South Korea

A South Korean oil tanker held for months by Iran amid a dispute over billions of dollars held in Seoul has been freed

Starbucks has pledged to discontinue disposable cups in South Korea by 2025 as it aims to cut its global landfill waste in half by the end of the decade.

North Korea says it will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic

Security footage captured a couple in Seoul, South Korea, accidentally vandalizing a painting worth $500,000 after thinking the display was participatory art.

North Korea has test-fired its first ballistic missiles since President Joe Biden took office as it expands its military capabilities and increases pressure on Washington while nuclear negotiations remain stalled

South Korea’s officials confirmed Thursday that North Korea had launched at least one unidentified projectile into its eastern waters.

North Korea fired short-range missiles this past weekend, just days after the sister of Kim Jong Un threatened the United States and South Korea for holding joint military exercises.

Pentagon chief, secretary of State announce first trips abroad as Biden looks to reset global relations.

The United States and South Korea have reached an agreement in principle on a new arrangement for sharing the cost of the American troop presence

In the last five year, Netflix has invested $700 million to expand its slate of Korean content.

A video of a baby giant panda clinging to a zookeeper’s leg in South Korea has gone viral.

Samsung’s launch is set to happen in the same week as the digital-only CES 2021.

The owners of a vessel seized by Iran say that armed Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops stormed a South Korean tanker the day before and forced the ship to travel to Iran

Iran has begun enriching uranium up to 20% at an underground facility and seized a South Korean-flagged oil tanker near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, further escalating tensions in the Middle East between Tehran and the West

After getting an “interim freeze deal,” CSIS’ Victor Cha said the U.S. should then try to “transform the political relationship” with North Korea.

Fifteen Asia-Pacific countries, including China, Japan, Australia and Singapore, on Sunday signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

Chinese nationalists are criticizing South Korean boy band BTS over a remark by its leader thanking Korean War veterans

The United States and South Korea will begin their annual joint military exercises this week

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has placed the city of Kaesong near the border with South Korea under lockdown over coronavirus concerns

Seoul’s city government held a funeral for late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, while a lawyer came forward with details about sexual harassment allegations against the late politician