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North Korea fired around 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Thursday (Oct 29), South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The missiles were launched at around 12.30pm from an area around Wonsan on North…

A fire at a car parts factory in the South Korean city of Daejeon has injured 50 people, 35 of them seriously, the Yonhap News Agency reported on ⁠Friday. The National Fire Agency called for a national mobilisation to tackle the blaze in…

South Korea’s former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Wednesday was sentenced to 23 years in prison for aiding and abetting the insurrection of the impeached former President Yoon Suk-yeol. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the…

North Korea has sent about 500 balloons laden with trash into South Korea’s air space over the past 24 hours, officials in the South said on Thursday, disrupting flights and igniting a fire on the roof of a residential building. The…

Nine people have been stabbed and four others hurt by a car driven by the suspected attacker on Thursday in the South Korean commuter town of Seongnam near the capital Seoul, police said. One person has been arrested, police said in a…

South Koreans became a year or two younger on Wednesday as new laws that require using only the international method of counting age took effect, replacing the country’s traditional method. Under the age system most commonly…