North Korea to send high-level delegation to Winter Olympics closing ceremony: Yonhap, Asia News,SEOUL -North Korea said on Thursday (Feb 22) it will send a high-level delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics' closing ceremony on Sunday (Feb 25), reported Yonhap news agency. General Kim Yo
South Korean boyband BTS suspend world tour over coronavirus, Entertainment News,SEOUL – South Korea's K-pop boyband BTS will suspend their world tour over worries about the spread of the novel coronavirus and restrictions aimed at stopping it, their management said on Tuesday. The seven-member
Moon Jae-in appointee's 'privileged' daughter angers young South Koreans, Asia News,SEOUL – South Korean President Moon Jae-in's nominee for justice minister may soon take office under the cloud of a prosecution inquiry and public outcry over a scandal that has reignited debate o
K-pop supergroup SuperM set to make Hollywood debut, Entertainment News,SEOUL – K-pop supergroup SuperM, formed by seven members of different South Korean boy bands, will make their Hollywood debut this week, group members said on Wednesday. \”It feels like a dream, especially because it's with
Proud parents Park Shin-hye and Choi Tae-joon announce birth of baby boy, Entertainment News,South Korean celebrity power couple Park Shin-hye and Choi Tae-joon have welcomed a baby boy into their family. In a statement released by Shin-hye's agency on Tuesday (May 31), Salt Entertainment said:
Wife of South Korea's former justice minister Cho Kuk arrested in corruption scandal, Asia News,SEOUL – South Korean authorities on Thursday (Oct 24) arrested the wife of a former justice minister who was at the centre of a graft scandal and was a close political confidant of President Moon Jae
South Korea court dismisses 'comfort women' lawsuit, contradicts earlier ruling, Asia News,A South Korean court on Wednesday (April 21) upheld Japan's state immunity to dismiss a lawsuit raised by a group of women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels, contradicting a r
South Korea aims to fight Japan's Fukushima decision in world tribunal , Asia News,SEOUL – South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered officials on Wednesday (April 14) to explore petitioning an international court over Japan’s decision to release water from its Fukushima nuclear plant, his spok
South Korea court rejects US extradition request for child porn network operator, Asia News,SEOUL – A South Korean court on Monday (July 6) refused an extradition request by US law enforcement authorities for a man convicted of running a South Korea-based dark web child pornography site that sold vi
Bear necessities: cooler home for S. Korea's last polar bear, Asia News,The last polar bear kept in South Korea will be sent to Britain to escape the country's stifling, humid summers and live out his days in more appropriate surroundings, zookeepers said Thursday. Tongki — a 23-year-old
Too hot to handle? Twice, Seventeen almost set on fire by BTS at Seoul Music Awards, Entertainment News,The awards season is, without doubt, the busiest period of time for the K-pop stars, with many awards shows being held left and right. And K-pop sensation BTS literally blazed its way on stage at
