The Latest Breaking News from Seoul

Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to arrive in South Korea on Friday for a final round of talks, hoping to cement improving ties between the two countries before he leaves office.

Palestine open their 2026 World Cup qualifying group stage with a remarkable goalless draw playing South Korea in Seoul.

Watch as BTS star Suga appeared at a Seoul police station on Friday, 23 August, for police questioning over his drunk driving while on an electric scooter.

Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore, Seoul, Mumbai, Bangkok and Manila rose Thursday, though Shanghai, Wellington, Jakarta and Taipei slipped.

Every year, on August 15, there is a public holiday in South Korea to commemorate the day the Korean peninsula was liberated from Japanese colonial rule. On this day, there is a longstanding tradition whereby South Korean presidents outline their vision for Korean unification – Korea has been divided between…

A tropical depression is dumping heavy rain in southern South Korea and the populous Seoul region after weakening from a tropical storm Some southern areas recorded up to 6 inches of rain and parts of the capital region had more than 3 inches as of Wednesday morning

Five aspiring boy-band members from the UK, a house in Seoul’s popular Itaewon district, and training at one of Korea’s leading K-pop talent agencies – this is the recipe offered up by Made in Korea: The K-Pop experience, a new BBC reality show.

A North Korean defected to the South by walking across the heavily fortified border that separates the peninsula, Seoul's military said Tuesday.

Residents of South Korea's capital are resorting to novel ways to beat the heat as a century-old weather record fell Friday following a 26th "tropical night" in a row -- when the temperature stays above 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit).