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Han Kang wins South Korea’s first Nobel Prize in Literature

South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life", the award-giving body said…

1 month ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

South Korea considers participation in AUKUS pact: defense minister

South Korea has held talks about joining a landmark defense technology pact between Australia, the United States and Britain.…

7 months ago

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What’s behind new tensions between North and South Korea

North Korean state media has claimed Pyongyang tested a "nuclear trigger" simulation drill as a "warning signal" to the US and South Korea.…

7 months ago

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What’s behind new tensions between North and South Korea

The allies of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have suffered a resounding defeat and lost their majority in parliament. Yoon might yet get a chance to recover, however, as his rivals…

7 months ago

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As South Korea votes, threat from North looms over frontline island of Yeonpyeong

As South Koreans head to the polls for a parliamentary election, the country's worsening ties with North Korea are high on the agenda. The small South Korean island of Yeonpyeong is located…

8 months ago

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South Korea elections: What is at stake?

A record number of South Koreans have taken advantage of early voting ahead of parliamentary elections on Wednesday, underlining the public's investment in a political landscape that analysts suggest is more fractured…

8 months ago

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South Korea’s Moon urges Biden to follow Trump’s diplomacy with North

Moon Jae-in called on the US president-elect to continue talks with North Korea. Talks between Trump and Kim Jong Un stalled earlier over sanctions and limited progress on the North's nuclear program.…

4 years ago

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South Korean court orders Japan to pay damages to ‘comfort women’

It's the first civilian legal case in South Korea regarding so-called "comfort women" who were forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II. The unprecedented ruling is likely to…

4 years ago

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South Korea presses Iran over seized oil tanker as Gulf tensions rise

Iran's seizure of a South Korean-flagged oil tanker comes after Tehran urged Seoul to release billions of dollars of Iranian assets frozen in South Korea under US sanctions.…

4 years ago

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South Korea divers swim deep for some New Year’s cheer

Scuba divers plunged underwater at Lotte World Aquarium on Sunday dressed in ‘hanbok’ - traditional Korean clothing - to share New Year’s greetings. Visitors took photos in front of the divers who…

4 years ago

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South Koreans stay home as new Covid-19 cases set daily records

In South Korea, the streets of popular Seoul shopping district Myeong-dong are nearly empty - and those who have ventured out are wearing anti-virus masks. The country recorded more than 400 new…

4 years ago

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South Korea

Han Kang wins South Korea’s first Nobel Prize in Literature

South Korea considers participation in AUKUS pact: defense minister

What’s behind new tensions between North and South Korea

What’s behind new tensions between North and South Korea

As South Korea votes, threat from North looms over frontline island of Yeonpyeong

South Korea elections: What is at stake?

South Korea’s Moon urges Biden to follow Trump’s diplomacy with North

South Korean court orders Japan to pay damages to ‘comfort women’

South Korea presses Iran over seized oil tanker as Gulf tensions rise

South Korea divers swim deep for some New Year’s cheer

South Koreans stay home as new Covid-19 cases set daily records

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