Hyonhee Shin
North Korea conducts test of underwater nuclear weapons
North Korea has conducted a test of its underwater nuclear weapons system in a protest against this week’s joint military drills by...
South Korea passes bill to ban dog meat trade
South Korea’s parliament has passed a bill to end the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that will outlaw the...
South Korean court orders Japan to compensate ‘comfort women’
A South Korean appellate court has ordered Japan to compensate a group of 16 women who were forced to work in Japanese...
North Korea unveils new tactical nuclear warheads
North Korea has unveiled new, smaller nuclear warheads as leader Kim Jong-un calls for scaling up the production of weapons-grade nuclear material...
North Korea calls for nuke preparedness against US, South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says the country should be ready to conduct nuclear attacks at any time to deter war, accusing...
South Korea, US begin military drills
South Korea and the United States have begun their annual joint military drills as the allies seek to tighten readiness posture in...
K-pop boy band BTS may be allowed to fine-tune military service
Boy band BTS might still be able to perform overseas while serving in the military, South Korea’s defence minister says, as the...
North Korea launches three ballistic missiles
North Korea has test-fired more weapons, including one thought to be an intercontinental ballistic missile, shortly after US President Joe Biden left...
More than 1 million infected as COVID grips North Korea
North Korea has mobilised its military to distribute COVID medications and deployed more than 10,000 health workers to help trace potential patients...
New South Korea leader offers Pyongyang plan
South Korea’s new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, says North Korea’s weapons programs pose a threat but he is ready to provide an “audacious”...