South Korea's Lee Jae Myung to Washington with right-wing conspiracy theories but then ...

South Korea’s military said Monday it had begun removing loudspeakers along its border with rival North Korea in a move aimed at reducing tensions. The speakers had previously been used to blast ...

The South resumed the daily loudspeaker broadcasts in June last year in retaliation for North Korea flying trash-laden balloons toward the South in a psychological warfare campaign.

After South Korean lawmakers voted to reverse President Yoon Suk Yeol's surprise declaration of "emergency martial law," Yoon announced that he would lift the order through a Cabinet meeting.

South Korea's parliament has impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law decree, ending days of political paralysis.