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Tensions mount on Korean Peninsula, as Pyongyang fires two more missiles

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea as tension with Seoul and Washington continues to mount

South Korea

Seoul announces new sanctions after North Korea's latest nuclear threats

Seoul says 40 individuals and 30 entities suspected of having links to North Korea's weapons programme are facing sanctions

North Korea

US says it takes North Korea nuclear threats seriously

The United States says it takes North Korea’s threats to use nuclear weapons seriously. Washington has urged Pyongyang to halt provocations

Cinema

Spirits Homecoming: an homage to South Korea's sex slaves

Spirits Homecoming is a South Korean film about comfort women and is based on the horrors experienced by so-called sex slaves in Japanese military

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South Korea: Hologram rally

A human rights group used holographic images of protesters in an offbeat rally to demand freedom of assembly. Amnesty International South Korea made

Business Series

South Korea steps up action against Volkswagen over emissions scandal

Volkswagen and Audi's offices in South Korea's capital Seoul have been searched by prosecutors over the diesel engine emissions scandal.

South Korea

Koreas: tension climbs on the divided peninsula

The North airs a video of Sunday's rocket launch while the South presents pieces of debris and pulls its workers out of a joint industrial park

World News

UN condemns North Korean rocket launch

UN Security Council condemns North Korea rocket launch United States calls it “a threat to global peace” Pyongyang to expect “serious consequence”

Sport

Jansrud claims first victory on South Korean Winter Olympic piste

The men took to a brand new piste in South Korea for the World Cup downhill, the slopes first test ahead of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The

North Korea

World condemns North Korean satellite launch

At some time over the next seven days North Korea says it is to launch a communications satellite. Pyongyang has brought the launch window forward

Korea

North Korea's neighbours concerned about 'satellite' launch

North Korea’s neighbours have expressed concern after announcing plans to launch what it called an “earth observation satellite” during the next

Sport

Song beats Spieth to Singapore Open title

South Korea’s Song Young-Han beat world number one Jordan Spieth to celebrated his maiden title at the weather-delayed Singapore Open. The pair were

Sport

2018 Winter Olympics: Japanese group donate bobsleigh to Jamaica

A group of small independent factories in Tokyo’s Ota Ward has donated a bobsleigh to help the Jamaican national team secure a spot at the 2018

Korea

South Korea appeals to China to rein in North over nuclear tests

South Korea has appealed to China to use its influence to rein in North Korea, warning of further provocation from its northern neighbour after its

World News

US and South Korea in strategic talks after North's nuclear test

The United States and South Korea are discussing sending more strategic US assets to the Korean peninsula following the North’s claimed hydrogen bomb

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Sancheoneo Ice Festival

Locals and tourists brave sub-zero temperatures to take part in a popular ice fishing festival in South Korea. The winter festival is named after a

North Korea

North Korea releases video of missile test

Pyongyang ramps up the rhetoric with Seoul in the South

Business Series

Tech giant Samsung profits forecast misses expectations

Indications the tech industry could be in for a tough year. That’s one interpretation behind Samsung’s fourth quarter profits forecast. The company

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South Korea resumes propaganda broadcasts into the North

Pyongyang deploys troops to the border region while the international community urges restraint.

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UN Security Council to meet after North Korea claims H-bomb test

A chorus of international condemnation has followed North Korea’s claim to have successfully conducted its first H-bomb test. Chairing a National

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