More than 200 schools in four cities and provinces decide to temporarily close to prevent Middle East respiratory syndrome infection among students, Korea’s top education official says.

US military accidentally sent live anthrax samples to as many as nine labs across the country and to a US military base in South Korea, the Pentagon says.

30 women activists cross the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea in an attempt to promote peace.

North Korea has abruptly cancelled UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's visit one day before he was due to arrive.

The biggest ever global school rankings is published, with Asian countries in the top five places and African countries at the bottom.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un orders the execution of 15 people this year, including several top officials, South Korean intelligence says.

South Korea's Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo offers to resign after facing accusations of accepting bribes.

Unidentified gunmen fire shots at the South Korean embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli today killing two local security guards, South Korean and Libyan officials say

North Korea says it has arrested two South Korean men who it accused of spying for Seoul

North Korea rejects South Korean calls for an apology over the sinking of a warship Cheonan which went down five years ago with the loss of 46 lives

Foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea are meeting for their first talks in three years

US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, injured by a knife-wielding attacker in Seoul

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveils its latest Galaxy S smartphones, featuring a slim body made from aircraft-grade metal, in a bid to reclaim the throne of undisputed global smartphone leader from Apple Inc

North Korea fires two short-range missiles into the sea as US-South Korea military exercises get under way

South Korea's Constitutional court is set to rule on an adultery law, which punishes cheating spouses with a sentence of up to two years in prison