North, South Korea reach agreement to halt tensions (Updated)
By James Pearson and Ju-min Park North and South Korea reached agreement early on Tuesday to end a standoff involving an exchange of artillery fire...
South Korean President Park Geun-hye
Schools reopen as South Korea seeks normality amid MERS outbreak
By Seung Yun Oh Thousands of South Korean schools that were shut to stop the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) reopened on Monday...
Hong Kong issues ‘red alert’ against South Korea travel due to MERS
By Ju-min Park and James Pomfret Hong Kong issued a “red alert” advisory on Tuesday against non-essential travel to South Korea, where eight new cases...
South Korea says everything must be done to halt MERS
By Ju-min Park South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Wednesday everything must be done to stop Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) as fear of...
N.Korea’s Kim ordered 15 executions this year
By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year as punishment for challenging...
S.Korea’s Park accepts PM’s resignation in illegal funds scandal
By Ju-min Park South Korean President Park Geun-hye accepted the resignation on Monday of her prime minister, who had offered to step down over an...
China urges Japan to properly educate youth over disputed islands
By Michael Martina China urged Japan on Tuesday to properly educate its youth, joining South Korea in condemning Japan’s approval of textbooks its neighbours say...
S Korea, China set for North talks
By Jack Kim Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in South Korea on Thursday, hoping to strengthen commercial and diplomatic ties while Seoul is expected to...
S Korea ferry police in huge raid
By Ju-min Park Thousands of South Korean police and prosecutors raided a sprawling religious compound for a second time on Wednesday in their search for an elderly...
S Korea ferry crew go on trial (Updated)
By Ju-min Park Fifteen crew of a South Korean ferry that sank in April killing more than 300 people, most of them children, went on trial on...
South Korea to break up coastguard
By Jack Kim South Korean President Park Geun-hye formally apologised on Monday for a ferry disaster last month that killed about 300 passengers, mostly school children,...
South Korean diver dies in ferry search operation
By Narae Kim A diver lost consciousness and died on Tuesday during the search operation for victims still missing after last month’s South Korean ferry...
Dozens hurt in South Korea subway crash
By Jack Kim A subway train in the South Korean capital Seoul crashed into another one at a station on Friday, injuring about 170 people, news reports...
South Korean president apologises to ferry victims’ families
By David Chance President Park Geun-hye apologised on Tuesday to families of the 302 victims in last month’s ferry capsize and pledged to revamp safety regulations, as an investigation proceeded into South Korea’s...
N.Korea fires missiles as US, Japan, S.Korea leaders meet
By Jack Kim and Thomas Escritt North Korea fired missiles into the sea on Wednesday just as US President Barack Obama brought together the leaders of South Korea and Japan to discuss...
