South Korea

Iran says Pride will go from its car industry

Oct 24, 2019 03:30

Iranian authorities say that Pride, a car model that has dominated the country’s market for more than two decades, will be dumped in early summer 2020 as reports emerge of a recession that has affected sales in the wider industry.
North Korea's leader orders South-built resort demolished

Oct 23, 2019 07:33

In what might be viewed as the latest sign of the frosty inter-Korean relations, North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un has ordered a tourist complex built by a Southern company on the North's Mount Kumgang to be razed and replaced with modern facilities.
N. Korea: Actions of US, South to blame for rising tensions on Korean Peninsula

Oct 21, 2019 09:47

North Korea blames actions of the neighboring South and the United States for rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, urging Washington and Seoul to find new solutions to help break an impasse in the diplomatic process with Pyongyang and resolve the standoff in the volatile region.
South Korea urged to act on stalled pharmaceutical exports to Iran

Oct 20, 2019 03:34

Iranian businesses and lawmakers are complaining that the South Korean government has not done enough to ensure that exports of pharmaceutical products to Iran continues despite American sanctions that have restricted banking transaction.
Protesters in South Korea attack US envoy’s residence

Oct 18, 2019 12:05

South Korean students have broken into the residence of the US ambassador in Seoul to protest American military presence in their country.
Typhoon Mitag kills 6 in South Korea

Oct 03, 2019 08:37

Six people were killed when Typhoon Mitag passed through South Korea on Thursday, October 3, Seoul said.
North Korea fires missile likely from submarine: South

Oct 02, 2019 06:59

North Korea has fired a projectile, most likely a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), which landed in waters near Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), South Korea says.
Trump, South Korea’s Moon discuss North Korea, sharing military costs

Sep 24, 2019 09:42

US President Donald Trump has met his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly to discuss resuming denuclearization talks with North Korea.
Thousands of South Koreans 'die' in protest against climate change

Sep 21, 2019 15:57

Thousands of South Koreans, led by activists, laid on the ground signifying their deaths in a demonstration to demand action on climate change ahead of next week's climate summit at the United Nations.
South Korea to develop new weapons system by 2023

Sep 17, 2019 08:50

South Korea is planning to develop a weapons system to detect and strike small drones and eventually larger aircraft, as part of the country’s program to modernize its military and despite efforts to defuse tensions with North Korea.