South Korea has reported 39 new cases of the coronavirus over a 24-hour period, a continuation of an upward trend in new infections in the Asian …
Why South Korea Wants to Join Donald Trump’s G-11 Idea
At this stage, Trump’s G-11 is nothing but an idea floated in thin-air. Unanimity will be required to turn it into a reality. But if the concept goes ahead, it could pay dividends for South Korea.
Facelifts in vogue as South Korea adjusts to virus
While coronavirus has denied South Korea’s cosmetic surgeons their usual foreign tourists, they are welcoming a surge of local customers at the clinics that line the boulevards of the glitzy Gangnam …
South Korea plans to stop balloons to North Korea
For years, activists and defectors have sent messages criticising the North and its leadership across the border. But the South Korean government said the balloons caused “tension …
South Korea’s Coronavirus Formula: Heavy on Stimulus, Light on Lockdowns
Though South Korea was one of the first countries hit by the coronavirus, its economy actually grew in the first quarter. But can aggressive stimulus and a pandemic strategy that has avoided …
Kim Jong Un’s Sister Threatens South Korea Over Leaflets
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un admonished South Korea and threatened to pull out of an inter-Korean accord, the latest sign of her growing profile inside the cloistered regime.
South Korea man’s fall at department store ruled a suicide
A South Korean man died by suicide on Thursday in the central city of Daegu, according to local press reports.
North Korea warns South Korea to stop defectors from scattering anti-North leaflets: KCNA
The sister of North Korea’s leader has warned South Korea to stop defectors from sending leaflets into the demilitarized zone separating the countries, saying it may cancel a recent bilateral military …
Kim Yo-jong warns South Korea to tackle ‘evil’ propaganda balloons
North Korean leader’s sister says continued air drops by defectors could jeopardise peacekeeping agreement …
Pyongyang warns South Korea to stop defectors from scattering anti-North Korea leaflets
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, warned of the possible scrapping of the inter-Korean military agreement that promised to eliminate practical threats of war as a result of the …