South Korea may ban Google and Apple from requiring software developers to use their payment systems. It will be the first such curbs on the tech companies by a major economy.

World Business Watch: South Korea set to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

The US special envoy for North Korea was due to meet his South Korean counterpart on Monday, as the two allies look for ways to entice Pyongyang back to talks over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes.

US, South Korea envoys discuss jumpstarting talks with North Korea

South Korea plans to grant 'legal status' to animals to protect them from abuse. Which other countries have a similar law? Are animals 'legal things' or living beings? Is our approach to animal welfare selective? Palki Sharma has this to say.

Gravitas: South Korea to grant 'legal status' to animals

South Korea plans to amend its civil code to grant animals legal status said Choung Jae-min, the justice ministry's director-general of legal counsel. The amendment, which must still be approved by parliament, likely during its next regular session in September, would make South Korea one of a handful of countries to recognise animals as beings, with a right to protection, enhanced welfare and respect for life.

'Not an object': South Korea to grant legal status to animals to tackle abuse, abandonment

South Korea plans to amend its civil code to grant animals legal status. The amendment, which must still be approved by parliament, likely during its next regular session in September, would make South Korea one of a handful of countries to recognise animals as beings, with a right to protection, enhanced welfare and respect for life.

South Korea to grant legal status to animals to tackle abuse, abandonment

Trolls are asking South Korean Olympic medallist An San to return her medal over her so-called boyish looks. Why is misogyny so entrenched in South Korea? What triggered this anti-feminism backlash? Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: Anti-feminism backlash in South Korea

Samsung Electronics' Vice Chairman Lee Jae-Yong was paroled on Friday after serving more than half of a 30-month prison term for corruption. This has raised questions about equality in South Korea where convicted business tycoons receive leniency.

Samsung Electronics' Vice Chairman Lee Jae-Yong paroled after serving term for corruption

Reports say politicians in South Korea are seeking to criminalise so-called "semen terrorism" after cases of men secretly ejaculating into women’s belongings were punished for “property damage” leading to widespread anger among women in the country.

'Semen terrorism' angers women in South Korea

South Korean and US will go ahead with joint military drills this week. Despite a warning from North Korea that the drills will set back progress in improving inter-Korean relations. Commenting on the drills, Kim Yo Jong sister of North Korean politician Kim Jong Un had said, "The drills are an unwelcome, self-destructive action" that threaten the North Korean people and raise tensions on the Korean peninsula.

South Korea, US go ahead with joint military drills despite warning from North Korea

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a senior official of the ruling Workers' Party, warned the South last week that holding the drills with US would impact efforts to reconstruct bilateral relations.

Kim's sister slams US, South Korea over joint drills

As hot weather conditions lifted prices of fresh food in South Korea consumer inflation accelerated. The consumer price index (CPI) last month rose 2.6% year-on-year, Statistics Korea data showed on Tuesday, accelerating from a 2.4% increase in June and beating a 2.4% increase tipped in a Reuters survey.

Hot weather conditions lift prices of fresh food in South Korea

South Korea said on Monday no decision has yet been made on its joint military exercises with the United States but they should not create tension, after North Korea warned the South against holding the exercises amid signs of a thaw in relations.

Seoul says no decision on US drills, but exercises should not create North Korea tension

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, has slammed the planned military drills between the US and South Korea. The leader's sister said the planned military exercise between the US and South Korea can "becloud" relations between the two countries.

Kim Yong Un's sister slams planned military drills between US and South Korea

In its highest-ever daily increase, South Korea on Wednesday reported 1,896 new COVID-19 cases for Tuesday, as the country struggles to battle with the fourth wave.

South Korea reports highest COVID-19 daily count

The leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to resume suspended communication lines and enhance ties, according to South Korea. President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un achieved such an agreement, according to the presidential office in Seoul, following multiple rounds of letter exchanges since April.

North and South Korea agree to restore communication channels, improve ties

Representatives from both sides spoke on the phone for three minutes, according to South Korea's Ministry of Unification.

North Korea, South Korea agree to restore communication channels

A South Korean team of 60 members is involved in serving food to South Korean athletes taking part in Tokyo olympics. The country has run its own food programmes at Tokyo Games every time to make its athletes feel at home.

South Korea team offers catering service to its athletes

U.S. archer Mackenzie Brown bemoaned the lack of fans on Saturday after she and Brady Ellison, number two seeds in mixed archery, crashed out, as South Korea won its first Tokyo 2020 gold with a record-breaking run.

Tokyo Olympics: South Korea wins first Tokyo gold as U.S. mixed archer bemoans lack of fans

K-pop boyband BTS is truly a global phenomenon. The band of seven will be addressing the United Nations General Assembly once again. The group has been appointed as the "Special Presidential Envoy for Future Generations and Culture' by the President of South Korea Moon Jae In.

BTS to attend the UN General Assembly again, appointed as Special Presidential Envoy for Culture

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will hold their first in-person summit on Friday, coinciding with the start of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan's Yomiuri newspaper reported on Monday.

Japan's Suga, S Korea's Moon to hold first summit meeting on Friday: Report

South Korea is hoping four of its Getbol tidal flats will be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. About a million birds from 300 different species use the flats as a stopover each year, according to UNESCO.

South Korea's tidal flats considered for UNESCO World Heritage status

Following the usual 'traditional' guidelines, North Korea’s younger generation has been warned by Kim Jong-un’s officials to follow the country’s standard language, rather than using slang.

Use 'superior' language, not South's slang: Kim Jong-un's North Korea warns young people

Multiple posts on Kopas, an online forum for Korea University students, accused the South Korean government of failing to secure more vaccines and scapegoating young people, garnering dozens of supportive comments.

Young South Koreans fight 'click war' in hunt for COVID-19 vaccines

Although several gymgoers love good tunes to help them get through intense workouts, it seems to be a no-go zone in South Korea as per the new Covid-19 rules. The options of music have been reduced drastically by the measures.

Slower music in South Korean gyms, all thanks to Covid rules

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