The Latest Breaking News from South Korea

South Korea’s parliament endorses landmark legislation outlawing dog meat industry

South Korea’s parliament has endorsed legislation outlawing the country's dog meat industry

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2024

South Korea's gender imbalance is bad news for men − outnumbering women, many face bleak marriage prospects

South Korea’s bachelor time bomb is about to really go off. Following a historic 30-year-long imbalance in the male-to-female sex ratio at birth, young men far outnumber young women in the country. As a result, some 700,000 to 800,000 “extra” South Korean boys born since the mid-1980s may not be…

The Conversation · Jan 8, 2024

'Soldiers of Christ' killing unsettles Korean Americans in Georgia and stokes fear of cults

The slaying of a South Korean woman during an initiation process for a group that called itself Soldiers of Christ has shocked the large Korean American community in metro Atlanta

The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2024

South Korea says the North has again fired artillery shells near their sea border

South Korea says North Korea has conducted a new round of artillery firing drills near the rivals’ disputed sea boundary

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2024

North and South Korea conduct provocative military drills along their sea boundary

The rival Koreas fired artillery rounds into the sea as part of provocative drills along their disputed sea boundary Friday, in violation of the fragile 2018 inter-Korean agreement.

WEKU · Jan 5, 2024

North Korea Launches Intense Shelling in Yellow Sea; Seoul Answers with Live Fire Drills

Pyongyang launched more than 200 artillery rounds in the maritime buffer zone as bordering areas in the south were evacuated

Latin Times · Jan 5, 2024

North Korea fires artillery rounds near its disputed sea boundary with South

It comes amid high tensions between the two neighbouring countries

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2024

North Korea fires artillery at South, escalating tensions

Get the latest update on the tension between North and South Korea as artillery rounds are fired. No injuries or damage reported so far.

Top News · Jan 5, 2024

Kim Jong Un's daughter 'most likely' successor to North Korean leader, South's spy agency says

It is the first time the South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) has acknowledged Kim Ju Ae as her father's heir

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2024

N. Korea Fires Artillery Shells Near S. Korean Islands: Seoul

North Korea fired more than 200 artillery shells near two South Korean islands on Friday, Seoul's defence ministry said, warning the actions threatened peace and it would respond.

International Business Times · Jan 5, 2024