South Korea scrambles jets as North Korean drones ‘violate airspace’
Warning shots fired after drones crossed military demarcation line from north, South Korea military says South Korea scrambled warplanes and attack helicopters and fired warning...
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Squid Game actor O Yeong-su charged with sexual misconduct
South Korea’s prosecutor says 78-year-old is accused of improperly touching a woman’s body in 2017 The Squid Game actor O Yeong-su has been charged with...
Japan ministers visit controversial war shrine as South Korea calls for end to historical tensions
Japan PM Fumio Kishida sends offering but stays away from Yasukuni, which honours class A war criminals Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, sent a ritual...
Biden and South Korean president mull expanding joint military exercises
US president willing to meet Kim Jong-un, while Seoul says deployment of US ‘strategic assets’ was discussed Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart, Yoon...
North Korea would ‘annihilate’ South if provoked, warns Kim Jong-un’s sister
Warning points to a rise in tensions on the peninsula after the North conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in five years The influential...
‘Scum-like guy’: North Korean leader’s sister attacks South Korea defence minister
Kim Jong-un’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, issues blistering attack on Seoul and ‘reckless remarks’ by Suh Wook The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un...
‘Devastated’: gender equality hopes on hold as ‘anti-feminist’ voted South Korea’s president
Election of Yoon Suk-yeol, who has blamed feminism for low birthrates, seen as a ‘pivotal moment’ for public discussion of women’s issues The election of...
