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

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

You can generally tell when Vladimir Putin appears rattled by an adverse event in his war on Ukraine. He (or one of his proxies) ramps up the bloodcurdling rhetoric. And so it is with Ukraine’s “Spiderweb” drone attack on four airbases inside Russia, which reportedly destroyed or damaged as many…

The South Korean, who once followed an old man’s decade-long search for wild ginseng, has found the perfect subject – full of frothy seas, imposing rocks and smoky clouds

The new South Korean president, Lee Jae-myung, calls himself a foreign policy “pragmatist”. He says he is driven by South Korea’s national interest, rather than ideology, and has spoken of his desire to improve relations with China and North Korea.

We rarely cover cars sold exclusively in China, but we’re willing to make an exception on occasion if there’s a compelling reason. Geely’s latest product meets the criteria with its unusual name, impressive driving range, and the simple fact that it’s not another SUV. Roughly the same size as a…

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

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

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.

New satellite imagery shows Pyongyang has managed to upright damaged destroyer