Actress Kim Sae-ron's death in an apparent suicide has renewed criticism of South Korea's entertainment industry, which churns out stars but also subjects them to immense pressure and scrutiny.
Kim, 24, had been bombarded with negative press (...)
As the dust settled on the Munich Security Conference, European leaders were left caught off guard by the recent statements of the Trump administration on the war in Ukraine and European defense.
After a phone call with Russian President Vladimir (...)
South Korea has banned new downloads of China's DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, according to the country's personal data protection watchdog.
The government agency said the AI model will become available again to South Korean users (...)
President Donald Trump has said he will announce a 25% import tax on all steel and aluminium entering the US, a move that will have the biggest impact in Canada.
Trump also said that there would be an announcement later in the week about reciprocal (...)
HARBIN, China — Saudi alpine skier Sharifa Al-Sudairi made history with her participation on Saturday in the ninth Asian Winter Games, marking the Kingdom's first-ever appearance in the competition. Although she was unable to qualify for the second (...)
All South Korean airports will need to install bird detection cameras and thermal imaging radars, after an air crash in December last year killed 179 people.
The rollout is set to happen in 2026.
Investigators said last week that they had found (...)
Last week India further slashed import duties on motorcycles, cutting tariffs on heavyweight bikes with engines above 1,600cc from 50% to 30% and smaller ones from 50% to 40%.
A pre-emptive move designed to further smoothen the entry of Harley (...)
Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu has died from pneumonia after contracting influenza while on a vacation in Japan, local media report. She was 48.
Hsu is one of the biggest names in the Mandarin-speaking world and is best known for starring in the 2001 (...)
North Korea on Sunday dismissed the latest proposed US weapons sales to South Korea, asserting that they will not "save" Seoul from its strategic vulnerabilities, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
In a commentary, (...)
New Zealand has relaxed its visa requirements to allow tourists to work remotely while visiting the country in an effort to boost its tourism sector.
Under the new rules, visitors can now carry out remote working for a foreign employer while (...)
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been charged with insurrection after he attempted to declare martial law in December.
His ill-fated attempt to impose military rule plunged the country into an unprecedented political crisis and he (...)
Investigators say they have found evidence of a bird strike on a passenger plane that crashed in South Korea in December and killed 179 people.
The feathers and blood stains on both engines of the Jeju Air plane were from the Baikal teal, a type of (...)
South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol has made his first appearance at his impeachment trial, where he denied ordering the arrest of lawmakers during his attempt to impose martial law.
Parliament voted to impeach Yoon last month, and last (...)
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested for questioning, according to the country's anti corruption agency, in the latest chapter of a weekslong political saga that began with the embattled president's shock martial law decree last (...)
The chart-topping K-pop band NewJeans may be prevented from signing advertising deals and other contracts after their record label filed an injunction against them.
The five-piece are currently engaged in a fierce dispute with Ador, the (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is willing to hand over the two captured North Korean soldiers back to Pyongyang in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia.
"For those North Korean soldiers who do not wish to return, there (...)
North Korea has claimed it fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead which "will reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific region".
The launch on Monday — Pyongyang's first in two months — came as US (...)
RIYADH — The AFC Asian Cup 2027, hosted by Saudi Arabia, will take place from January 7 to February 5, 2027.
The tournament will kick off with the opening match on January 7 and conclude with the final on February 5.
The matches will be held across (...)
North Korea has fired what appears to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the sea to its east, South Korea's military said, in what is Pyongyang's first missile launch in two months.
The missile flew 1,100km before falling into the (...)
A South Korean man accused of being responsible for a cryptocurrency crisis which cost investors $40bn (£31.8bn) has finally been extradited to the United States.
Do Kwon was the boss of Terraform, which operated two cryptocurrencies — TerraUSD and (...)
The damaged flight data recorder from the Jeju Air passenger jet that crash-landed in South Korea will be sent to the United States for analysis, Seoul's transport ministry said Wednesday, as bereaved families began visiting the crash site.
The (...)
A Seoul court has issued an arrest warrant against South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law on 3 December.
The warrant comes after Yoon, who is being investigated for abusing his power and inciting an (...)
The sounds of sobbing, prayers and anguish echoed through the departures hall of an airport in southwestern South Korea on Monday as families of the victims killed when a passenger jet crash-landed over the weekend waited for their loved ones to be (...)
An Air Canada Express flight "experienced a suspected landing gear issue" after arriving at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Nova Scotia on Saturday night, though no injuries were reported, according to the airline.
Flight AC2259 – which (...)
Jimmy Carter, the former peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global advocate of human rights and democracy, has died at age (...)
