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North Korea test-fired ballistic missiles in latest military display, neighbors say
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday test-fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern seas, the South Korean and Japanese militaries said, adding to its military demonstrations as tensions with Washington and neighbors escalate. The launches come days after...
South Koreans are starkly divided over North Korea's nuclear threat
POHANG, South Korea (AP) — There are two Koreas, North and South. But there's also more than one South Korea, with the nation split into camps with polar opposite views on the danger posed by the nuclear-armed neighbor to the north. This division in South Korean sentiment has...
South Korean truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean commission found evidence that women were pressured into giving away their infants for foreign adoptions after giving birth at government-funded facilities where thousands of people were confined and enslaved from the 1960s to the 1980s. The...
Japan's leader makes a farewell visit to Seoul and reaffirms sympathy for Korean colonial victims
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Less than a month before leaving office, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Seoul and reaffirmed his sympathy for the suffering of Koreans during Japan’s colonial rule, as he and his South Korean counterpart Friday underscored the need to maintain warming...
South Korea says North Korea has again launched trash-carrying balloons across the border
PAJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is flying more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea, officials said Thursday, in the latest round of Cold War-style psychological warfare between the rivals. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected balloons launched from...
North Korea shows new drone attacking a target as Seoul and US hold large military exercises
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a demonstration of new exploding drones designed to crash into targets, state media said Monday, as the U.S. and South Korea engage in joint military drills. North Korean test photos showed a white drone with...
A sinkhole swallows an SUV in South Korea, injuring 2 people
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed an SUV in South Korea's capital on Thursday, injuring the two occupants, emergency workers said. Photos from the scene showed a white sport utility vehicle engulfed in the 2½-meter-deep (eight-foot-deep) hole that...
South Korean hotel fire that killed 7 was likely made worse by the lack of sprinklers, officials say
BUCHEON, South Korea (AP) — A fire that killed seven people in a South Korean hotel was possibly made worse by the lack of sprinklers, fire officials said Friday as they investigated the cause of the blaze. Twelve people were being treated for injuries related to the fire that...
Tropical storm Jongdari weakens as it nears South Korea with heavy rain and winds
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tropical storm Jongdari weakened as it moved closer to South Korea’s coast on Tuesday, pelting the country’s southern regions with heavy rain and wind. As of 9 p.m. Tuesday, Jongdari was 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of the western island of Heuksan...
South Korea and US will start summer military drills next week to counter North Korean threats
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and the United States will begin their annual joint military exercises next week with a focus on improving their combined capabilities to deter and defend against growing North Korean nuclear threats, the allies said Monday. The drills could...
