A team of North Korean agents is reported to have been sent to kill South Korea's defence minister Kim Kwan-jin after he said Seoul would use military force to repel any further attacks against the South... more
Thousands of rescuers dig through thick mud for survivors of deadly landslides and flooding as South Korea's military warn of the threat of buried land mines
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US considers resuming food aid to the country it regards as a rogue state amid fear that many North Koreans face starvation after a harsh winter
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Hundreds of motorists in eastern South Korea were stranded and dozens of buildings collapsed after the heaviest snowfall in more than a century... more
South Korea lights a 100ft Christmas tree on the border to signal its determination not to be bullied by the North in the latest stage of their propaganda war... more
A 13-year-old American boy campaigning to turn the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea into a peace park is arrested in Tiananmen Square... more
G20 officials look set to fail in making a global agreement to fend off the prospect of damaging currency devaluations at the group’s meeting in South Korea... more
The world must respond to the sinking of a South Korean warship that has been blamed on North Korea, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says... more
Two North Koreans who posed as defectors to South Korea and plotted to assassinate the most senior North Korean official to defect to Seoul are arrested ... more
Phorm, the controversial technology company which monitors advertising responses on the internet, is raising £15 million through a share placing to fund its expansion in the UK and South Korea ... more
Nothing is certain where Cannes juries are concerned. But a Korean actress called Jeon Do-yeon is hot favourite for the best actress award for her performance in Secret Sunshine.... more
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