South Korea has fined Facebook-parent Meta more than $15 million for illegally collecting sensitive user information from nearly a million people without consent and sharing…
South Korean refiners reported on November 4 sharp losses in the third quarter from oil refining, but expect their margins to recover in the fourth…
South Korea, Japan, and the United States on November 3 conducted a joint air drill involving a nuclear-capable bomber, Seoul's military said, in response to…
A South Korean court on October 30 handed a 10-year jail term to a man who spread deepfake porn images of women who attended the…
North Korea has moved into place a launcher ready for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and may decide to set it off around the time…
South Korea is experiencing minimal economic impact following Israel's retaliatory strike on Iran, but may consider a further reduction in fuel oil tax if global…
The Seoul Metropolitan Government introduced a set of measures on October 28 – including increasing the staff at its 24-hour call centre for people struggling…
South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador October 21 to criticise Pyongyang's decision to send thousands of soldiers to support Moscow's war in Ukraine, the foreign…
A South Korean court acquitted the former Seoul police chief and two officers October 17 of professional negligence over a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush…
The education ministry said on October 6 it will temporarily allow medical students to take a leave of absence on condition that they return to…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would face the end of his regime if he ever used his isolated country's nuclear weapons against the South,…
A South Korean court handed a three year jail term September 30 to a former Seoul district police chief over a crush that killed more…
The top diplomats of South Korea and China agreed to continue high-level meetings between the two countries on the margins of multilateral gatherings, the foreign…
South Korea will show off a new ballistic missile and other key weapons systems on the 76th founding anniversary of its armed forces this week,…
South Korea said September 23 it would take "decisive military action" if anyone is killed by the wave of trash-carrying balloons being launched across the…
A South Korean doctor has been arrested for allegedly creating and distributing a "blacklist" of colleagues who are not participating in an ongoing walkout over…
South Korea approved the construction of two nuclear reactors on its east coast September 12, reversing a previous administration's anti-nuclear policy as Seoul now works…
President Yoon Suk Yeol appointed a former top police official as new chief of the Presidential Security Service (PSS), his office said September 9. Park…
More than 30,000 protesters gathered in South Korea's capital in broiling heat on September 7, demanding more aggressive action by the government to combat global…
North Korea has floated hundreds more trash-filled balloons southward, Seoul's military said September 7, the latest salvo in the two countries' tit-for-tat campaigns of provocation…
Messaging app Telegram removed some illegal pornographic material following a request by South Korean regulators, the Yonhap news agency reported on September 3, as the…
A landmark court verdict that found South Korea's climate goals were "unconstitutional" would not affect major businesses and it would be easy to revise targets…
A South Korean shipyard started providing maintenance, repair, and overhaul services for a US Navy vessel on September 3, the first time Seoul has been…
South Korean police said September 2 they had launched an investigation into encrypted messaging platform Telegram for allegedly "abetting" the distribution of so-called deepfake porn,…
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will skip the ceremony marking the opening of parliament, the nation’s first leader to do so in more than…
