South Korea’s real-life debt trap
Many small business owners in South Korea recognise themselves in the cash-strapped characters of the wildly popular Netflix (NFLX.O) drama ‘Squid Game’, who vie desperately...
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US nuclear envoy visits S.Korea amid N.Korea missile tension, stalled talks
The U.S. envoy for North Korea arrived in South Korea on Saturday amid stalled denuclearisation talks and tension over Pyongyang’s recent missile tests. Special Representative...
N.Korea test-fires submarine-launched ballistic missile, S.Korea says
North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, pulling Japan’s new prime minister off the...
Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ estimated to be worth about $900 mln
“Squid Game,” Netflix Inc’s (NFLX.O) biggest original series launch, is estimated to be worth almost $900 million for the streaming giant, Bloomberg News reported late...
N.Korea fires missile, accuses U.S. of ‘double standards’
North Korea fired a missile towards the sea off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, as Pyongyang called on the United States and South...
North Korea not picking up hotlines after warning South, U.S. over joint drills
North Korea did not answer routine calls on inter-Korean hotlines on Tuesday, South Korea said, hours after a senior official in Pyongyang warned the South...
S.Korea’s Moon scraps Tokyo trip over ‘unacceptable’ diplomat remarks
South Korean President Moon Jae-in will not visit Tokyo for the upcoming Olympics, his office said on Monday, scrapping plans for what would have been...
Sydney and Seoul face stricter measures as cases soar
Australian authorities on Friday pleaded with Sydney residents to stay at home, warning a three-week lockdown may be extended as they struggle to control a...
South Koreans no longer need masks outdoors if vaccinated against Covid-19
South Korea on Wednesday said masks will no longer be required outdoors from July for those vaccinated with at least one COVID-19 shot. The move...
North Korean troops killed missing South Korean official
North Korean troops shot dead a South Korean fisheries official who went missing earlier this week, before dousing his body in oil and setting it on fire...
S.Korea running out of sickbeds in Covid-19 resurgence
South Korea reported more than 300 infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the 16th day of three-digit rises, fanning concerns about a worsening shortage...
Mayor of S.Korean capital found dead after writing apology to ‘everyone’
One of South Korea’s most prominent elected officials and longtime mayor of the capital Seoul was found dead on Friday after he was reported missing...
N.Korea rejects South’s offer of envoys, vows to redeploy troops to border
North Korea on Wednesday rejected South Korea’s offer to send special envoys to ease escalating tensions over defector activity and stalled reconciliation efforts and vowed...
N.Korea blows up liaison office on its side of border with South (updated)
North Korea blew up and destroyed an inter-Korean liaison office in its border city of Kaesong on Tuesday, South Korea said, after Pyongyang threatened to...
Spurs’ Son to ‘self-isolate’ on return from South Korea
Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min will self-isolate, in line with government recommendations over the coronavirus, on his return to London after travelling home to South...
Coronavirus deepens Iran’s isolation, tests Italy and South Korea
Iran’s coronavirus death toll rose to 16 on Tuesday, the most outside China, increasing its international isolation as countries as far apart as South Korea...
Typhoon knocks out power in S.Korea, North braces for storm
A powerful typhoon slammed into South Korea early on Saturday, killing at least one person and disrupting power to 57,000 households before turning toward North...
S.Korea fires hundreds of warning shots at Russian military plane
South Korean warplanes fired hundreds of warning shots at a Russian military aircraft that entered South Korean airspace on Tuesday, defence officials said, while Russia...
Like a son but cheaper: South Koreans pamper pets instead of having kids
By Hayoung Choi and Minwoo Park SEOUL, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Kang Sung-il buys Sancho, his Pomeranian, a toy every business trip and this Lunar...
North Korea intends to abolish all nuclear weapons, South says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un intends to abolish all nuclear weapons, materials and facilities to achieve “complete” denuclearisation, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who held his...
