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The cost of US protection: South Korea and Japan face defence payment squeeze

It's a price tag that has obsessed US President Donald Trump since his first term: the cost of the military shield the US provides to its allies. Particularly in Trump's sights are…

3 weeks ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

Japan hosts China, South Korea foreign ministers

The meeting between the Asian powers comes amid rising international tensions driven by tariff threats from the US. The ministers are looking to lay the groundwork for a three-way summit later this…

2 months ago

World

YouTuber’s controversial abortion in South Korea; migrants mock US immigration app

YouTuber's controversial abortion in South Korea; migrants mock US immigration app.…

4 months ago

Science & Tech

‘Stop the steal’: Understanding MAGA-style protests in South Korea

This week, as South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol remained holed up in his presidential compound, thousands of his supporters guarding the site against attempts to arrest him held up US…

4 months ago

World

South Korea investigators halt Yoon arrest attempt

South Korean investigators had to abandon an attempt to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection. Authorities were locked in a nearly six-hour long standoff in a bid to detain…

4 months ago

World

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…

7 months ago

Entertainment

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.…

1 year ago

News

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.…

1 year ago

News·World

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…

1 year ago

News·World

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…

1 year ago

News·World

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…

1 year ago

News·World

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South Korea

The cost of US protection: South Korea and Japan face defence payment squeeze

Japan hosts China, South Korea foreign ministers

YouTuber’s controversial abortion in South Korea; migrants mock US immigration app

‘Stop the steal’: Understanding MAGA-style protests in South Korea

South Korea investigators halt Yoon arrest attempt

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?

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