投稿者: Justin McCurry and agencies in Seoul
Democratic Party’s Lee Jae-myung concedes defeat to People Power Party rival with 98% of ballots countedYoon Suk-yeol, a conservative former prosecutor, has declared victory in South Korea’s presidential election on Thursday after his liberal rival con…
Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korea’s leader, accuses Seoul of seeking to damage political ties by questioning claim to not have any coronavirus casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageKim Jong-un’s influential sister has launch…
Kim Jong-un says death ‘should not have happened’ after man shot in North Korean watersNorth Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has apologised for the “unexpected” and “unfortunate” killing of a South Korean official this week after he drifted across the cou…
Seoul says regime ‘committed an act of brutality’ against ministry official who was investigating claims of unauthorised fishing on maritime borderSouth Korea has condemned as “an act of brutality” the death of an official who it claims was shot by Nor…
Kim Jong-un’s sister had said office, set up to improve co-operation with South Korea, was ‘useless’North Korea has blown up a liaison office set up to improve communications with the South in a row over defectors’ plans to send anti-Pyongyang propagan…
North Korean leader’s sister says continued air drops by defectors could jeopardise peacekeeping agreementKim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has warned South Korea to stop propaganda leaflets coming over the borde…
Museums, parks, and art galleries will all be closed again from Friday for two weeks, with authorities struggling to identify transmission routesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSouth Korea has reimplemented strict lockdown m…
Thae Yong-ho was deputy ambassador at the North Korean embassy in London when he defected in 2016The most senior diplomat to have defected from North Korea will run for parliament in South Korea to “give hope” to tens of thousands of others who have fl…