Korea crisis

Work

This company is paying its workers €70,000 per baby to have children

The Korean company has already paid a total of €4.8 million to employees who have given birth since 2021 in a bid to halt plunging birth rates in the country.

25/02/2024

World News

Seoul calls North Korea drills on disputed sea border a 'provocation'

North Korea fired artillery rounds near its disputed sea boundary with South Korea in violation of a fragile 2018 military agreement, prompting the South to plan similar drills.

05/01/2024

North Korea

US soldier arrested in North Korea after crossing border from South

A US soldier is being held in North Korea after crossing the heavily fortified border from the South

18/07/2023

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

South Korea

South Korea accuses North Korea of starting exchange of fire on border

South Korea’s military reported it returned fire after North Korean troops shot at a South Korean guard post.

03/05/2020

Sweden

North Korea and US resume nuclear talks in bid to end stalemate

An isolated conference centre on the outskirts of Stockholm was the setting on Saturday for the US and North Korea to resume nuclear talks.

05/10/2019

USA

All eyes on Trump as world leaders gather for UN General Assembly

After President Donald Trump used last year’s UN General Assembly to outline his ‘’America First’’ policy, many nations are stressing the importance of old alliances and partnerships.

23/09/2018

North Korea

North Korea holds military parade without ballistic missiles

No long-range missiles were on display on Sunday as North Korea staged a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of its founding.

09/09/2018

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

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

World News

As it happened this morning: April 27

Good morning Europe! Euronews brings you the latest news live as it happens this morning.

26/04/2018

North Korea

North Korea's Kim Jong Un watches South Korean pop group in Pyongyang

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife were among hundreds in Pyongyang on Sunday watching South Korean singers perform in the North for the first time in more than a decade.

01/04/2018

World News

North and South Korean leaders agree to meet at summit

Diplomats agree to historic meeting in April.

29/03/2018

South Korea

Euroviews. From peaceful Pyeongchang Olympics to lasting Olympic peace: View

The goodwill and meeting opportunities generated by the Olympic deal should be utilised to bring about peace, argue professors Chung-in Moon and Timo Kivimaki.

09/02/2018

Japan

Japan seeks European support over "unprecedented threat" from North Ko

Tokyo wants to strengthen an international alliance against Pyongyang as tensions rise over its nuclear weapons programme

21/01/2018

World News

North and South Korea hold fresh talks over Winter Olympics

Officials from North and South Korea hold further talks over Pyongyang's plan to participate in next month's Winter Olympics.

15/01/2018

World News

South Korean President says North Korea must demiliterise

South Korean President Moon Jae-In says in order for peace in the region, North Korea must demilitarise.

10/01/2018

World News

Kim Jong Un's Olympic olive branch could see first talks in years

Delegations from North and South Korea could meet for the first official discussions between the neighbours since 2015 ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

02/01/2018