SOUTH KOREA

Seoul has hinted that the strength of the joint military exercises will not be scaled down - a move that is likely to anger North Korea.

A senior US Treasury official has urged banks and financial regulators to do more to tighten oversight of trading in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

The blaze engulfed major sections of the Sejong Hospital in the southeastern city of Miryang early on Friday, 26 January.

North Korea's state media has said Pyongyang would 'smash' challenges against reunifying the Korean peninsula.

Suicide rate in South Korean twice as high as other OECD countries. K-pop singer Jonghyun and actor Jun Tae-soo both took own lives.

A Canadian health body has warned that Chronic Wasting Disease could spread to humans via meat.

Seoul plan requires local banks to launch real-name system for cryptocurrency to make all transactions traceable in bid to block money laundering.

Seoul authorities urged conservative critics to not provoke the North Korean leadership as they hope to improve inter-Korea relations through the Olympics.

North Korea will send about 400 people south of the border to compete in the Winter Olympics. Speaking to reporters and foreigners is strictly forbidden.

Hyon has been subject to much speculation over the years including her suspected execution which later proved to be false.

Despite a rapid rise in value over the past year, the price of bitcoin could fall to $1,000 per coin in the next 12 months, a major Wall Street investment chief has warned.

The protests broke out as a North Korean delegation, led by pop diva Hyon Song-wol visited ahead of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Pyongyang has not made it clear whether the visit is permanently cancelled or temporarily suspended.

As speculation about South Korea's stance on crypto shifts markets, it has emerged that at least one government official in the region is under investigation for insider trading.

As the price of a single bitcoin tumbled for the first time in months, Reddit's cryptocurrency community started posting links to global suicide hotlines.

North Korean hackers have increasingly targeted cryptocurrency firms and users to generate funds for a country squeezed by sanctions and trade restrictions.

North and South Korea plan to send joint ice hockey team to Winter Olympics in Seoul. North Korean delegation also includes an orchestra.

Donald Trump asked several times where a US member of staff was born, despite her insisting she was born in New York.

Values of numerous forms of digital currency tumble after South Korea, a hotbed for currencies like bitcoin, weighs up trading ban.

French rights groups file lawsuit against electronics giant, accusing it of misleading advertising because of alleged labour abuses at factories.

Speculation has swirled for decades that everyone from North Korean footballers to coaches are punished for not dominating international sporting championships.