投稿者: Agence France-Presse in Seoul
Notoriously difficult entrance exam is regarded as gateway to economic security and even a good marriageThe chief organiser of South Korea’s notoriously gruelling university entrance exams has resigned – after complaints that an English test he designe…
Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed coup attempt in December plunged country into worst political crisis in decadesThe impeached South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, will receive a pay rise, official documents revealed, as he continues to resist arrest over his i…
Crowds gather outside South Korean presidential residence where suspended leader is protected by security officersThousands of rival South Korean protesters have rallied in the capital a day after a failed attempt to arrest the country’s suspended pres…
Seoul’s military says several vessels and dozens of civilian planes disrupted, a week after Pyongyang fired what it called its most powerful solid-fuel ICBM missileNorth Korea staged GPS jamming attacks on Friday and Saturday, Seoul’s military said – a…
Three products from Samyang Foods assessed to be so hot they pose risk of ‘acute poisoning’Denmark’s food agency has recalled South Korean instant ramen produced by a brand popular in the west, warning noodle lovers that they were so hot they might cau…
Asiana Airlines flight was about 200 metres above the ground when the passenger pulled emergency exitA man who opened an emergency exit on a flight in mid-air felt “suffocated” and wanted to get off quickly, South Korean police have said.The Asiana Air…
Witnesses and bystanders in South Korean Halloween disaster tell how thick post-Covid crowds overwhelmed Seoul party district with deadly resultsPartygoers in costumes fleeing in panic, desperate attempts at first aid on the sidewalks, scores of bodies…
Moon Jae-in, a dog-lover, says ‘time has come’ for traditional practice to endThe South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, has raised banning the eating of dogs in the country, his office said, a traditional practice that is becoming an international embar…
Kim Yo-jong, a key adviser to North Korean ruler, interrupts surprise thaw in relations on Korean peninsulaThe influential sister of the North Korean ruler, Kim Jong-un, has called Seoul authorities “treacherous” over the South’s joint military exercis…
Police will not pursue case after boutique staff alleged they were slapped and hit on head in row over shopliftingThe wife of Belgium’s ambassador to South Korea will exercise her diplomatic immunity to avoid criminal charges on allegations she hit two…
Two boutique workers allege they were slapped and hit on head in row over shopliftingPolice have questioned the wife of Belgium’s ambassador to South Korea over accusations she hit two boutique staff in a row over shoplifting.The ambassador, Peter Lesc…
Body found as local reports say Park had been subject of sexual harassment complaintThe missing mayor of Seoul, who had reportedly been accused of sexual harassment, has been found dead more than half a day after leaving a message for his daughter that…
Ex-chair of DB Group Kim Jun-ki ‘forgot his responsibilities’, says Seoul courtThe former head of a South Korean conglomerate who was convicted of raping his maid and sexually assaulting a secretary has been given a suspended sentence.Kim Jun-ki, the 7…
Kim Yo-jong reinstated to position she lost last year after collapse of US summit North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s powerful younger sister has been reinstated to a key decision-making body, state media have reported, marking her rise in the isolated n…
Singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young also convicted of sharing footage without consentA South Korean court has sentenced two K-pop stars to six and five years in prison for gang-rape and additionally convicted one of them for distributing videos of the as…