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South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron found dead in her house on Sunday, police said.
Feb 18, 2025South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron was found dead in her house in Seoul on Sunday, police said. “She was found dead and there is no sign of foul play,” a police official told AFP, without giving... -
Equities extended losses in Seoul on Thursday
Dec 5, 2024Equities extended losses in Seoul on Thursday, while the won stabilised as South Korea entered a period of uncertainty with President Yoon Suk Yeol clinging to power after his brief imposition of martial law this week.... -
A North Korean trash balloon lands in Seoul’s presidential compound
Oct 25, 2024Authorities announced Thursday that a North Korean balloon carrying rubbish had landed on Seoul’s presidential palace; local media said that the balloon contained propaganda leaflets mocking President Yoon Suk Yeol and his spouse. For a long... -
North Korea balloon-linked flight disruptions affect thousands, Seoul MP says
Jul 3, 2024More than 100 flights carrying 10,000 people have been halted by trash-carrying balloons pushed across the border by North Korea, a politician from South Korea claimed on Wednesday. Pyongyang has responded to identical missives flown northward... -
Seoul fully suspends inter-Korean military pact over trash balloons
Jun 5, 2024President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea entirely revoked a 2018 military agreement aimed at lowering tensions with the North on Tuesday in reaction to Pyongyang’s last-week bombardment of balloons carrying garbage. The pact was struck... -
Seoul police chief charged over deadly Halloween crush
Jan 21, 2024Prosecutors in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, have accused Seoul’s head of police of professional negligence in connection with the horrific Halloween crush in 2022 that claimed the lives of around 160 people. Tens of... -
North Korea fired artillery barrage overnight, Seoul says
Nov 4, 2022After a record-breaking bombardment of launches that included a failed ICBM test, North Korea overnight fired an artillery barrage into a marine “buffer zone,” according to Seoul’s military. In reaction to the barrage of projectiles, Seoul... -
Seoul eases Covid restrictions with daily cases at record high
Feb 18, 2022Even as the country’s daily caseload surpassed 100,000 for the first time, South Korea said it would lift pandemic restrictions on Friday, citing economic concerns regarding social distancing measures. On Thursday, the country reported a new... -
The US Embassy in Seoul has removed the ‘Black Lives Matter’ banner
Jun 16, 2020The U.S. embassy in South Korea on Monday removed the banner celebrating Black Lives Matter and gay pride after running afoul of President Donald Trump’s administration. The embassy unfolded a banner on the embassy building that... -
Japan votes to remove Seoul from favored export partner list
Aug 2, 2019Japan’s government voted on Friday to remove South Korea from a so-called white list of favored export partners, defying warnings from Seoul that the move would have “grave consequences” for security ties between the US allies....
