The Latest Breaking News from South

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Tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea threatens nuclear action against South Korea, met with defiance and strong responses.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would use nuclear weapons "without hesitation" if attacked by the South and ally the United States, state media reported Friday.

Recent tensions between North and South Korea escalate as threats of nuclear action and provocative actions increase.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked

North Korea launches trash balloons towards South Korea, escalating tensions with retaliatory actions from South Korea.

The Associated Press interviewed and photographed dozens of South Koreans for a detailed look at the nation’s stark division over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s headlong pursuit of nuclear-tipped missiles targeting the South and its major ally and protector, the United States

China continued its unrivalled supremacy in para table tennis on Friday night, taking away both of the first two gold medals in the women’s doubles. The doubles format, which returned to the Paralympics this year for the first time since 1976, has so far proved disappointing for the French contenders,…

Near the heavily fortified border that divides North and South Korea, a monitoring device is working 24-7 -- not tracking missiles or troop movements, but catching malaria-carrying mosquitoes that may cross the border.

South Korea held a nationwide drill on Thursday that sowed confusion in the capital as traffic was brought to a standstill and thousands of civilians practised emergency evacuations.

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