The Latest Breaking News from Seoul

Yoon Suk-yeol will not meet US House speaker in move critics say aims to avoid antagonising China as tensions in the Taiwan strait simmer

South Koreans may soon be able to carry a device inside their own bodies in the form of a bespoke tattoo that automatically alerts them to potential health problems, if a science team's project bears fruit. Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in the city…

E-commerce giant Coupang is facing accusations that its success is built on the exploitation of workers.

SEOUL -- South Korea's Foreign Affairs Ministry has submitted an opinion to the country's top court explaining the new administration's efforts to resolve a lawsuit involving Japanese companies and former wartime requisitioned workers from the Korean Peninsula -- an issue that has deeply divided the two nations -- a source…

South Korea's biggest ever arms deal will make it a major supplier of weapons flooding into Europe since the Ukraine war began, with sales to NATO-member Poland involving more than 1,600 tanks and howitzers, and nearly 50 fighter jets.

South Korea is pouring resources into its strategy of deterring any North Korean nuclear attack by preparing for preemptive strikes if necessary, a strategy some experts say may exacerbate their arms race and risks miscalculation during a conflict.

Under a split-top mountain on the Japanese island of Sado lies a network of centuries-old mines that have sparked a new diplomatic row with South Korea. Some of the gold and silver mines of Sado, off Japan's west coast, are believed to have started operating as early as the 12th…

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has praised a world-leading flood mitigation system just outside of Tokyo, but says it wouldn't work in Sydney.

South Korea and the United States will resume long-suspended live field training during their joint military drills, Seoul's defence ministry said on Friday, as they work to curb North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile programmes.

As fuel prices rise and pay rates stay the same, a driver and labour rights leader is fighting increasing precarity.

From Indian Korean pop (K-pop) idols to Swedish songwriters, South Korea's music industry is now a hotbed of global talent -- a smart strategy as it aims for world domination. K-pop bands have long included non-Koreans: Blackpink's Lisa is Thai, while Japan and China are both well represented, and Korean-American…