South Korea

South Korea president to take business tycoons to North

Sep 16, 2018 10:52

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will be taking several business tycoons — including Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong — with him to North Korea for a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
South Korea launches first missile-capable submarine

Sep 14, 2018 07:28

South Korea launched its first ever missile-capable attack submarine on Friday, despite a recent diplomatic thaw with the nuclear-armed North.
Korean officials meet to discuss past, future agreements

Sep 13, 2018 03:53

Military officials from South and North Korea have begun working-level talks to formulate the details of former agreements and lay out the contours of a deal to be signed at the end of an upcoming summit between the leaders of the two former foes.
South Korea reports first MERS case in three years

Sep 08, 2018 11:32

South Korea reported its first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in three years, health officials said on Saturday.
South Korean ex-president may face 20-year jail for corruption

Sep 06, 2018 14:39

Prosecutors in South Korea have demanded a 20-year prison term for former president Lee Myung-bak over bribery, abuse of power, embezzlement and tax evasion.
Koreas arrange new summit, North ‘committed to denuclearization’

Sep 06, 2018 05:48

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has reiterated his commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, state media report, as Pyongyang and Seoul arrange a third summit.
South Korean officials in North to arrange new summit

Sep 05, 2018 04:15

North Korea has received a high-ranking South Korean presidential delegation in Pyongyang for talks to arrange anther inter-Korean summit this month, as talks between Washington and Pyongyang have stalled over disagreements on denuclearization.
US military blocks proposed railway connecting North, South Korea

Sep 01, 2018 04:17

The United States has blocked a train project connecting North and South Korea amid deepening split between Washington and Pyongyang.
South Korea denies Israeli president’s official visit

Sep 01, 2018 02:06

South Korea has denied an official visit of Zionist regime’s President Reuven Rivlin to the country in a move that could trigger a diplomatic dispute between Tel Aviv and Seoul.
South Korea to dispatch special envoys to North to prepare for summit

Aug 31, 2018 14:22

South Korea will send special envoys to North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, on Wednesday to discuss the details of next month’s summit between the leaders of the two countries, a presidential spokesman says.