投稿者: Associated Press in Seoul
Police seek warrant for Bang Si-Hyuk over allegations he illegally gained millions in investor fraud schemeSouth Korean police are seeking to arrest Bang Si-Hyuk, the chair of the agency behind the K-pop band BTS, as they expand an investigation into a…
South Korea’s spy agency monitoring whether girl, believed to be 13, will appear at political conference this monthSouth Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers it believes the teenage daughter of Kim Jong-un, the North Korean dictator, is close to being…
Ex-first lady sentenced to 20 months for receiving gifts for political favours, as Yoon Suk Yeol awaits rebellion verdictThe wife of South Korea’s ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for corruption, as her husband a…
North Korean leader reportedly blames Yang Sung-ho for ‘confusion’ at factory project as major congress loomsThe North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has dismissed a vice-premier over troubles in a factory modernisation project, in an apparent move to tig…
North Korean leader had summit with Putin in rare overseas trip, as west fears weapon transfer deals between countriesThe North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, was on his way home from Russia on Sunday, ending a six-day trip that triggered global concerns …
South Korean armed forces condemn the two launches as a ‘grave provocation’North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, adding to a recent streak of weapons testing that is apparently in protest against the …
Travis King had finished prison term in South Korea for assault and was supposed to be returning to TexasNorth Korea is not responding to US attempts to discuss the American soldier who crossed the heavily armed border and whose prospects for a quick r…
US and UN officials working to ‘resolve incident’ after private crossed border at truce village without authorisationAn American soldier being sent back to the US to face possible disciplinary action crossed in to North Korea during a tour of the demil…
Fumio Kishida pays reciprocal visit to Yoon Suk-yeol as rows over Japanese occupation are soothedJapan’s prime minister has expressed sympathy for the suffering of Korean forced labourers during Japan’s colonial rule, as he and his South Korean counte…
Kim Yo-jong’s broadside came after US and South Korea enhance nuclear cooperation and Biden warns Pyongyang an attack would end the regimeThe powerful sister of North Korea’s leader has said her country will stage more displays of military might in res…
Moon Jae-in gave up hunting dogs claiming government refused to cover food and veterinary billsA pair of dogs gifted four years ago by the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, have ended up at a zoo in South Korea after a dispute over who should pay for …
President Yoon Suk-yeol declares state of national mourning after fatal surge in Itaewon nightlife quarter of South Korean capitalSouth Korea was plunged into mourning as it attempted to make sense of the deaths of at least 153 people who were crushed …
Pyongyang accuses US of seeking ‘military supremacy’ over Asia-Pacific amid reports North ready for first nuclear test in five yearsNorth Korea has denounced the United States, South Korea and Japan for pushing to boost their trilateral military cooper…
Leader vows to boost arsenal primarily as deterrent but also against forces that try to ‘violate’ interests of nationThe North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has vowed to move faster in bolstering his nuclear forces and threatened to use them if provoked …
President hails ‘excellent’ test, as rocket gets high enough, but fails to put dummy payload into orbitSouth Korea’s first domestically produced space rocket reached its desired altitude but failed to deliver a dummy payload into orbit in its first tes…