The North had labeled the South "a hostile state" and its leaders as "gangsters" and "scum." It was not what South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol wanted to talk about. For while the threat of new conflict with the nuclear-armed North Korea has long loomed ...

Already, the rumors are severely hurting his approval ratings and providing political munition to his political rivals.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on the telephone Thursday and the two leaders agreed to meet in person as soon as possible, Yoon's office said.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and US President-elect Donald Trump discussed the presence of North Korean troops in Russia during a phone conversation that comes amid growing concern about Pyongyang’s deepening military cooperation with Moscow.

During an address to the public and press conference held at the presidential office on Thursday, Yoon said that Trump brought up the topic of North Korea first, “perhaps becaus