South Korea

South Korea

Shock election defeat for South Korea ruling party

For the first time in 16 years, South Korea’s ruling conservative party has lost control of parliament. The centre-right Saenuri Party of President

14/04/2016

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

08/03/2016

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

04/03/2016

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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

25/02/2016

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.

19/02/2016

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

11/02/2016

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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

10/01/2016

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

08/01/2016

South Korea

South Korea resumes propaganda broadcasts into the North

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

08/01/2016

South Korea

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

06/01/2016

South Korea

Japan and South Korea reach landmark "comfort women" agreement

Japan apologises to South Korea and offers compensation in a landmark deal to settle the issue of "comfort women."

28/12/2015

South Korea

South Korean union leader arrested after weeks holed up in a temple

Hundreds of officers turned out to arrest Han Sang-gyun, the head of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions

10/12/2015

Culture news

The Gangnam Style star is back with his seventh album

He’s back and with that distinctive style it could only be…..yes Psy. Remember him? Singer, songwriter, record producer and rapper. Oh and the man

02/12/2015

Sport

Judo: Britain's Conway wins gold in Jeju

Four gold medals were for the taking on day two of the ninth and final Grand Prix of the season in Jeju, South Korea. Britain’s Sally Conway defeated

27/11/2015

Sport

South Korea's Chung Mong-joon dismisses FIFA charges against him

South Korea’s Chung Mong-joon has vowed to continue his bid for the FIFA presidency despite facing a fifteen year suspension from the world

06/10/2015

Economy

Samsung insists TV device is 'not a test cheat'

Samsung has strongly denied a report in a British newspaper citing research suggesting that some of its TVs in Europe appear to use less energy in

01/10/2015

South Korea

Show of strength from South Korea and the US

South Korean President Park Geun-hye attended a joint live fire drill between the South Korean and US militaries. The manoeuvres come at an uncertain

28/08/2015

South Korea

South Korean 'comfort women' demand Japan apology

Demonstrators in Seoul are demanding an apology from Japan for forcing Korean women to work in military brothels during World War Two. Their rallies

12/08/2015

Sport

Former FIFA Vice President Chung to run for world football's top job

Former Fifa vice president Chung Mong-Joon is to stand for the presidency of football’s world governing body. The 63-year-old billionaire is one of

30/07/2015

No Comment

Filthy fun for mud-lovers in South Korea

19/07/2015

South Korea

Eight new cases of MERS in South Korea

South Korea’s health ministry has recorded eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS, bringing the total to 162. So far 19 people

17/06/2015

South Korea

More cases of MERS likely in South Korea says WHO

The World Health Organisation says South Korea should expect more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS. So far the virus has killed 14

13/06/2015

South Korea

MERS in South Korea: 14 people dead, 12 new cases

South Korea has confirmed that a fourteenth person has died of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS. A further 12 new cases were announced on

13/06/2015

South Korea

South Korea: two hospitals sealed off amid MERS outbreak

Two South Korean hospitals have been sealed off, in a bid to stop the spread of a deadly respiratory disease. MERS has infected 126 people in the

12/06/2015

South Korea

South Korea reports 10th death from MERS

South Korea reported on Thursday (June 11) a 10th death from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, also known as MERS. Some 3,800 people were kept

11/06/2015

South Korea

Seoul takes economic action to cushion MERS impact

The respiratory infection known as MERS has parts of South Korea verging on paralysis. One village, Jangduk, 280 kilometres south of the capital

11/06/2015