Korea

Korea

Koreans react to sixth nuclear test

The mood in South Korea after North Korea launched its sixth and largest nuclear test was unsurprisingly more tense than usual.

03/09/2017

Korea

Samsung heir Jay Y. Lee jailed in South Korea

The charges in the case against Jay Y. Lee (Lee Jae-yong) ranged from bribery to perjury

25/08/2017

Korea

Samsung's new Galaxy Note 8 - the electronics giant hopes to extinguish memories of the past

Samsung has unveiled the new version of its giant smartphone - hoping dual rear cameras and its biggest-ever screen will bury its fiery past.

23/08/2017

Korea

US-South Korea begin wargames

​​The United States and South Korea have kicked off their annual military exercise, known as Ulchi Freedom Guardian.

21/08/2017

Business Series

South Korea tech giants Samsung post record earnings

Samsung has posted record earnings putting it on course to beat rival Apple's quarterly profits.

27/07/2017

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Mud festival kicks off in South Korea

Revellers danced and wrestled in South Korea's capital of mud as a nine-day festival in the quaint coastal city of Boryeong kicks off.

21/07/2017

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South Korean barista takes coffee art to a new level

Replications of famous paintings take coffee art to a whole new level.

05/07/2017

Korea

WTF?! World Taekwondo Federation changes name over links with rude acronym

27/06/2017

Korea

Jail for close confidante of ex-South Korean president

Choi was at the centre of an influence-peddling scandal that rocked the country's business and political elite

23/06/2017

Korea

Student dies after being sent home from North Korea

19/06/2017

Korea

US basketball star Rodman flies to North Korea

13/06/2017

Korea

Defiant North Korea says missile tests are self-defence

Defiant in the face of international condemnation, North Korea said on Tuesday that its recent missile tests are a legitimate act of self-defence by a “fully-fledged nuclear…

23/05/2017

Korea

UN: North Korea is a 'threat to peace'

The United Nations Security Council has condemned North Korea’s ballistic missile testing in recent months as a “threat to peace”.

16/05/2017

Korea

North Korean test missile 'capable of carrying nuclear warhead'

North Korea has claimed that the new type of ballistic missile it launched on Sunday is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

15/05/2017

Korea

South Korea: New President Moon prepared to visit Pyongyang

The newly-elected South Korean leader hopes to defuse tensions by visiting the North 'if the conditions are right'

10/05/2017

Korea

"The world is moving closer to nuclear annihilation" - Ban Ki-moon

Speaking at the Harvard Kennedy School in Massachusetts, Ban said the international community must maintain the pressure of sanctions on North Korea to stop its advancing nuclear and missile threats.

26/04/2017

Korea

US moves anti-missile system to South Korea amid tensions with North

The US military has started moving parts of the controversial THAAD anti-missile defence system to a deployment site in South Korea.

26/04/2017

Business Series

Samsung says S8 pre-orders show it is on track to recover from fire-prone S7

Samsung says pre-orders for its new flagship Galaxy S8 smartphone are better than those of the discontinued and dangerous S7.

13/04/2017

Korea

US warships are sent to the Korean peninsula

An aircraft-carrier led navy strike group was rerouted towards the western Pacific amid concerns about Pyongyang's weapons programme.

09/04/2017

Sport

Fencing's number ones take gold at the Seoul Grand Prix

Double Olympic champion and world number one Yana Egorian convincingly won the women's sabre final in the International Fencing Federation's Seoul Grand Prix.

01/04/2017

Korea

South Korea prosecutors seek arrest warrant for ousted President Park

If a court decides there is enough evidence for the warrant, the 65-year-old could spend up to 20 days in a cell, while being investigated on criminal charges including bribery and corruption.

27/03/2017

Korea

Fighting talk from the US for North Korea

The US secretary of state has used a visit to South Korea to warn that Washington is toughening its stance towards Pyongyang.

17/03/2017

Korea

Fears of confrontation in Seoul amid turmoil over president's ousting

Tension is high after the constitutional court confirmed impeachment and removed Park Geun-hye from office

11/03/2017

Economy

Samsung boss Jay Y Lee denies corruption charges as trial starts

Jay Y Lee, the head of South Korea's Samsung Group, is denying all the bribery, embezzlement and other charges in a corruption scandal.

09/03/2017

Korea

South Koreans take to the streets to protest Park presidency

Hundreds of thousands of demonstraters took to the streets in Seoul as part of a candlelit rally to demand the resignation of President Park Geun-hye.

25/02/2017

Korea

"The strongest warning to North Korea" - Seoul welcomes US support

The new US Defence Secretary has warned North Korea there will be an "effective and overwhelming" response if it chooses to use a nuclear weapon. Speaking at the start of a two-day visit to South Kore

03/02/2017