South Korea

Jin and Suga of international pop sensation BTS do not have to enlist in the military when they turn 28.

Once signed, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will be the world's largest trade pact in terms of GDP, according to analysts.

Earlier this year, the firm was dethroned by Huawei from its long-held position as the world's biggest smartphone maker.

The IPO price was set at 135,000 won ($118) but within minutes of the Kospi exchange opening the stock was trading at 330,000 won.

The South Korean tech giant said in an earnings estimate that it expected operating profit to reach 12.3 trillion won ($10.6 billion) for July to September.

The fisheries official was shot dead on Tuesday by North Korean soldiers.

There are eight contenders for the director general of World Trade Organization as Roberto Azevedo steps down on Monday.

The United States, had recorded 5.99 million cases of infection as of 0030 GMT Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University's tracker.

Several analysts have played down suggestions that Kim's health is deteriorating.

Samsung Electronics shares were up 1.69 percent in early morning trade.

The ambassador shaved off his moustache, which has offended South Koreans because it reminds them of brutal Japanese colonial rulers.

Quarter-on-quarter, it shrank 3.3 percent, also the worst showing in more than 20 years.

Korean moon bears are on the line for slaughter with their bile being tapped as a proposed cure-all for coronavirus

His death came a day after his former secretary filed a police complaint -- said to involve sexual harassment -- against him.

The two men -- one surnamed Han, 87, and the other Ro, 90 -- say they were captured during the 1950-53 Korean War.

South Korea denies the extradition of a local convicted of operating a large network of child pornography websites.

Samsung Electronics is crucial to South Korea's economic health.

The North has a different history of the conflict, which it knows as the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War.

In recent weeks, Pyongyang has issued a series of vitriolic condemnations of Seoul over anti-North leaflets.

Of the 46 new cases reported Tuesday 30 were people arriving from overseas.

An explosion was heard and smoke seen rising from the long-shuttered joint industrial zone in Kaesong.

The latest development comes just three days before the two-year anniversary of a landmark summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump in Singapore.

Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, is being re-tried on charges of bribery, embezzlement in connection with a corruption scandal.

The study observed a major improvement from body aches, cough, and runny nose a day after the start of treatment.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first leader to decline the in-person invitation outright.

FC Seoul came under fire after dozens of dolls wearing T-shirts or holding placards with the logo of a sex-toy seller appeared at Sunday's game.

The K-league's new season kicked off on May 8 after being postponed for more than two months.

Anthony Fauci's words raised concerns that even a cautious exit from the unprecedented global economic shutdown could trigger another outbreak.

Kim sent Chinese leader Xi Jinping a diplomatic communication congratulating him for China's "success" in controlling the novel coronavirus epidemic.

Chairman Lee Kun-hee is listed as South Korea's richest man.