Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from South Korea

Hyundai To Invest $85.4 Billion To Become Smart Mobility Provider

South Korean automaker to dedicate $30.7 billion to EVs, with plans to develop 13 new models and establish dedicated factories.

Zenger

Tottenham supporters will love Son Heung-min's response to £50m Saudi transfer links

The Spurs attacker was questioned about the reports linking him with a £50m-plus move to Saudi Arabia after his latest South Korea friendly

Football London

Hyundai Will Consider Tesla NACS Charging Connector

Hyundai Motor will consider the switch from the CCS1 to the Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) charging connector in North America.

InsideEVs

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

2024 Kia EV9 Deliveries Have Already Begun In South Korea

Kia expects the EV9 to become a conquest vehicle as 55 percent of pre-orders placed by private customers are from people who are new to the brand.

InsideEVs

They did DNA tests to verify they were sisters. By accident, they found their birth father.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Other than the fact that they both are clearly Asian, Becca Webster and Dee Iraca don’t look alike.

Tribune News Service

Police arrest four S Korean fugitives

Four South Korean nationals who evaded arrest in their country by fleeing to Thailand have been arrested for overstaying their visas, the Immigration Bureau said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Jurgen Klinsmann delivers new Son Heung-min injury update after surgery

The South Korea boss and former Tottenham striker has been speaking about current Spurs attacker and the national captain as he recovers

Football London

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Terra's Do Kwon sentenced to 4 months in a Balkan prison for document forgery

Do Kwon is also awaiting Montenegro's decision on whether to extradite him to the U.S. or South Korea.

Fortune

Thanks to Netflix, this tiny Swiss town has more visitors than locals

The small fishing village of Iseltwald, Switzerland, is home to just about 400 people. Located on the southern shore of Lake Brienz, it’s long been quiet and uneventful, rarely visited by outsiders — until a popular South Korean TV show put it on the map for global travelers, practically overnight.

Tribune News Service

North Korea calls failed spy satellite launch 'the most serious' shortcoming, vows 2nd launch

A North Korean state media report says top officials have vowed to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite during a recently ended meeting of the ruling party

The Independent UK

Oh 'ashamed' by South Korea debut as Celtic hitman draws blank on international scene

Oh Hyeon-gyu made his South Korea debut yesterday under Jurgen Klinsmann's watchful eye.

Glasgow Live

Death from overwork: young Koreans rebel against culture of long hours

Hard graft is ingrained in South Korean society, but when the state proposed a 69-hour week, it was had to back down as millennials and gen-Zers opt out of traditional working practices

The Guardian - UK

South Korean Tom Kim equals US Open record

The 20-year-old from South Korea made birdies on the first, third, fourth, sixth, eighth and ninth.

The Independent UK

Govt to promote new silk products for export

Thailand is planning to promote premium silk products to target young buyers in Japan, South Korea and Italy, government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan-U.S.-ROK summit eyed for D.C. in August

The top leaders of Japan, the United States and South Korea plan to hold a meeting in Washington in August, informed sources said.

Evening Standard

North Korea holds defence talks as US sends nuclear submarine to region

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un held a key political conference after the United States deployed a nuclear-powered submarine capable of carrying about 150 Tomahawk missiles to South Korea on Friday.

Bangkok Post

BTS fans pack Seoul park for 10th anniversary

SEOUL: An estimated 150,000 people gathered in South Korea’s capital on Saturday evening as fans from around the globe commemorated the 10th anniversary of the debut of the K-Pop boy band juggernaut BTS.

Al Jazeera

N Korea opens key party meeting to discuss defence, diplomacy

N Korea leader Kim Jong Un attends meeting on diplomatic, defence strategy amid ‘changed international situation’.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

North Korea: fears of a new famine after three years of COVID isolation and harsh repression

Three years after COVID-19 hit, people around the world have regained their freedom to move between countries. All except in one country: North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Bangkok Post

SCB X and KakaoBank eye virtual banking

SCB X Plc is teaming up with KakaoBank of South Korea to set up a consortium to apply for a virtual bank licence from the Bank of Thailand.

The Guardian - UK

If the UK is really moved by starvation in North Korea, demand an end to cruel sanctions

UN bans aimed at transgressive regimes always hurt the poor and innocent, leaving rulers such as Kim Jong-un unscathed, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Independent UK

US guided-missile submarine arrives in South Korea, a day after North Korea resumes missile tests

The United States has deployed a nuclear-powered submarine capable of carrying about 150 Tomahawk missiles to South Korea

Al Jazeera

Seoul salvages part of rocket from North Korea’s failed launch

Pyongyang attempted to send its first military spy satellite into orbit last month, but the rocket crashed into the sea.

Fortune

Do Kwon to be taken into extradition custody as Montenegro considers South Korea's request

Both South Korea and the U.S. have requested to extradite the disgraced crypto founder.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Survey: Over 40% see good relations for Japan, S. Korea

More than 40% of residents in both Japan and South Korea consider the state of the bilateral relationship "good," significantly higher than in 2022, according to the latest joint survey conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun and South Korean newspaper Hankook Ilbo.

1 … 194 195 196 197

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.