It is "more important than anything" to keep up the momentum for talks between the United States and North Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in told Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday.

US-North Korea talks 'more important than anything', South Korea tells China

South Korean and US special forces troops recently conducted drills simulating the infiltration of an enemy facility, as tensions with North Korea ratchet up ahead of a year-end deadline.

South Korea, US commandos practice raiding enemy facility as North Korea tensions rise

Hong Kong football fans booed as the Chinese national anthem was played on Wednesday before their team's clash with China in South Korea as the political turmoil that has gripped the former British colony spilt over to the sports world.

Hong Kong fans boo national anthem ahead of soccer match with China

US President Donald Trump has accused South Korea of being a rich nation that is profiting off the US military forces, which are stationed in the country as a legacy of the 1950-1953 Korean War and continued threats from North Korea.

Seoul, Washington fail to agree on cost of US troops; US denies $5 billion demand

Senior Japanese and South Korean trade officials met on Monday for the first time since Japan imposed controls on exports to its neighbor of high-technology materials, plunging testy relations between the US allies into a new crisis.

Japan, South Korea meet over trade dispute but no quick fix seen

A 13-year-old Burnley fan ejected from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday for an alleged racist gesture directed at Spurs' South Korea forward Son Heung-Min is being investigated by police, the Lancashire club said on Monday.

Football: Burnley fan, 13, investigated for alleged racist gesture towards Son

As the monkeypox virus continues to spread, Germany confirmed the first case in a four-year-old child. German health officials detected the virus in a girl reportedly living with two infected adults.

South Korea jails three executives of Samsung Electronics

Hwang Won was on a domestic Korean Air flight from Gangneung to Seoul's Gimpo airport on December 11, 1969, only for the aircraft to be hijacked by a North Korean spy 10 minutes after takeoff and made to land in Pyongyang.

Son of North Korea hijack victim demands return of father

China's top diplomat arrived in Seoul on Wednesday, visiting South Korea for the first time in more than four years as the two countries seek to repair ties that soured over the deployment of US anti-missile systems in South Korea.

Top Chinese diplomat visits South Korea to improve relations after four-year gap

A South Korean court on Wednesday upheld a record $873 million fine against US chip giant Qualcomm for unfair business practices related to patent licensing and modem chip sales.

South Korea imposes $873 million fine against US chip gaint Qualcomm

South Korean pop star Cha In Ha aged 27 found dead in his home. Third Korean pop star to die in 2 months. Cause of death is under investigation.

Third South Korean pop star commits suicide in last two months

South Korea's Olympic committee plans to buy radiation detectors and ship homegrown ingredients to Japan for its athletes at the Tokyo Games because of worries local food may be contaminated by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

South Korea to use radiation detectors, food from home at Tokyo Olympics 2020

South Korean pop star Cha In Ha found dead in his home

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has opened a flagship construction project close to Mount Paektu, a symbol of the Korean nation and the supposed birthplace of his father and predecessor, state media reported Tuesday.

Kim Jong Un opens a flagship construction project close to Mount Paektu

South Korea and Japan have agreed to hold senior-level trade talks in December to discuss Tokyo's export restrictions at the centre of a bitter dispute between the two countries, the South Korean trade ministry said on Friday.

South Korea to hold trade talks with Japan in December

North Korea fired two "unidentified projectiles" on Thursday, the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, Seoul said, as nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington remain deadlocked.

North Korea fires two 'unidentified projectiles': Seoul

WION Wallet: South Korean vendors enjoying high sales; Full story inside.

WION Wallet: South Korean vendors enjoying high sales; Full story inside

South Korea and Japan are setting aside historical grievances to redraw responsibilities for air traffic control over the East China Sea following recent near misses.

South Korea, Japan set to back air traffic deal over East China Sea

South Korea's military fired warning shots towards a North Korean merchant boat with engine trouble that violated their sea border on Wednesday, South Korean officials said.

South Korea fires warning shots towards North Korean merchant vessel

South Korea's Hyundai Motor has signed a deal to build a $1.5 billion car plant in Indonesia, the company said, its first in Southeast Asia, where Japanese carmakers dominate the market.

Hyundai Motor to invest $1.5 billion in Indonesia factory

South Korea and Japan traded fresh barbs on Monday, just days after agreeing to salvage an important intelligence-sharing pact, highlighting the fragile ties between the former wartime foes and allies of the United States.

South Korea, Japan in fresh spat over intelligence-sharing pact

Watch in WION Dispatch: In South Korea, Pop singer Goo Hara found dead. Watch this video as Bruce Harrison, WION's Correspondent from Seoul tells you more on this. #WIONDispatch

WION Dispatch: In South Korea, Pop singer Goo Hara found dead

Japan and South Korea agreed on Saturday to hold formal talks next month, taking a step towards improving relations strained by decades of acrimony over their wartime past and exacerbated by a simmering trade dispute.

In bid to repair ties, Japan and South Korea agree to summit next month

South Korea is set to let lapse an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan on Saturday amid a bitter feud over history and trade, defying mounting US pressure to maintain a key element of their trilateral security cooperation.

South Korea to terminate intelligence pact with Japan in defiance of United States

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