South Korea deploys helicopters to contain fire in DMZ
South Korean military deployed helicopters to contain a wildfire within the DMZ, the buffer zone separating the two Koreas, it said Friday. The announcement comes after the country suffered its…
South Korean true crime fan murders stranger just to see what it felt like
A South Korean court has given a life sentence to a true crime fan who told police she murdered a stranger “out of curiosity”. Jung Yoo-jung, 23, had been obsessed…
Man crushed to death by robot in South Korea
A man has been crushed to death by a robot in South Korea after it failed to differentiate him from the boxes of food it was handling, reports say. The…
Samsung to invest $230 billion in South Korea
With an estimated $230 billion investment by memory chip juggernaut Samsung Electronics, South Korea claims it will construct a sizable facility to manufacture computer chips in the greater Seoul area.
South Korea, U.S. stage drills with aircraft carrier after North Korean missile launches
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is anchored at a port in Busan, South Korea, September 23, 2022. South Korea and the United States began joint maritime exercises with…
North Korea fires ballistic missile, Seoul says
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on Sunday. North Korea fired a…
US sends aircraft carrier to Korean peninsula in apparent show of force aimed at Kim Jong-un
USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier and its battle group are to train with South Korea for the first time in five years. The US is sending an aircraft carrier to…