South Korea

Olympics: New head of 2018 Winter Games elected

SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) -- The newly-elected chief organiser of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea vowed Thursday…

Ex-director of Asia’s top film fest charged with fraud

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean prosecutors pushed ahead Tuesday with embezzlement charges against the former director of Asia's top…

China, Russia rap US missile defence plan in S. Korea

BEIJING , China (AFP) -- China and Russia on Friday rapped US plans to put a missile defense system on…

South Korea says another North Korean nuclear test appears imminent

  South Korea's Unification Ministry said on Wednesday (April 27) that a North Korean nuclear test appeared imminent as the…

South Korea’s Park confirms signs North Korea preparing fifth nuclear test

Seoul, South Korea (AFP)---South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Monday confirmed a flurry of intelligence reports suggesting that North Korea…

IAEA and South Korean officials discuss nuclear issues

SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) - Officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and South Korea held an annual meeting…

N. Korea claims solid-fuel rocket success

Seoul, South Korea (AFP)---North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has claimed a "historic" advance in the country's nuclear strike capability with…

South Korea confirms first case of Zika virus

  (Reuters) -- South Korea reported its first confirmed case of the Zika virus on Tuesday (March 22) in a…

S. Korea says prepared for another North nuclear test

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea is fully prepared for North Korea to carry out a fifth nuclear test…

N. Korea fires missiles, liquidates South assets

by Park Chan-Kyong SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea looked to ratchet up already elevated tensions on the Korean…

South Korea, US launch military drills, North threatens nuclear strikes

  by Giles Hewitt SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea and the United States kicked off their largest-ever joint military…

N. Korea fires short-range projectiles

Seoul, South Korea (AFP)---North Korea fired short-range projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Thursday, South Korea's defense…

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