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The Latest Breaking News from South Korea

South Korea’s Yoon left humbled by opposition election landslide

President Yoon Suk-yeol promises changes, top aides quit, after opposition parties sweep National Assembly elections.

Al Jazeera

South Korea breezes through first day of League of Legends competition in Asian Games esports

South Korea’s League of Legends team has breezed through its first day of competition at the Asian Games and was bolstered by a strong performance by top player Lee Sang-hyeok

The Independent UK

Putin, Kim gift each other guns at meeting, and a Russian space glove

Russia’s Putin presented North Korea’s Kim with a Russian rifle of the ‘highest quality’ and received a gun in return.

Al Jazeera

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U.S., South Korea stage table-top nuclear drill focused on North Korea

U.S. and South Korean officials took part in a simulated "table-top" exercise that focused on the possibility of North Korea using a nuclear weapon, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Reuters

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles: Seoul's military

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, Seoul's military said, the latest in a flurry of sanctions-busting weapons tests.

AFP

More South Korean adoptees demand probes into their cases

Nearly 400 South Koreans adopted as children by families in the West have requested South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigate their adoptions through Friday’s application deadline, as Seoul faces growing pressure to reckon with a child export frenzy driven by dictatorships that ruled the country until the 1980s

The Independent UK

Ex-South Korean official arrested over case of man slain by North Korea

A former South Korean national security advisor was arrested on Saturday over his suspected manipulation of a 2020 case where a fisheries official was killed at sea by North Korean troops.

Reuters

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World Cup 2022: Ghana staff member takes selfie with despondent Heung-min Son after victory over South Korea

South Korea’s World Cup dream took a major blow against Ghana on Monday.

Evening Standard

Son Heung-min angrily confronts Anthony Taylor after South Korea suffer World Cup defeat

Anthony Taylor was surrounded by South Korea's players and manager Paulo Bento after not allowing the team to take a corner deep into injury time in their defeat by Ghana

Daily Mirror

Tottenham ace Son Heung-min details injury nightmare and his message to physios before World Cup

Son Heung-min has had his say on his recent injury and managing to return in time for the World Cup

Football London

$Son declares himself fit for World Cup after eye socket fracture$

Son declares himself fit for World Cup after eye socket fracture

London (AFP) - South Korean star Son Heung-min allayed fears he could miss the World Cup on Wednesday as he told fans he "can't wait to represent our beautiful country" in Qatar.

AFP

'Potential heartbreaker': South Korea sweats on Son's World Cup fate

Seoul (AFP) - South Korean football fans were nervously following the saga of Son Heung-min's facial injury on Friday and fear their World Cup will be ruined if the influential skipper is ruled out.

AFP

South Korean fans abuse Marseille defender online after Son injury

Seoul (AFP) - South Korean football fans have subjected Marseille's Chancel Mbemba to a torrent of abuse online, some of it racist, and demanded he apologise to Son Heung-min with the forward's World Cup in doubt.

AFP

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles, Seoul military says

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan early Wednesday, Seoul's military said, just one day after President Joe Biden wrapped up his first Asia visit as US leader.

AFP

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After Terra, Luna crashes, regulators count cost of crypto

Spectacular collapse of stablecoin puts focus on regulatory frameworks in South Korea and Singapore.

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