Photo Essays
A House Divided: Photos From Korea’s 1948 Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion
A few years before the Korean Peninsula erupted in the civil war that saw the North and the South (and the U.S. and China) engaged in a conflict that would help...
LIFE in Korea: Rare Photos From the ‘Forgotten War’
In Korea, it’s known as the “6-2-5 (yug ee oh) War,” a reference to June 25, 1950, when the North Korean People’s Army invaded the South. Among North Koreans,...
South Korea's Oil Spill
Blackened waves wash up on Korean shores following the worst spill in the country's history
LIFE in the Korean War: Classic Photos by David Douglas Duncan
Few people have lived as long, as varied and as complete a life as David Douglas Duncan. And certainly no photographers ever enjoyed a longer, more varied or...
Rain, South Korea's Unstoppable Pop Superstar
Singer, dancer, actor — the artist's triple threat potential has fueled his meteoric rise
Brawling Legislators in South Korea
Parliamentary tactics in the nation's top legislative body include choking, punching and, on one memorable occasion, using a chain saw
City of Hope
The shipyards of Ulsan is where South Korea's economic boom took shape
Wired Seoul
South Korea's capital is the world's most connected city Photographs by Woohae Cho for TIME
Future Sport
Don't call them dweebs. In South Korea, computer-game players are serious athletes driving a sport that is reaching big-money sponsors and millions of spectators...
Obama's Asia Trip
The President visits India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan
