South Korea
South Korea PM may resign after opposition’s midterm victory
President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has three years remaining in office and has been contending with low approval ratings and a liberal opposition-controlled parliament that has constrained his major policy platforms, has been dealt a devastating political setback by the election results. Parliamentary elections in South Korea have been won by the liberal opposition party by an overwhelming margin; senior ruling party politicians have reportedly offered to resign in the wake of the devastating defeat.
South Korea arrests North Korean defector boat
A small boat transporting North Korean defectors who allegedly entered South Korean waters has been apprehended, according to Seoul’s military. ...
South Korea: 35 dead by severe rain and landslides.
Seven bodies were extracted from a flooded tunnel where 15 vehicles were stranded in murky water, as days of heavy ...
South Korea will standardize ages in 2023.
On official documents, South Koreans are expected to become one or possibly two years younger. Thursday, the South Korean parliament ...
South Korea announces national mourning after Halloween crowd crush kills 151.
Saturday night, according to emergency officials, a large crowd partying in the trendy Itaewon district poured into a tight lane, ...
North Korea claims that its missile tests simulated a nuclear strike on South Korea.
North Korea claims that its latest missile bombardment was a “simulation” of a nuclear attack against the South. Intelligence indicates ...
South Korea again records the lowest fertility rate in the world.
South Korea has once again registered the lowest fertility rate in the world, with the number reaching a new low. ...