Alcohol consumption in South Korea has dropped 12% from a 2015 peak ... making it particularly vulnerable to downturns. The fading nightlife scene and shuttered noraebangs highlight a bigger ...

Kathleen Calderwood, ABC's East Asia Correspondent spoke to Tim Webster about the unfolding political crisis in South Korew ...

But the concerns proved warranted. Yoon imposed martial law in the middle of the night on Dec. 3, plunging South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades — with the defense minister ...