Fans of K-pop stars BTS are calling for the band to be given exemptions or delays to mandatory military service in South Korea.
Trump says U.S. economic recovery is faster than any other country’s — but China is leaps and bounds ahead
China’s economic growth is in double digits, Japan’s Nikkei index is doing better than the Dow, and South Korea’s unemployment rate is almost back to pre-pandemic levels.
The Latest: South Korea has biggest case jump in a week
South Korea has reported 114 new cases of the coronavirus, its first daily jump of over 100 in a week. Health officials had raised concerns that infections will rise because of increased travel during …
The Latest: South Korea has biggest case jump in a week
South Korea has reported 114 new cases of the coronavirus, its first daily jump of over 100 in a week. Health officials had raised concerns that infections will rise because of increased travel during …
South Korea nurse group protests Blackpink music video
Popular K-pop band Blackpink is under fire in their native South Korea for their depiction of nurses in a recent music video.
South Korea Market Due For Downside Correction
The South Korea stock market has finished higher in five straight sessions, soaring more than 95 points or 5.3 percent along the way.
COVID-19 Hampered South Korea’s Chuseok Holiday — But Daughters-In-Law Got A Break
Women usually clean and cook at their in-laws’ — but many stayed home this year. “It’s difficult to understand why we have to do so much hard work when it’s not even for our own ancestors,” one says.
Report: North Korea ambassador to Italy defected to South
The acting North Korean ambassador to Rome who went missing in 2018 has chosen to seek asylum in South Korea, according to a South Korean press report.
U.N. calls for impartial probe into South Korean man killed by North Korea
The United Nations Human Rights office in South Korea called on Tuesday for an impartial investigation into the killing of a fisheries official by North Korean troops at sea last month, as the man’s …
Lawmaker says missing North Korean diplomat has settled in South Korea
A former senior North Korean diplomat who disappeared from his country’s embassy in Italy in 2018 has settled in South Korea, a lawmaker in Seoul said on Tuesday.