North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has called for accelerated mass production of exploding drones designed to crash into targets, state media said on Friday.
Kim said the development of the weapons in the country was going well, and stressed the need (...)
From his wheelchair, Michael Northey watches quietly over his father's grave, and lays a flower for the very first time.
"This is the closest I've been to him in 70 years, which is ridiculous," he jokes poignantly.
Born into a poor family in the (...)
A brief yearly silence has once again enveloped South Korea, as half a million students across the country sit for the most important test of their lives.
Planes were grounded, construction work halted, and car honking discouraged as the Suneung, an (...)
South Korean actor Song Jae Lim, known for his breakout role in the K-drama The Moon Embracing the Sun, was found dead on Tuesday in his Seoul home.
The 39-year-old, who began his career as a model, rose to prominence in the period drama in 2012, (...)
South Korea's president has apologized for a string of controversies surrounding his wife that included allegedly accepting a luxury Dior handbag and stock manipulation.
Addressing the nation on television, Yoon Suk Yeol said his wife, Kim Keon Hee, (...)
SEOUL — Saudi Minister of the National Guard Prince Abdullah bin Bandar attended a military parade of the Korean Ministry of National Defense in Seoul on Wednesday. The event was held during his official visit to Korea aimed to expand the bilateral (...)
North Korean soldiers have clashed with Ukrainian troops for the first time, Ukraine's top officials have revealed.
In an interview with South Korean broadcaster KBS, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said a "small group" of North Korean (...)
The Biden administration has said that around 8,000 soldiers from North Korea are now in Russia near Ukraine's border and are preparing to help the Kremlin fight against Ukrainian troops in the coming days.
The new figure is a dramatic increase from (...)
North Korea has fired what appears to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said.
The launch comes at a time of deteriorating relations between the two Koreas and Pyongyang's (...)
North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia and are operating in the Kursk border region where Ukrainian troops have a foothold, Nato has said for the first time.
The alliance's Secretary General, Mark Rutte, said he could confirm the (...)
South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador, seeking the "immediate withdrawal" of North Korean troops which it says are being trained to fight in Ukraine.
About 1,500 North Korean soldiers, including those from the special forces, have already (...)
North Korea announced on Saturday that it had discovered the remains of a South Korean drone that allegedly violated its airspace, according to the state news agency KCNA.
A spokesperson from the North Korean Defense Ministry stated that specialized (...)
North Korea has started sending troops to fight with Russia in Ukraine, South Korea's spy agency has said as Seoul warned of a "grave security threat".
The allegation comes a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he believed 10,000 (...)
A South Korean court has acquitted Seoul's former police chief of negligence over the Halloween crowd crush that killed 159 people in 2022.
Kim Kwang-ho was the highest-ranked police official to be charged over the tragedy in the Itaewon nightlife (...)
North Korea's constitution now defines the South as a "hostile state", according to state media, in the first mention of what Pyongyang's recent constitutional revisions entailed.
State newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported the change as an "inevitable (...)
North Korea blew up parts of two major roads connected to the southern part of the peninsula on Tuesday, South Korean authorities said, after Pyongyang warned it would take steps to completely cut off its territory from the South.
Parts of the (...)
The US Central Intelligence Agency has launched a new drive to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea.
The organization posted messages on its social media accounts in Mandarin, Farsi and Korean on Wednesday, instructing users how to (...)
South Korean police have detained a North Korean defector for attempting to cross the heavily-guarded border back to the North on a stolen bus.
The man was caught Tuesday on the Unification Bridge that separates the two Koreas, where he ignored (...)
Suga from K-pop boy band BTS has been fined 15 million won ($11,500; £8,600) for driving an electric scooter while intoxicated, according to media reports.
The singer, whose real name is Min Yoon-gi, was indicted in August after police found him (...)
A man in South Korea has confessed to murdering his girlfriend and hiding her body in cement, 16 years after she was reported as missing.
The man, who is in his 50s, told local police he hit the woman with a blunt object during an argument at his (...)
SEOUL — The Saudi Ministry of Education delegation participated in the Global Innovation Summit for Education 2024 (GEIS) in South Korea. They engaged with specialized educational institutes, companies, and Korean educational broadcasting stations (...)
The leaders of the United States, Japan, and South Korea have renewed their commitment to maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, emphasizing their collaborative efforts to disrupt North Korea's "funding of weapons of mass (...)
North Korea will reopen one city to foreign tourists in December after nearly five years of border closures due to the Covid pandemic.
At least two China-based tour operators have announced that tourists will soon be allowed to visit the mountainous (...)
South Korean technology tycoon, Kim Beom-su, who is also known as Brian Kim, has been indicted on charges of stock price manipulation.
Kakao executives led by Kim have been accused of buying large amounts of shares in K-pop agency SM Entertainment (...)
North Korea claims it is sending 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers toward its border with South Korea, in the latest bellicose declaration by leader Kim Jong Un against its neighbor.
Photographs published by the North Korean state (...)
