South Korea

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Seoul: anti-dog meat protesters facing provocative dog meat consumers

American actress Kim Basinger and South Korean activists held an anti-dog meat protest in Seoul, while farmers ate dog meat in front of them, separated by a bastion of police officers.

12/07/2019

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South Korea's LGBT pride march demands equality and better rights

Thousands of members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community hit the streets for South Korea's Gay Pride Festival.

01/06/2019

South Korea

Meet the baby who turned 'two years old' just hours after being born

You can't put an old head on young shoulders!

12/04/2019

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South Korea's ice fishing festival lures locals and foreign tourists

South Korea's annual ice fishing festival drew massive crowds on Saturday who braved below freezing temperatures to catch trout in a frozen lake.

06/01/2019

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Korea cab drivers protest Uber-like ride share app

Korea cab drivers protest Uber-like ride share app

21/12/2018

South Korea

South Korean train crosses into North Korea for first time in 10 years

A train has ventured from South Korea across one of the world's most heavily guarded borders into North Korea for the first time in more than a decade.

30/11/2018

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US troops celebrate Harry Potter-themed Thanksgiving in South Korea

US troops celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday with a Harry Potter-themed feast on Thursday at an army base in South Korea.

22/11/2018

South Korea

Why Koreans think the breeze from a fan can kill you | NBC Left Field

There's a deeply-rooted superstition in South Korea that sleeping with a fan on in an enclosed room can cause extreme health problems, and even death.

16/11/2018

South Korea

Watch: World's first smart farm in a tunnel

The building of high-tech smart farms is seen as a possible solution for improving sustainability in farming.

30/08/2018

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Thousands tie the knot at mass wedding in South Korea

South Korea's controversial Unification Church held a mass wedding on Monday (August 27) with about 4,000 couples from 64 countries exchanging marriage vows.

27/08/2018

South Korea

Families divided by Korean war reunite after decades

Families in North and South Korea are attending the 21st official reunion since the Korean war resulted in the division of the peninsula

19/08/2018

South Korea

Thousands march against spycam epidemic in South Korea

Tens of thousands of South Korean women have been taking part in a mass protest in Seoul against secretly-filmed spycam pornography.

05/08/2018

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South Korea's 'First Dog' launches canine protection campaign

South Korean President Moon Jae-in's pooch was the face of a campaign that launched in Seoul on Tuesday, urging people not to eat dogs.

17/07/2018

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Revellers jump into sludge at South Korea's annual mud festival

Thousands of people flocked to the muddy and slimy venue to get messy at South Korea's 21st Mud Festival in coastal city of Boryeong on Saturday (July 14).

15/07/2018

Sport

Mexican football fans thank South Korea

Mexican football fans gathered outside the South Korean embassy in Mexico City on Wednesday following the Asian country defeated Germany which resulted with the Mexicans qualifying for the last 16.

28/06/2018

South Korea

U.S. and South Korea suspend two more military exercises

The Pentagon said the idea is to support negotiations with North Korea but Trump said Pyongyang is still an extraordinary threat

23/06/2018

South Korea

South Korea seeks clarity from US after Trump-Kim summit

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is due to brief President Moon Jae-in in Seoul after Donald Trump's surprise announcement that US-South Korean 'war games' will stop.

13/06/2018

South Korea

Moon's diplomacy gets Korean peninsula peace talks back on track

All sides now working again towards Singapore summit.

27/05/2018

South Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pays second visit to China

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited the Chinese city of Dalian to meet President Xi Jinping.

08/05/2018

South Korea

Anti-North Korean activists scuffle with South Korean police near border

The activists, led by a North Korean defector, were prevented by police from launching anti-North Korean leaflet balloons towards the North.

05/05/2018

South Korea

Inter-Korean summit sparks cold noodle frenzy

Kim Jong-un reportedly made a joke about traditional North Korean noodles when he met his South Korean counterpart, sparking a craze in the South for the dish.

28/04/2018

South Korea

Making history with a handshake.

Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in have signed a declaration stating there will be "no more war on the Korean Peninsula" and heralding "a new era of peace."

27/04/2018

South Korea

South Koreans split on hopes and fears for future as relations with North take off

Meeting between two nations' leaders glues South Koreans to their screens as hopes for a meaningful pece soar.

27/04/2018

South Korea

What to expect from the historic Korea border summit

From who is attending, to what they will be talking about and what they will be eating.

26/04/2018

South Korea

Cautious optimism ahead of Korea summit

People in South Korea talk of a sense of great expectation ahead of Kim Jong-un’s visit to the country as he becomes the first North Korean leader to do so in 65 years.

26/04/2018

South Korea

South Korea turns off propaganda speakers on North Korean border

The move's an apparent gesture of goodwill ahead of Friday's historic summit between the nations' two leaders, Kim Jong-Un and President Moon Jae-in.

23/04/2018