South Korean prosecutors have opened rare probe into North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister over Pyongyang's blowing up of a liaison office last month, officials said.

South Korean prosecutors open rare probe into North Korea's Kim Jong-un’s sister

South Korea has repealed the permission given to two defector groups for sending anti-North leaflets across the border in the aftermath of Pyongyang furiously denouncing their activities and blowing up a liaison office.

Seoul revokes permits of North Korean defector groups

A telecommunication regulator in South Korea has fined video-sharing app TikTok for 186 million Won or roughly $1,55,000 for mishandling children's data, amid growing concerns about users' privacy.

South Korean regulator fines TikTok over mishandling child data

In 1948, two separate governments were formed in North and South Korea. North Korea became a dictatorship. South Korea is a democracy. More than 70 years later, both countries are worlds apart.

Gravitas: The Story of the Two Koreas

North and South Korea have been a study in stark contrast ever since they got divided after World War II. With the declaration of the Soviet-Japanese War , North Korea was occupied by the Soviet Union and South Korea by the United States, with the boundary between their zones being the 38th parallel.

Story behind North and South Korea's contrasting disposition

The war between North and South Korea broke out exactly 70 years ago and ended with a ceasefire rather than a peace treaty, leaving the two Koreas still technically at war.

Time line of Korean war: History reveals stark contrast between North and South

The mayor of Seoul, a contender to be South Korea's next president and a former human rights lawyer, died by suicide a day after he was accused of sexual harassment.

Seoul mayor died by suicide a day after he was accused of sexual harassment

Park Won-soon, mayor of South Korea's capital Seoul, was found dead around midnight, hours after his daughter filed a missing report to police Thursday evening.

South Korea: Missing Seoul mayor found dead at MT Bugak

South Korean President Moon Jae-in was criticised on Thursday for sending condolence flowers to the funeral of a convicted sex offender's mother. Former provincial governor Ahn Hee-jung was once a rising star and came second to Moon in the race for the 2017 Democratic presidential nomination, but was convicted last year of sexual intercourse by abuse of authority after his female assistant accused him of repeatedly raping her.

S Korea's Moon under fire for sending flowers to sex offender's family funeral

Seoul mayor Park Won-soon, who suddenly went missing, has been found dead, police said, early on Friday. On Thursday, a massive search operation began in South Korea after the mayor of Seoul, Park Won-soon was reported missing.

South Korea: Missing Seoul mayor found dead

The United States has stressed the importance of resuming talks with North Korea, South Korea said on Thursday, even though North Korea has said it has no intention of returning to the negotiating table.

US sees importance of North Korea talks despite tension, South says

Indian police have arrested 12 LG Polymers officials, including its South Korean chief executive, an officer said on Wednesday, two months after a gas leak at the company's south India chemical plant killed 12.

India arrests South Korean CEO, 11 others for gas leak at LG Polymers

Former team mates of a South Korean triathlete found dead last month after alleging she had been abused by her coaching staff said on Monday athletes endured a living "hell" and were habitually beaten and verbally abused.

Late South Korea triathlete's team mates detail abuse allegations

A South Korean court on Monday rejected an extradition request by the United States for a man convicted of running one of the world's biggest child pornography websites.

South Korea court rejects child porn site operator's US extradition

Fast and furious: Countries that rushed to unlock economy now fear second wave of COVID-19

North Korea holding talks with the United States would be nothing more than "a political tool" for Washington, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Saturday, ahead of a US envoy's visit to South Korea.

Talks with US would be nothing more than 'a political tool' for Washington: North Korea

An augmented reality (AR) mirror at the new Seoul flagship boutique of cosmetics powerhouse Amorepacific makes easy work of seeing if that scarlet shade of lipstick or long-lash mascara suits you - without touching your face.

Through the looking glass: South Korean 'augmented reality' mirror allows touchless cosmetics shopping

North Korea has upped its anti-South Korea rhetoric, and recently took it a step further by bombing a joint liaison office symbolic of Korean unity and peace. The country claimed that South Korea had been smuggling anti-Kim leaflets across the border, in a bid to increase rates of defectors emerging from the country.

'Dirty, disgusting' depictions of Kim Jong-un's wife in leaflets may have set off a stronger anti-South rhetoric

South Korea and the US have come together to urge North Korea to implement the disarmament pledges it made in past talks. The two countries are aiming at a complete denuclearisation from North Korea's side.

South Korea and US ask North Korea to implement pre-planned denuclearisation plans

70 years of Korean War: How power games kept the peninsula divided

North Korea has suspended military action plans against South Korea, Reuters reported quoting the official KCNA news agency on Wednesday. The latest development comes amid report suggested North Korean troops were taking down loudspeakers recently reinstalled at the fortified border.

North Korea suspends military action plans against South Korea: Report

Kim Jong Un ordered the suspension of military actions against South Korea, a move that could ease tensions after North Korea blew up a liaison office built by Seoul and warned of further provocations.

Kim Jong Un suspends planned military moves against South Korea

North Korea is reinstalling loudspeakers blaring propaganda across the border in its latest step away from inter-Korean peace agreements, prompting the South's military to explore similar moves, a South Korean military source said on Tuesday.

North Korea seen reinstalling border loudspeakers; satellite pictures show liaison office standing but damaged

Around 4,000 recovered COVID-19 patients from a religious group at the centre of South Korea's largest outbreak are set to donate plasma for research, an official said on Tuesday.

South Korea church members, hit by COVID-19, to give plasma for research

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