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The most significant joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea have been held in the past five years coincide with Pyongyang's most recent tests.

South Korea's government on Thursday promised to boost exports and attract tourists as the country's statistics agency released January data that showed gloomy prospects for the economy.

The United States and South Korea held a joint air exercise involving U.S.

North Korea confirmed on Sunday that it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to Washington and Seoul.

North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming U.S.-South Korea military drills.

Samsung has announced that the Galaxy S23 series of smartphones have broken the preorder record in its home market.

South Korean startup Rebellions Inc launches an artificial intelligence (AI) chip on Monday, racing to win government contracts as Seoul seeks a place for local companies in the exploding AI industry.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un directed his military to strengthen war preparations.

A disgraced former South Korean politician, Cho Kuk, was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for forging documents to facilitate his children's school admissions in a scandal that has deepened political divides and frustrated many young voters.

Sales fell eight percent to 70.46 trillion won from the same period the previous year.

At least eight people, including six Chinese nationals, died after a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship sank in waters between South Korea and Japan.

According to a recently leaked material, the Galaxy S23 series will cost more than the outgoing Galaxy S22 lineup in Samsung's home market, South Korea.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's quarterly profit will likely plunge 58% to its lowest in six years as a global economic downturn saps demand for electronic devices and clouds the outlook for the memory chip industry.

Seoul and Washington are discussing joint planning and exercises involving US nuclear assets to counter growing threats from the North, South Korea's presidential office said Tuesday, after US President Joe Biden said there would be no such joint drills.

South Korean officials have removed the ban imposed on the import of adult-sized sex dolls.

Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak received a presidential pardon on Tuesday, cutting short his 17-year sentence on corruption charges, the justice minister said.

A South Korean citizen died of an infection caused by a "brain-eating" amoeba that he was apparently exposed to in Thailand.

North Korea executed two high school students for reportedly watching and distributing South Korean dramas among their friends.

The North Korean government has reportedly asked parents to give their children patriotic names such as "bomb,"  "gun," and "satellite."

Inside five white tents outside the Uiwang container depot near Seoul, about 200 striking truckers huddle around gas heaters

In an upscale Seoul neighbourhood two years ago, a white Tesla Model X smashed into a parking lot wall.

Two South Korean miners who were trapped underground following a mine collapse survived on instant coffee powder for nine days,

The launches come a day after Pyongyang fired more than 20 missiles, including one that landed near South Korea's territorial waters.

South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo vowed on Wednesday to hold police accountable for Seoul's deadly Halloween crowd surge.

British grocery delivery platform Ocado on Tuesday announced a tie-up with South Korean giant Lotte Shopping, sending its shares soaring in London.

Young people flocking to Seoul's popular Itaewon district on Saturday for the first virtually unrestricted Halloween festivities in three years instead found themselves caught up in a deadly crush that killed at least 151 people.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning on Sunday after a Halloween crush killed some 151 people in a packed nightlife area in Seoul.

The results are the first year-on-year decline in profit in nearly three years for Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest smartphone maker.

South Korea's parliament saw heated debate on Friday over proposed legislation to make global content providers such as Netflix and Alphabet's Google pay South Korean network fees.

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Friday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of launches by the nuclear-armed country amid heightened tensions.