South Korea

N Korea warns of 'dear price' over US drills with South

North Korea has said South Korea and the United States will pay a "dear price" over large-scale military exercises that started this week, urging the allies to cease "frantic war drills".

S Korean doctors rally as healthcare standoff escalates

Thousands of South Korean doctors have protested in Seoul in an escalating standoff with the government over medical training reforms, which has seen junior doctors quit en masse, plunging hospitals into chaos.

North Korea fires multiple cruise missiles into West Sea

North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles into the West Sea, South Korea's military said, continuing a fresh streak of weapons testing as Kim Jong-un's regime ramps up "war preparations".

North Korea fires missiles off west coast - Seoul

North Korea has fired multiple cruise missiles towards the sea off its west coast, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, in the latest sign of heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula.

North Korea calls for change in status of South

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday called for a constitutional amendment to change the status of South Korea as a separate state and warned that while his country doesn't seek war, it didn't intend to avoid it.

S Korea opposition leader calls time on 'hate politics'

South Korea's main opposition party leader, Lee Jae-myung, has said he hoped his stabbing would mark the end of the "politics of hate", as police said the man accused of attacking him told them he wanted to stop Mr Lee from becoming president.

Embassy pulls video imagining Hamas attack in Seoul

The Israeli embassy in South Korea has removed a video showing an imaginary scenario in which Koreans are attacked by masked assailants in Seoul, a reference to Hamas, Seoul's foreign ministry said today.

Korean space race? North and South chase spy satellites

N Korean spy satellite 'appears' to have entered orbit

North Korea's purported spy satellite has entered orbit, Seoul's military said, but warned it was too early to tell whether Pyongyang's eye in the sky was actually working.

North Korea says spy satellite launch successful

North Korea has said that it has succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the US led its allies in condemning the launch as a "brazen violation" of UN sanctions.

Flights halted as South Korean students sit key exams

More than half a million students in South Korea sat the crucial national university entrance exam, with authorities taking extraordinary measures, including halting flights, to minimise distractions.

South Korean man killed by malfunctioning robot

A man was crushed to death by a robot in South Korea after the machine apparently failed to differentiate him from the boxes of produce it was handling, the Yonhap news agency has reported.

Taoiseach visits Korean demilitarised zone

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has visited the demilitarised zone dividing North and South Korea.

Death of South Korean school teacher sparks protests

South Korean teachers are set to rally today and sit out of work to demand better protection of their rights and to protest what they say is widespread harassment by overbearing parents.

South Korea's 'cursed' scout jamboree

Irish scouts 'relieved' global jamboree moving to Seoul

Scouting Ireland has said Irish scouts are happy they stayed at the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea, despite challenging conditions, but are relieved the event is being moved to Seoul to avoid an incoming typhoon.

Irish scouts treated for heat at Korean jamboree

A small number of scouts from Ireland were among at least 600 people treated for heat-related issues during a global jamboree, which is under way in South Korea.

Fate of US soldier who fled to North Korea unknown

The US military is attempting to determine the fate of an American soldier who made an unauthorised crossing of the border from South to North Korea.