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North Korea talks of nuclear restraint and better relations with other countries

North Korea’s leader has reportedly said the country will not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is infringed by others. According to state

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Reckitt Benckiser apologises over South Korea deadly disinfectant

No sooner had the company boss in South Korea taken the stage to apologise, than he was promptly struck by an angry relative of one of the firm’s

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'Propaganda balloons' sent over border from South to North Korea

US and South Korean activists sent propaganda leaflets over the border to the North on Friday. They attached boxes to ten large balloons filled with

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North Korea fails another missile launch, says Seoul

South Korea says the intermediate-range ballistic missile crashed seconds after the test launch.

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Sitgimgut, the Jindo art of cleansing the soul of the dead

The sitgimgut ceremony is a shamanist ritual for cleansing a dead person’s soul that comes from Jindo, a tiny island off the coast of South Korea

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Two years since South Korean ferry tragedy

Thousands gather to pay tribute to the victims of the Sewol as the families accuse the government of a "lack of transparency"

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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

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Voting begins in South Korea

Voters in South Korea are electing a new National Assembly with the governing Saenuri party is hoping to strengthen its position in parliament

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North Korea videos imagine destruction of Seoul and Washington

The North Korean propaganda machine is at it again. And the least that can be said is that Steven Spielberg has nothing to worry about. Pyongyang’s

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Seoul responds to North Korea threats

As Pyongyang carries out military exercises simulating an attack on the presidential palace, South Korea warns the North to ends its provocations.

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South Korea protests over Japan school textbooks claiming disputed islands

New Japanese school textbooks that include territorial claims on islands that are in dispute with South Korea have prompted protests from Seoul

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Protest against US-S.Korea war games as Pyongyang 'seeks missing submarine'

Not all South Koreans are happy about the current war games with the United States. For while many see the annual drills as reassurance of

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'Blitzkrieg' threat from Pyongyang over US-South Korea war games

It is not war. But on the increasingly tense Korean peninsula it certainly looks like it. US and South Korean troops have been staging a mock

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Tensions mount on Korean Peninsula, as Pyongyang fires two more missiles

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea as tension with Seoul and Washington continues to mount

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

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US says it takes North Korea nuclear threats seriously

The United States says it takes North Korea’s threats to use nuclear weapons seriously. Washington has urged Pyongyang to halt provocations

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

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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

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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.

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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

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