South Korea

Author Han Kang became the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. Her work is distinguished by how historical events and mental and physical suffering are correlated. Han is well recognized...

The highly anticipated second season of Netflix’s Korean cult-horror movie “Hellbound” made its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival, highlighting the new cast members, especially Moon Geun-young, with powerful performances. The first season of...

The Seoul military announced on Thursday that North Korea had launched more garbage-filled balloons southward, the most recent in a string of border bombardments that have prompted a tit-for-tat propaganda campaign. As reported by Seoul’s Joint...

South Korea’s Ryu Hae-ran bounced back from a shocking third round to beat compatriot Ko Jin-young in a playoff to win the LPGA’s FM Championship at TPC Boston on Sunday. Ryu had shot a superb 10-under-par...

In light of the impending demographic catastrophe that could jeopardize the security of the country’s multibillion dollar pension system, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol promised on Thursday to overhaul the program. With the lowest birth...

South Korea’s government and ruling party have agreed to move up an electric vehicle battery certification programme, the party said on Sunday, as authorities seek to alleviate public safety concerns after a series of fires involving...

In an effort to ease rising tensions with Pyongyang and look into opportunities for economic collaboration, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol proposed the creation of a “Inter-Korean Working Group” on Thursday. With the North recently...

A workers’ union at Samsung Electronics in South Korea is set to stage a three-day strike from Monday and has warned it could take further action against the country’s most powerful conglomerate at a later date....

More 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...

The first administrative officer robot in South Korea was declared dead by the municipal council on Wednesday after it fell down some steps. The incident was reported in the local media, which lamented the first robot...