投稿者: Justin McCurry in Tokyo and Raphael Rashid in Seoul
Neither Russia nor North Korea has claimed the soldiers as their own yet, while South Korea could accept them as defectorsThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has said he is ready to hand over two North Korean soldiers captured by Kyiv in exch…
Experts say bird strikes are relatively common and should not have been enough to cause landing gear failureSouth Korea plane crash – live updatesNo one knows for certain what caused Jeju Air flight 2216 to crash, killing all but two of its 181 passeng…
Attention now turns to constitutional court, which must decide whether to remove Yoon from office or reject impeachment South Korea impeachment liveThe vote to impeach South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was a dramatic fall from grace for the conse…
Dramatic walkout by members of Yoon Suk Yeol’s party leads assembly speaker to declare vote invalid• South Korea crisis – latest updatesA motion to impeach the South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, over his ill-fated declaration of martial law this we…
While some say political turmoil has harmed country’s cultural reputation, others say it proves resilienceIn the global battle for soft-power supremacy, a clear winner has emerged in recent years: South Korea. Spearheaded by the boyband phenomenon BTS,…
Critics label as ‘absurd’ idea from government-backed thinktank as country seeks to address population declineA government thinktank in South Korea has sparked anger after suggesting that girls start primary school a year earlier than boys because the …
As birth and fertility rates fall, there is official concern about the economic impact of a declining and ageing populationIt is not hard to spot the grey hairs among the late-morning shoppers on Jizo-dori. Their owners have come to buy discount underw…
Yoon Suk-yeol said the Blue House was ‘a symbol of imperial power’ but critics have highlighted costs and safety concernsFor decades, South Korea’s presidents have begun their terms in office by acquainting themselves with the vast premises of the Blue…