The Latest Breaking News from South Korea

Asian shares gain, with South Korea's Kospi up 6%, after the US Treasury expands its debt buybacks

Shares are mostly higher in Asia, with South Korea’s benchmark Kospi rebounding more than 6%

The Independent UK · Aug 20

North Korea fires suspected missile as US move to cut drills with South Korea 'changes nothing'

Pyongyang says scaling back US-South Korean military drills does not make them less provocative, as Japan says North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile towards the sea.

Euronews · Aug 20

South Korea rejects Trump's claim; estimates Kim Jong Un has 80-120 nuclear weapons

South Korea’s defence minister claimed on Thursday that North Korea possesses around 80 to 120 nuclear weapons, disputing US president Donald Trump’s claim that Pyongyang has 57.

The Times of India · Aug 20

Trump says he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un later this year

Trump's comments come just days after he announced that he had ordered US forces to scale back joint military drills with South Korea, which he said sent an "inappropriate and hostile" signal to Pyongyang.

Euronews · Aug 19

Korea's First Sovereign AI Appliance Ships: Domestic Chip, Domestic LLM, One Server

Sovereign AI appliance KT NPU LLM Station combines Rebellions ATOM-MAX inference chip and Mi:dm K 2.5 Pro language model in a single on-premises server, giving Korean regulated-sector organizations their first legally compliant path to generative AI under the mangjuri network-separation rules that block cloud AI access.

International Business Times · Aug 19

New NASA images show massive 60-foot crater created when SpaceX Falcon 9 stage hit the Moon

NASA released new photographs of the SpaceX rocket crater on the Moon. These images were captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. The crater measures approximately 60 feet across and less than 10 feet deep. Scientists are studying the disturbed lunar dust and underlying material. South Korea's Danuri orbiter also…

The Economic Times · Aug 19

North Korea dismisses Trump’s bid to woo Kim Jong Un at the expense of longstanding US ally

Trump and Kim met three times from 2018-2019 but their high-stakes diplomacy eventually fell apart

The Independent UK · Aug 19

Tickets for The Odyssey in South Korea sold for five times face value

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The Independent UK · Aug 19

South Korea turns to China as Trump warms up to Kim

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi arrived in Seoul on Wednesday for talks with South Korean officials, as US President Donald Trump’s push to revive diplomacy with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reshapes the security dynamics on the Korean Peninsula.

The Times of India · Aug 19

The Odyssey tickets being resold by touts at 5 times face value in South Korea

Tickets costing as little as £9 have been listed for more than £53, with three IMAX seats advertised for almost £158

The Independent UK · Aug 19