Lee names nominees for prime minister, spy agency chief, other key posts

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday unveiled his nominees for major government posts, including prime minister and spy agency chief, i...

Tech spies face tougher Korean penalties; 18 years in jail for overseas leaks

South Korea plans to dole out harsher punishments for industrial espionage, with a proposal to triple the penalty for an overseas leak of national t...

North Korea Launches Suspected Spy Satellite After Two Botched Tries

SEOUL—North Korea appeared to launch its homegrown spy satellite late Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, a much-anticipated attempt a...

South Korea vulnerable to tech spies undeterred by soft penalties

When a former Samsung Electronics Co. executive was arrested on industrial espionage charges by South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (N...

North Korean spy satellite fails to reach space

SEOUL -- North Korea’s first military satellite crashed into the Yellow Sea and failed to launch into space, Pyongyang’s state media sai...

North Korea's first spy satellite launch imminent

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un instructed officials to make preparations to launch its first military reconnaissance satellite as planned, the Nort...