Korea

Korea

Opposition Lee Jae-myung wins South Korea's presidential election

The liberal opposition candidate has secured more than 49% of the votes in an election that has seen one of the country’s highest voter turnout, with approximately 80% of the 44 million eligible voters taking to the ballot boxes.

04/06/2025

Tech News

How do you raise a child in the AI age? One father is turning to play

In South Korea, an AI education boom is pushing for children to learn about the tech early to avoid being left behind. For one family, it has become a fun playtime activity that inspires learning.

13/04/2025

Health news

Lowering levels of bad cholesterol could curb dementia risk by 26%

Experts said more studies are needed to test whether higher levels of bad cholesterol actually cause dementia, or if it is only a risk factor.

02/04/2025

Korea

South Korea says Russia supplied anti-air missiles to North Korea

Seoul says the missiles have been given to North Korea by Russia in exchange for thousands of troops to help Moscow in its war against Ukraine.

22/11/2024

Korea

Russia and North Korea expand their economic ties in new agreement

The arrangement is the latest in a pattern of increased co-operation betwen the two countries, as North Korean troops have been confirmed to be fighting for Russia in the Kursk region.

21/11/2024

Korea

North Korea finalises landmark defence pact with Russia

The deal is considered the biggest between the two countries since the end of the Cold War.

12/11/2024

Korea

South Korea’s military accuses North Korea of disrupting GPS signals

GPS signals from border areas were disrupted for the second-straight day on Saturday, affecting an unspecified number of planes and ships.

09/11/2024

Health news

Regular exercise may reduce death risks for new dementia patients

The results of a new study make the case for starting a workout routine, even after a diagnosis, the authors say.

30/10/2024

Travel News

Turbulence has knocked instant noodles off this airline's menu

Noodles will still be available to business and first-class passengers.

02/08/2024

Korea

Kim Jong Un marks 71 years since Korean War armistice

North Korea signed an armistice agreement with the United States and China on July 27, 1953, ending a war that stretched out for three years.

27/07/2024

Tech News

Korea’s ‘artificial sun’ sets new record in nuclear fusion research

Korea’s ‘artificial sun’, KSTAR, recorded a plasma operation with a temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 seconds, a new step in nuclear fusion research.

04/04/2024

Healthcare

Why are nearly 10,000 junior doctors in South Korea on strike?

The Korean government gave junior doctors a legally binding deadline by the end of February, but only a fraction of them have returned to their jobs.

05/03/2024

Korea

South Korean opposition leader stabbed in the neck on public visit

Emergency officials said Lee Jae-myung was conscious after the attack and wasn't in critical condition.

02/01/2024

Korea

North Korea's Kim orders military to 'thoroughly annihilate' US, South Korea if provoked

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his military must use all available means including nuclear weapons to “suppress the whole territory of South Korea” in the event of a conflict.

01/01/2024

Mobility

The humanoid robot that can pilot an airplane better than a human

The robot’s memory is so large that it can memorise all Jeppesen navigation charts, a task that is impossible for human pilots.

15/08/2023

Health news

These tiny sensors on your face can spell out what you’re saying

A new silent speech recognition system could help deaf people communicate, while also finding applications within the army and police.

11/11/2022

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Damage in Busan and Ulsan after typhoon makes landfall

The most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in years battered its southern region Tuesday.

06/09/2022

Korea

South Korea offers aid in return for North's denuclearisation

South Korea has offered a large-scale aid package in return for North Korea's denuclearisation, a proposal thought unlikely to be welcomed by Pyongyang.

15/08/2022

Culture news

Is Squid Game about to become Netflix's biggest show of all time?

The Korean-language thriller was only released 12 days ago, yet it's already taking the world by storm.

29/09/2021

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NKo TV airs footage of missile launch from train

North Korea said on Thursday it successfully launched ballistic missiles from a train for the first time and was continuing to bolster its defences, after the two Koreas test-fired missiles hours apart in dueling displays of military might.

16/09/2021

Korea

Koreas restore communication channels, agree to improve ties

Last year, North Korea cut off all communication channels with South Korea in protest of what it calls South Korea’s failure to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across their border.

27/07/2021

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Bright lanterns sway as South Koreans celebrate Buddha's birthday

South Koreans gathered at temples across the country Wednesday on the national holiday to mark Buddha's birthday.

19/05/2021

The Cube

Youtube videos of students studying in bid to end effects of isolation

This trend has caught students from all countries seeking company as they work through the health crisis alone.

20/02/2021

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North Korea shows off giant missiles at huge military parade

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un presides over a military parade in Pyongyang, as thousands of maskless troops defied the coronavirus threat.

10/10/2020

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Typhoon that smashed South Korea now moves to its northern neighbour

A typhoon that smashed South Korea, ripping off roofs and knocking out power to over 1,600 households, made landfall in North Korea early Thursday.

27/08/2020

Korea

Euroviews. Oscar-winning film Parasite has exposed the parasitic lives we all live under capitalism ǀ View

As long as we live within the framework of capitalism, where private ownership of property is allowed, we are not all free from the parasitic survival instinct in such an institutional framework. That’s why we can’t just blame such behaviours on the two families in the movie.

17/02/2020