South Korea
Mexico ease past Korea
Carlos Vela and Javier Hernandez scored either side of the break as Mexico cruised to A 2-1 win over South Korea to moved one step closer to the last 16 in their Group F fixture at the Rostov Arena today.
23 June 2018
Bithumb freezes accounts after $31.5bn cryptocurrencies stolen
South Korea's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, says it lost 35 billion won ($31.5 million) worth of cryptocurrencies in a hacking attack, highlighting concerns that cryptocurrency exchanges are vulnerable to cyber attacks.
20 June 2018
Sweden edge past Korea
Andreas Granqvist converts from the spot as Sweden get their World Cup campaign to a winning start with a 1-0 win over South Korea on Monday.
18 June 2018
NKorea allows SKorea reporters to visit nuclear site, official says
North Korea has accepted a list of South Korean reporters to visit their nuclear testing site after a days-long tug of war with Seoul, South Korea’s unification ministry says.
23 May 2018
SKorea supports Bangladesh’s 1st int’l nursing conference
The South Korean international company called Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) shows grand support to Bangladesh’s first international nursing conference by providing them with a budget of US$13.75 million.
16 May 2018
North Korea to align with South's time zone as well
In initial small steps toward reconciliation, South Korea say it would remove loudspeakers that blared propaganda across the border, while North Korea says it would shift its clocks to align with its southern neighbor.
30 April 2018
China hails 'courage' of North, South Korean leaders
China heap praise on the leaders of the two Koreas for holding a landmark summit, calling their handshake over the Military Demarcation Line that divides the peninsula a "historic moment".
27 April 2018
US hopes Korean summit will lead to 'future of peace': WH
Donald Trump's White House voice hope that a Korean summit would "achieve progress toward a future of peace," as the leaders of the two countries sat down to talk.
27 April 2018
Korean leaders aim for end of war, "complete denuclearisation" after historic summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embrace after pledging to work for the "complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula," punctuating a day of smiles and handshakes at the first inter-Korean summit in more than a decade.
27 April 2018
SKorea turns off loudspeaker broadcasts into North before Korea summit
South Korea halts the propaganda broadcasts it blares across the border at North Korea ahead of their first summit in a decade, as US President Donald Trump cautioned the nuclear crisis on the peninsula was a long way from being resolved.
23 April 2018
SKorean kills neighbour's dog, invites him to share meat
A South Korean farmer killed and cooked a neighbour's barking dog before inviting its unsuspecting owner to join him for a dog-meat dinner, police say in a case that has sparked online outrage.
12 April 2018
SKorea's Park jailed for 24 years for corruption
South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye is jailed for 24 years for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country's first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule.
6 April 2018
S Korean delegation meets N Korean leader Kim
A South Korean delegation meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean official said, after arriving in the North on a visit aimed at encouraging North Korea and the United States to talk.
5 March 2018
No concerns over NKorea 'hijack': Olympics chief
Olympics chief Thomas Bach dismisses concerns that North Korea has tried to "hijack" the Winter Games for political purposes, as officials reveal he will visit the isolated country after the tournament in South Korea.
12 February 2018
Don't mention nukes: SKoreans learn how to talk to the enemy
When a hotel on South Korea's east coast is asked at short notice to host nearly 280 North Korean visitors, the problem is't finding enough rooms. It is to learn how not to offend them.
10 February 2018
Koreas share historic handshake at Olympic opening ceremony
It is a historic moment, and it happens even before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics had officially begun.
9 February 2018
NKorea teams arrive in South for pre-Olympics inspection
North Korean delegates arrive in South Korea to inspect venues and prepare cultural performances for next month's Winter Olympics, in the first visit by Pyongyang officials to the capitalist South for four years.
21 January 2018
Koreas to march together
The two Koreas will field a combined women's ice hockey team and march together under one flag at next month's Winter Olympics in the South, Seoul says, after a new round of talks amid a thaw in cross-border ties.
17 January 2018
SKorea, NKorea to hold working-level talks Jan 15
North Korea and South Korea agree to hold working-level talks at the Tongil Pavilion on the North Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjom on Jan 15, South Korea’s unification ministry says in a statement.
14 January 2018
NKorea says it will not discuss nuclear arms in talks with South
North Korea says it will not discuss its nuclear weapons in coming talks with Seoul because they are aimed only at the United States, not its "brethren" in South Korea.
9 January 2018