Fed Up, South Korean Women Swear Off Men
A growing number of South Korean women are banding together to reject rigid patriarchal norms and vowing never to wed, have children or even date and have sex.
Read moreSouth Korea
US Walks Out of Defense Meeting With South Korea
U.S. officials on Tuesday walked out of negotiations with South Korea over demands that Seoul increase its contributions to maintaining the U.S. military presence on its soil.
Read moreSeoul Court Case Begins on Tokyo’s WWII Sex Slavery
Former South Korean wartime sex slaves went to court in Seoul Wednesday to demand compensation from the Japanese government, in a case that is likely to exacerbate tensions between the neighbors.
Read moreSouth Korea Deports North Koreans Who Killed 16
In an extremely unusual case, South Korea deported two North Korean fishermen on Thursday after finding they had killed 16 other crew members on their boat and then fled to South Korean waters, Seoul officials said.
Read more
Petulant Kim Orders South’s Buildings Destroyed in the North
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the destruction of South Korean-made hotels and other tourist facilities at the North’s Diamond Mountain resort, apparently because Seoul won’t defy international sanctions and resume South Korean tours at the site.
Read moreStudents Break Into US Envoy’s Residence in Seoul
Nearly 20 pro-Pyongyang South Korean students broke into the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Seoul Friday, displaying banners demanding Harry Harris leave the country, in an embarrassing security breach.
Read moreFeds Indict Hundreds Linked to World’s Largest Child-Porn Site
Hundreds of people in the United States and around the world were charged Wednesday in a bust of what the Department of Justice is calling the internet’s largest cache of child porn.
Read more
North Korea Holds South Korea to 0-0 in World Cup Qualifier
North Korea held South Korea to a 0-0 draw Tuesday in a World Cup qualifying soccer match, though it is unclear how many people saw the game in Pyongyang.
Read moreCyber-Bullied K-Pop Star Found Dead at Her Home
A popular K-pop star who had long been the target of abusive online comments was found dead at her home Monday, South Korean police said.
Read moreSeoul Expects US-North Korea Talks to Resume Soon
South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers in a private briefing Tuesday that nuclear negotiations between the United States and North Korea will likely resume within two to three weeks, according to one of the lawmakers who attended the session.
Read more
Seoul Sends Big Corruption Cases to New Trials
South Korea’s top court on Thursday sent jailed ex-President Park Geun-hye’s corruption case back to a lower court for separate trials on the charges on which she was convicted, a ruling that could increase her already-lengthy prison term.
Read more
South Korea Cancels Japan Intelligence Deal in Trade Dispute
South Korea will stop exchanging classified intelligence on North Korea with Japan amid a bitter trade dispute, an official said Thursday, a surprise announcement that is likely to set back U.S. efforts to bolster security cooperation with two of its most important allies in Asia.
Read more
North Korea Fires More Missiles, Snubs the South
North Korea on Friday bluntly criticized South Korean President Moon Jae-in for continuing to hold military exercises with the United States and for his rosy comments on inter-Korean diplomacy, and said Pyongyang has no plans to talk with Seoul.
Read more
South Korea to Remove Japan From Preferred Trade List
South Korea said Monday that it will remove Japan from a list of nations receiving preferential treatment in trade in what is seen as a tit-for-tat move after Tokyo’s recent decision to downgrade Seoul’s trade status amid a diplomatic row.
Read more
North Korea Says US, South Lack ‘Political Will’ on Peace Talks
North Korea on Tuesday said U.S.-South Korean war games are a “flagrant violation” of efforts to reach peace on the Korean peninsula and reflect a lack of “political will” to improve relations.
Read moreNorth Korea Launches ‘Multiple Unidentified Projectiles’
North Korea launched “multiple unidentified projectiles” on Wednesday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, days after firing two missiles as a warning over Seoul’s plan for military drills with the United States.
Read moreS. Korea Fires 360 Warning Shots at Russian Warplane
South Korean air force jets fired 360 rounds of warning shots after a Russian military plane briefly violated South Korea’s airspace twice on Tuesday, Seoul officials said, in the first such incident between the countries.
Read moreSouth Korea Says the North Fired a Second Weapon
North Korea on Thursday fired at least one unidentified projectile from the country’s western area, South Korea’s military said, the North’s second weapons launch in the last five days and a warning that nuclear disarmament talks with Washington could be in danger.
Read moreSouth Korean Court Orders Easing of Decades-Old Abortion Ban
In a major reversal, South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered the easing of the country’s decades-old ban on most abortions, one of the strictest in the developed world.
Read more