South Korea

Despite official attempts to stop the practice, most of Pyeongchang's dog meat restaurants still serve the delicacy during the Winter Olympics.

US vice-president briefly meets Kim Yong-nam at reception in South Korea before Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

The vice president is leading a delegation to South Korea ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Skaters Kam Alex Kang Chan and Kim Ju-sik make light work of easing decades of rising diplomatic tensions on Korean peninsula.

Soldiers drafted in to replace sick security guards as complaints mount about food hygiene and officials struggle to contain outbreak of norovirus

Power in pariah state of North Korea is a family affair as Kim's little sister moves further into world spotlight at Winter Olympics.

An Olympian question for Pyeongchang Winter Games organisers to wrestle with: to give or not to give the Galaxy phone to 22 North Korean athletes.

Pyongyang blasts South Korean protesters for being "accustomed to sycophancy toward the US".

The Alps Ski Resort was one of South Korea's first winter sports destinations, attracting tens of thousands of skiers every year, until it abruptly shut in 2006.

Intensive training under way for police and soldiers to beat terror threats from air and land at XXIII Winter Olympic games.

North Korean flag raised in coastal Olympic village of Gangneung but in Seoul protesters set fire to it.

News agency Reuters has been banned from the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in South Korea after it published photos of a rehearsal.

Blockchain technology can make transactions safe and secure, but cryptocurrency exchanges trading bitcoins and other virtual currencies are still being hacked.

South Korea's defence minister said his country will not drop its guard despite signs of improving ties with the Kim Jong-un regime.

North Korea will build a "world level" beach resort in the southeast of the country in a bid to attract more tourists to Kim Jong-un's nation.

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.