North Korea has executed people for distributing foreign television shows, including popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on personal freedoms, according to a UN human rights report. Surveillance has grown more pervasive since 2014 with the help of new technologies, while punishments have become harsher – including the introduction of the … Read more
Record temperatures come amid scientists’ warnings that climate change is causing more frequent extreme weather events. Published On 1 Sep 20251 Sep 2025 Japan and South Korea have sweated through their hottest summers since records began. Japan’s average temperature this summer was 2.36 degrees Celsius (4.24 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 30-year average from 1991 to … Read more
Above average rainfall recorded in last five days in Sancheong county, where most deaths took place. The nationwide death toll from heavy rainfall in South Korea has risen to 14, authorities said, as fears grow of more deaths, with 12 more people missing since the disaster began. Two people died and four went missing in … Read more
Former president has been indicted on additional charges as a special prosecutor continues investigations. Disgraced former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has been indicted over his declaration of martial law last year as investigators widened an insurrection probe. The prosecution indicted Yoon on charges including abuse of power and obstruction of special official duties, prosecutor … Read more
North Korea has announced that its newly opened seaside resort will not be receiving foreign tourists. The Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone, opened on 1 July, has been touted as a key part of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s ambitions to boost tourism. In the lead-up to its opening, the resort was promoted as … Read more
North Koreans’ repatriation comes as South Korea’s newly-elected president is working to improve inter-Korean ties. South Korea has repatriated six North Koreans who were rescued at sea earlier this year after their vessels drifted across the de facto maritime border, Seoul’s Unification Ministry has said. The North Koreans, who were picked up by South Korean … Read more
Han Duck-soo and Choi Sang-mok are being investigated over their role in last year’s martial law chaos. South Korean authorities have slapped travel bans on two former acting presidents as part of an investigation into alleged insurrection linked to ex-leader Yoon Suk-yeol’s martial law bid last year, according to local reports. Police barred former Prime … Read more
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, watched the country’s newest 5,000-ton destroyer capsize during its launch last week in an embarrassing military failure. Experts say a technique used to maneuver the ship into the water sideways was part of the problem. It was the first time analysts had observed North Korea using the sideways launch for … Read more
North Korea has detained three shipyard officials over an accident during the launch of a new warship on Wednesday, state media say. Parts of the 5,000-tonne destroyer’s bottom were crushed during the launch ceremony, tipping the vessel off balance. An investigation into the incident, which North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un described as a “criminal … Read more
Seoul’s military says launches may have been to test weapons intended for export. North Korea has fired a flurry of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military has said, in what Seoul called a possible test of weapons intended for export. North Korean forces launched the missiles from an … Read more