The Latest Breaking News from South Korea

I’ve Been Gatekeeping this Korean Perfume Brand—Each Scent is *So* Unique, and it's Finally Launched in the UK

The antidote to smelling like everyone else

Marie Claire · Jun 8, 2025

‘Internal cause’ suspected after North Korea hit by major internet outage

Reclusive country’s entire internet infrastructure wasn’t showing up on monitoring systems for several hours before it started coming back slowly around midday

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025

Watch as ex-Celtic striker scores to send his country to 2026 World Cup

Former Celtic striker Hyeon-gyu Oh scored to send South Korea to the 2026 World Cup this morning.

The National (Scotland) · Jun 6, 2025

Lee Jae Myung calls South Korean presidential office a ‘graveyard’ after shambolic handover of power

President is likely to move his office back to Blue House, which was abandoned by president Yoon Suk Yeol

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025

A smuggled North Korean smartphone reveals how the regime censors information

Measures include automatically replacing popular South Korean words with regime-approved terms and recording screenshots of user activity for officials to review.

Fortune · Jun 4, 2025

South Korea election: Lee Jae-myung takes over a country split by gender politics

Liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung has won South Korea’s snap presidential election with a clear lead. With all of the ballots counted, Lee won almost 50% of the vote, ahead of his conservative rival Kim Moon-soo on 41%. He takes over a country that is deeply divided along gender lines.

The Conversation · Jun 4, 2025

South Korean media suggests Kim Jong Un’s hair greyed by warship debacle stress as vessel is finally refloated

New satellite imagery shows Pyongyang has managed to upright damaged destroyer

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025

Lee Jae Myung wins big in South Korea election – now he faces his toughest challenge yet

ANALYSIS: Lee Jae Myung takes on the leadership of South Korea with one of the strongest public mandates in decades – but also facing the daunting task of renegotiating Seoul’s relationship with the US, its most important ally. Shweta Sharma reports

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025

Tottenham will only let captain Son Heung-min leave for significant fee

The South Korean forward scored 11 times for Spurs last season but is about to enter the final year of his contract.

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025

A Czech deal to build nuclear reactors worth $18 billion is unblocked after a court clears the way

A deal to build at least two nuclear reactors in Czechia has been unblocked after an appeals court dismissed a lower court ruling that blocked the government from signing a deal with South Korea’s KHNP power utility

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025