A United States missile-tracking aircraft was tracked flying above the waters between Japan and South Korea, two of ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea emerged from a night ... s next after the leader of this vital American ally and the world’s 10th-largest economy made a surprise martial law declaration.

In the 1960s, GDP per capita was comparable with levels in the poorest countries in the world. In 2004, South Korea's GDP surpassed one trillion dollars. Beginning in the 1960s under President ...