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With a general election just months away, the party of president Yoon Suk Yeol is in crisis after his wife was accused of improperly accepting a designer handbagIt reads like a complex K-drama plot. South Korea’s first lady is secretly filmed as she’s …
Read MoreKim Kwang-ho accused of negligence in failing to ‘take necessary measures’ to prevent 2022 disaster in capital’s Itaewon nightlife districtSeoul’s chief of police has been charged with professional negligence over the deadly Halloween crush in 2022 tha…
Read MoreFootage shows two 16-year-olds being sentenced in front of hundreds of their peers in an amphitheatreVideo footage released by an organisation that works with North Korean defectors shows North Korean authorities publicly sentencing two teenagers to 12…
Read MoreRare footage obtained by a South Korean thinktank purports to show two 16-year-old secondary school students in North Korea sentenced to 12 years of hard labour for watching and distributing South Korean films and dramas. In the video, which has not be…
Read MoreSouth Korea says backgrounds of recent defectors including some ‘elite class’ indicate growing discontent with regime of Kim Jong-unThe number of North Koreans who defected to South Korea tripled last year, as the easing of border closures imposed duri…
Read MoreNational assembly votes to end trade in dog meat, thanks to its canine-loving leadersLike most young South Koreans, Annie Ko rarely ate dog meat, but her annual visits to a restaurant serving the dish did little to trouble her conscience. And she was o…
Read MoreIn a speech, the North Korean leader has called for constitutional change to identify the south as ‘number one hostile state’North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has called for a change to the constitution to identify South Korea as the “number one hosti…
Read MoreIf confirmed it would be the first ever test of this kind of intermediate-range ballistic missile by PyongyangNorth Korea said Monday it had successfully test-fired a new ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic manoeuvrable warhead, in what would be…
Read MoreOscar-winning director leads calls for inquiry into police investigative process following death of Lee Sun-kyunA group of South Korean artists, including film director Bong Joon-ho, has called for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding th…
Read MoreAnimal welfare campaigners hail decision as ‘historic victory’ after years of pressure at home and abroadSouth Korea’s parliament has voted to ban the production and sale of dog meat, in a decision campaigners hailed as a “historic victory” for animal …
Read MoreIntense speculation over future role for Kim Jong-un’s daughter, who is reportedly 10, comes as North Korea fires shells near South Korean islandsThe young daughter of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un is seen as her father’s heir apparent, South Korea’s …
Read MoreDemocratic party leader Lee Jae-myung underwent surgery for more than two hours to repair a major blood vessel, following the attackSouth Korea’s opposition leader Lee Jae-myung remained hospitalised in intensive care on Wednesday, one day after he was…
Read MoreThe South Korean politician is stabbed in the neck while talking to reporters in the port city of Busan. Footage shows Lee Jae-myung walking in a crowd of journalists when a man in front of him lunges and strikes him with what ‘looked like a knife’, ac…
Read MoreSouth Korean news agency Yonhap reported that Lee’s assailant had been arrested at the scene in the port city of BusanSouth Korea’s opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung has been hospitalised after being attacked during a visit to the southern port cit…
Read MoreSeoul’s satellite was launched into orbit on one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocketsA SpaceX rocket has launched South Korea’s first military spy satellite, intensifying a space race on the peninsula after Pyongyang launched its own first surveillance satell…
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