Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday called for better ties with South Korea in talks with President Moon Jae-in, the first in months between leaders of the countries.

Japan PM urges better ties in call with South Korea's Moon

A South Korean official was shot dead after crossing a maritime border into North Korea, Seoul said Thursday.

North Korea accused of killing South Korean official and burning his body

Watch today in 'World Business Watch': A tentative deal between Hyundai Motors & its South Korean union to freeze wages.

A tentative deal between Hyundai Motors & its South Korean union to freeze wages

South Korea on Sunday extended level two social distancing for a week until September 27, which limits indoor gatherings to below 50 and outdoor to less than 100, and may tighten limits for the Chuseok holiday when people traditionally reunite with families.

South Korea keeps social distancing curbs ahead of major national holiday

South Korea's first Wuhan virus cluster was traced back to a church. The latest cluster in Seoul has been traced back to a church event. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how the battle between churches and the state raised the coronavirus risk in South Korea.

Gravitas: When Churches become super-spreader hosts

The way obsessive piety has crippled the fight against the Wuhan virus shows that reason cannot triumph religion. Despite being hailed for its gold-standard response against COVID-19, South Korea fell is battling a massive surge in cases because of a church for the second time.

Churches are becoming South Korea's coronavirus battleground

An Italian-themed restaurant in Seoul is now promising the safe delivery of food to tables, keeping in line with coronavirus-proof social distancing measures, not done by humans, but by robots.

A.I. robot serves customers at Seoul restaurant amid coronavirus restrictions

September 14 in history: From formation of OPEC to assassination of an Afghan President

A South Korean vigilante website that published personal details of people it accused of sex crimes suddenly shut down after a public backlash sparked by the death of one of its targets.

S Korean vigilante website targetting sex crimes shuts down amid outcry

After wrecking Japan, Typhoon Haishen makes landfall in South Korea

South Korea’s factory output grew for a second straight month in July, after marking the fastest growth since 2009 in June, though a resurgence in coronavirus infections is expected to further weigh on the economy.

Second straight monthly rise registered in South Korean factories

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

Holidays in popular destinations such as Bali or Hawaii are not possible this year for South Koreans due to the coronavirus pandemic. So some are bringing vacation spots into their homes by transforming their apartments into where they would've been had the outbreak not happened.

South Koreans turn homes into Bali resort, camp site amid pandemic

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

South Korean authorities reported the highest daily rise in novel coronavirus cases since early March on Sunday, saying tougher social distancing rules may be needed as outbreaks continued to spread from a Seoul church and other gatherings.

South Korea reports biggest rise in coronavirus cases since March

Chang Song-min, a former aide of South Korea’s late president Kim Dae-Jung has added to fuel to the speculations regarding North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's deteriorating health.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un in coma? A former South Korean diplomat claims!

With the fears of a second wave of coronavirus in the country, South Korea has decided to reimpose social distancing regulations to contain the spread of the virus, especially in the capital city, Seoul.

South Korea: Social distancing regulations reimposed in Seoul amid rise in cases

South Korea said on Saturday it held talks with China's top diplomat over trade, denuclearisation and the coronavirus response, in the first visit by a high-level Beijing official since the COVID-19 pandemic erupted late last year.

China, South Korea hold highest-level talks since COVID-19 outbreak

According to South Korea's spy agency North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has assigned more responsibilities to his aides, including his sister Kim Yo-jong.

Kim's sister profile in North Korea increases: Kim Yo Jong gets more power

South Korea and the United States began annual military exercises on Tuesday following a coronavirus delay, with the drills likely to infuriate the North which has long considered them rehearsals for invasion.

US, South Korea begin joint military drills after virus delay

South Korea reported a three-digit increase in novel coronavirus cases for a fifth day on Tuesday as authorities scrambled to trace hundreds of members of a church congregation, and the military locked down bases to stop the spread of the virus.

South Korea traces church members, confines troops to base as virus spreads

Thousands of Protestant church members in Seoul have been asked to quarantine as South Korea battles virus clusters linked to religious groups. The country's "trace, test and treat" approach has been held up as a global model in how to curb the virus.

Thousands of church members in South Korea quarantined over coronavirus

South Korea accused the leader of a religious sect on Sunday of violating self-isolation rules and obstructing investigations into the country’s biggest outbreak of new coronavirus in five months.

South Korea accuses religious sect leader as COVID-19 cases surge

President Moon Jae-in vowed on Friday to spotlight the plight of South Korea's last few surviving "comfort women", as those forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels are known, in efforts to resolve a dispute with its neighbour over the thorny issue.

South Korea's Moon Jae In to focus on victims in 'comfort women' dispute with Japan

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