South Korea reported a record 1,097 new coronavirus cases on Sunday including an outbreak in a Seoul prison that infected 188 as the country's latest wave of COVID-19 worsens.

Prison reports major COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea

Kim Yo-jong, North Korea's de facto second-in-command, has been out of the public eye for more than a month, leaving the South Korean government and experts scrambling to find out what has happened to the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un.

Kim Yo-Jong disappears from public radar, expected to return by Oct 10

South Korea's central bank slashed its growth forecast Thursday, predicting the world's 12th-largest economy will contract 1.3 percent this year

South Korea Central bank cuts 2020 GDP outlook

South Korea is closing schools and returning to remote learning in the capital region as the country counted its 12th straight day

South Korea closes many schools again amid surge

More than 5,900 people from 11 provinces and cities left their homes, and some 4,600 of them remain at temporary shelters following warnings of disasters

Flooding near South Korea's Yongbyong plant | Intense rainfall in Korean peninsula | WION

Around 1,300 houses have been submerged or buried, while damage was also reported at 705 warehouses and cattle sheds.

South Korea battles floods: 14 killed after 42 days of rain | WION News | World News

Torrential rain pounded most of South Korea on Sunday, leaving six persons dead and seven others missing, officials said.

Over 360 people left homeless, several riverside structures damaged due to heavy rain | S Korea

As the pandemic continues to batter the global economy, South Korea has recently recorded its worst GDP growth since the Asian financial crisis

South Korea GDP to show recession; Factory activity shrinks