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Defectors who fled North Korea early this month decided to do so because of the country's strict COVID-19 controls, South Korea's spy agency said on Friday.

Seoul (AFP) - Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska met South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Tuesday as a special representative of her husband, President Volodymyr Zelensky.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit South Korea on May 21 and hold a summit with President Yoon Suk Yeol, news agency Yonhap reported on Thursday.

Police are investigating the death of the singer for the boy band Astro, but have so far found no signs of foul play, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit the United States next week for a summit with President Joe Biden as the allies grapple for ways to handle the challenge posed by North Korea's growing nuclear and missile arsenal.

Documents dating from February suggest looming risk to Ukraine’s ability to protect troops and vital sites from Russian airpower

Kim Jong Un maintains his nuclear weapons are focused on defending North Korea against a hostile US and South Korea.

North Korea fired four cruise missiles off its east coast on Wednesday as its rivals South Korea and the United States held joint military exercises, the South Korean military said.

South Korean prosecutors indicted opposition leader Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday on corruption charges in a $1 billion property development scandal dating to his previous stint as a mayor, the Yonhap news agency said.

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled their plan to invest $230 billion over the next 20 years in a new semiconductor production mega cluster in South Korea. The country's government believes that the new chip manufacturing site and the expansion of existing fabs will make South Korea the world's largest producer of…

Court rules that So Seong-wook and Kim Yong-min should be treated the same as a heterosexual couple by state insurer.