All news on the topic: South Korea

North Korea carried out its first ballistic missile tests in five months on Wednesday, just days before U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders are expected to meet in South Korea.

South Korea summoned the Cambodian envoy to express concern after a Korean college student was kidnapped and brutally tortured to death in a case that threatened to spark a diplomatic row between the two countries.

When Park Seung-hwan* has a moment to himself, he opens Google Earth and searches for his family home.

A court in South Korea has acquitted a woman convicted six decades ago for biting off part of a man’s tongue during an alleged sexual assault, after she challenged the ruling, inspired by the country’s #MeToo movement.

Speaking during a meeting with the new South Korean president, Lee Jae Myung, at the White House, Mr. Trump said: "I’d like to meet him this year... I look forward to meeting with Kim Jong Un at an appropriate time in the future."

Four North Korean youths might face a year in brutal forced labor camps after reportedly being arrested for ’speaking like South Koreans’.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has reportedly ordered the construction of the country’s largest weapons factory, but its output may be destined less for the DPRK than for Russia.

South Korean police report that Huh Kyung-young exploited followers sexually and embezzled millions to finance political activities using his position as a spiritual leader.

In South Korea, prosecutors report that younger gang members are driving a revival in organized crime, combining violence with online scams that have swindled thousands.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been seen inspecting new suicide drones, which, according to state media, have been equipped with artificial intelligence (AI).

A British influencer has been found in her South Korean apartment with a mysterious black eye and multiple organ failure.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test-launch of strategic cruise missiles and ordered full readiness to use nuclear attack capability, which would ensure the most effective defence for the country, state media said on Friday.

Sections of a partly constructed elevated motorway in Anseong collapsed one after the other, killing at least three construction workers.

Lee Jae-myung expresses his willingness to support President Donald Trump’s initiatives to resume discussions with North Korea — and might even contemplate nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize.

South Korea on Thursday announced strengthened aviation safety measures following a fire on an Air Busan plane last month, saying the rules would include limiting the number and type of portable batteries allowed on the country’s airlines.

A female teacher has been arrested after stabbing an eight-year-old student to death at a primary school in South Korea, according to reports.

South Korea’s spy agency has accused Chinese AI app DeepSeek of "excessively" collecting personal data and using all input data to train itself, and questioned the app’s responses to questions relating to issues of national pride.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s nuclear capability, state media reported Wednesday...

An airplane carrying 176 people was engulfed in flames in South Korea, almost a month to the day that a Jeju Air jet crashed, killing 179 people on board.

Investigators found bird feathers and blood in both engines of the Jeju Air (089590.KS), opens new tab jet that crashed in South Korea last month, killing 179 people, a person familiar with the probe told Reuters on Friday.

When Yoon Suk Yeol, who is South Korean President, declared martial law in his country, he was suspended and now authorities have finally detained the politician.

North Korean hackers stole some US$659 million worth of crypto assets through multiple hacks in 2024 as it continues its malicious cyber activities to fund its illicit weapons programs...

Kim Jong-un has revealed two more members of his family to the world – and one of them could be the next leader of North Korea.

For years, Kwon allegedly directed a fraudulent crypto scheme that cost investors tens of billions.