South Korea

Voters in South Korea began their ballots on Wednesday for the crucial legislative elections that will decide who controls the legislature and if President Yoon Suk Yeol can continue advancing his socially conservative agenda.In order to...

South Korea’s second domestically made spy satellite was successfully put into orbit, Seoul’s defence ministry said Monday, after it was launched from an American space centre on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Seoul confirmed in December...

Seoul is providing “necessary consular assistance” to a South Korean national who has been detained in Russia, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Tuesday, reportedly on espionage charges. Russia and North Korea have recently bolstered ties, including the...

As protests over medical reforms entered their second week, South Korea issued a call on Monday for trainee doctors to return to work, promising them protection from punitive measures if they returned to the hospitals. As...

On Wednesday, a growing number of South Korean trainee doctors walked off the work over proposed reforms, delaying cancer treatments and canceling C-sections for pregnant women, according to officials and local reports. According to Seoul’s Second...

North Korea fired more than 200 artillery rounds on Friday near a disputed maritime border with South Korea in another escalation of tension between the rivals and prompting the South to take “corresponding” action with live...

Following the incursion of two Chinese and four Russian military aircraft into its air defense zone, South Korea’s military reported on Thursday that it had sent out fighter fighters. The foreign aircraft, however, did not breach...

South Korea confirmed Saturday its first military spy satellite had reached orbit after a successful SpaceX rocket launch and that communication was established with ground control. Seoul’s reconnaissance satellite, carried by one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX...

The largest carmaker in South Korea, Hyundai Motor, announced on Monday that it would construct an EV manufacturing facility in its native country with the goal of beginning mass production of EVs in 2026. In Ulsan,...

In response to deteriorating relations with nuclear-armed North Korea, South Korea will hold its first military parade in ten years on Tuesday. The parade will highlight the country’s modern weapons. Huge military parades are often held...