- Asia Pacific, Energy, Environment, Renewable energy, Solar power, South Korea, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
How South Korea plans to use the Iran crisis to spur a renewables revolution
Energy crisis unfolding in Middle East has added political urgency, and more funding, to transform South Korea…
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How KFC, AKA Korean fried chicken, took over the world
The dish, adapted from one brought by US soldiers after the Korean war, has sparked thousands of variations an…
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South Korea’s birthrate rises for second year with experts saying ‘echo boomers’ behind boost
Rebound in the country – which has been having demographic crisis – said to be partly because of 3.6 million b…
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Why is South Korea angry that Yoon Suk Yeol wasn’t sentenced to death?
The former president was found guilty of leading an insurrection and sentenced to life imprisonment with labou…
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South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol jailed for life for leading insurrection
Ex-leader sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour over failed martial law declaration in 2024A South K…
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‘I just want to stop hearing about it’: a weary South Korea awaits verdict on Yoon insurrection charges
Yoon Suk Yeol could face the death penalty when judges rule on the martial law crisis that many in South Korea…
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South Korean crypto exchange races to recover $40bn of bitcoin sent to customers by mistake
Bithumb has apologised for staff error that sent customers 620,000 bitcoins instead of 620,000 Korean won, equ…
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South Korea’s ‘world-first’ AI laws face pushback amid bid to become leading tech power
The laws have been criticised by tech startups, which say they go too far, and civil society groups, which say…
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Former South Korean PM jailed for 23 years for role in martial law insurrection
Han Duck-soo verdict marks first judicial ruling stemming from ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s 2024 martial law d…
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South Korea sentences ex-president to five years in first martial law verdict
Yoon Suk Yeol’s conviction for obstructing own arrest separate from main trial that could lead to death penalt…
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BTS named their new album Arirang. What is so striking about their choice?
The title is loaded with meaning for all Koreans, and will give fans globally an insight into the folksong cul…
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Cymbal of unity? South Korea and Japan leaders bash out K-pop hits after summit talks
South Korean president Lee Jae Myung had his work cut out, picking up his drumsticks alongside Japanese PM San…
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South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol
Yoon is on trial for insurrection charges, after trying to declare martial law in late 2024South Korean prosec…
- Asia Pacific, Culture, Film, K-POP, KPop Demon Hunters, Music, Netflix, Pop and rock, South Korea, World news
‘Almost collapsed’: behind the Korean film crisis and why K-pop isn’t immune
Both industries dominate the world but now face fundamental transformation and uncertainty at homeSouth Korea’…
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No pain, no game: how South Korea turned itself into a gaming powerhouse
Gaming was once compared to drugs, gambling and alcohol in South Korea. Now its gaming academies offer a chanc…