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Cho So Hyun (Photo by Andre Ringuette/Getty Images)

Dec 27, 2015 AM EST - Therese Agcopra

Cho So Hyun and Kim Yong Gwon Named Players of The Year By The Korea Football Association

"I will try my best next year to give more happiness back to fans," Cho said about her win.

South Korean students stand together in prayer beside the comfort woman statue in Seoul. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun/Getty Images)

Dec 26, 2015 PM EST - Therese Agcopra

South Korea and Japan to Discuss "Comfort Women" Issue in Seoul Monday

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida will meet in Seoul on Monday to discuss a solution on the long-running "comfort women" issue

United Nations Security Council first discussed North Korea's human rights violations in 2014.  (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Dec 26, 2015 AM EST - Therese Agcopra

Senior North Korean Official Visits London to Lobby Against International Pressure Over Pyongyang's Human Rights Abuses

The visit follows the resolution passed by the U.N. General Assembly which summoned North Korea to the International Criminal Court for human rights violations.

(Photo by: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images News) South Korean President Park Geun Hye visits a front line military base on Christmas eve.

Dec 26, 2015 AM EST - Diana Tomale

South Korean President Park Geun Hye Checks Military Preparedness Of A Frontline Army

South Korean President Park Geun Hye spent her Christmas eve in Yeoncheon as she visited the Army's 28th Division to check its preparedness against North Korea's unexpected provocations.

(Photo by: Chung Sung Jun / Getty Images News) Korean investigators were dispatched in the Philippines to probe the murder of a Korean man killed in his own house in Batangas.

Dec 25, 2015 PM EST - Diana Tomale

South Korean Investigators Probe The Murder Of A Korean Man In The Philippines

South Korean investigators were dispatched in the Philippines to probe the murder of a Korean man. During the five-day investigation, Korean police said they found key evidence and clues to track down the suspects.

22 refugees from Myanmar arrived at Incheon International Airport Wednesday. (Photo by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

Dec 27, 2015 PM EST - Diana Tomale

South Korea Welcomes First Batch Of Refugees For Three-Year Pilot Resettlement Programme

22 refugees from Myanmar landed in South Korea on Wednesday to begin with the country's resettlement programme. The country becomes the second Asian country to welcome refugees through the Refugee Act.

Children who will be absent from school for more than a week will be monitored by social workers under a new enactment. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun/Getty Images)

Dec 23, 2015 AM EST - Therese Agcopra

South Korean Government Implements Measure To Monitor Absent Students to Catch Possible Domestic Abuse

The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Welfare agreed to enact a measure that will impose mandatory inspects of the homes of students who've been absent from school for more than seven days without justifiable reason.

Former parliamentary speaker Lee Man Sup (L) dies at the age of 83 reportedly due to respiratory failure. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun / Getty Images)

Dec 21, 2015 PM EST - Diana Tomale

Hundreds Attend The Funeral Ceremony Of Former Parliamentary Speaker Lee Man Sup

Hundreds of South Koreans bid their last good bye to former parliamentary speaker Lee Man Sup who passed away at the age of 83 reportedly due to respiratory failure.

The packages that contained the anthrax samples may have reportedly come from a military laboratory in Utah. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Dec 17, 2015 AM EST - Therese Agcopra

Joint U.S.-Korea Probe Discovers U.S. Forces Korea Brought Anthrax Samples to South Korea 16 Times From 2009 to 2014

South Korea's Defense Ministry said Thursday that the government, together with the United States, has devised new rules to regulate the U.S. Forces Korea's shipment of biochemical samples into the country.

Seoul Central District acquits Japanese journalist Tatsuya Kato of allegedly defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye. (Photo by Chung Sung Jun / Getty Images)

Dec 21, 2015 PM EST - Diana Tomale

Seoul Central District Acquits Japanese Journalist Of Allegedly Defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye

A Japanese journalist was acquitted by Seoul Central District of allegedly defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye last year.

Kim Hyun Soo (Photo by Koji Watanabe/Getty Images)

Dec 17, 2015 AM EST - Therese Agcopra

South Korean Outfielder Kim Hyun Soo Poised To Sign $7 Million, 2-Year Contract With The Baltimore Orioles

The 27-year-old left fielder Kim Hyun Soo wil become the first South Korean player to sign with a major league baseball team as a free agent, when

North Korean girl group Moranbong (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

Dec 14, 2015 AM EST - Therese Agcopra

Girl Band Moranbong Heads Back To North Korea After Abruptly Cancelling Its Beijing Concert Series

North Korean girl group Moranbong cancelled their Beijing concert at the last minute, raising eyebrows as to the reason behind the move.

77 flights at Jeju International Airport were delayed for one hour due to communications breakdown. (Photo by Stephen Brashear / Getty Images)

Dec 15, 2015 PM EST - Diana Tomale

77 Fligths At Jeju International Airport Delayed Due To Communications Breakdown

Technical difficulties at Jeju International Airport delayed 77 flights for an hour. The airport says they are investigating the reason behind the breakdown.

(Photo by: Ken Ishii / Getty Images News) A South Korean woman was found dead in a Frankfurt hotel last week after undergoing exorcism.

Dec 12, 2015 AM EST - Diana Tomale

South Korean Woman Found Dead In A Frankfurt Hotel After Allegedly Attempting An Exorcism

A South Korean woman was found dead in hotel in Frankfurt last week after reportedly undergoing exorcism performed by her family members, according to an article Saturday by the publication Korea Joongang Daily.

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