Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan arrested over alleged violations of industrial safety law. The head of a South Korean lithium battery maker has been arrested over alleged violations of industrial safety law following a factory fire that killed 23 people. Suwon District Court approved a warrant to arrest Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan over his role in … Read more
Authorities are questioning the man who came across the border near the northeastern coast of South Korea. A North Korean soldier has defected to South Korea, according to the Yonhap news agency. The soldier was taken into custody in the northeastern county of Goseong early on Tuesday after crossing the border, Yonhap reported citing an … Read more
Activists welcome the ruling but systemic discrimination persists in the country where gay marriage is not legally recognised. South Korea’s top court has said that the state must provide health insurance for same-sex partners. The Supreme Court delivered the landmark ruling on Thursday, opening the way for common-law couples of the same sex to now … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s military on Friday released a video that it said showed a North Korean missile abnormally spiraling early in flight and exploding, a rare publicizing of surveillance footage to dismiss the North’s claim of a successful test. Footage filmed by a thermal observation device with South Korean frontline units showed … Read more
Fire authorities say blaze caused by battery cells exploding inside a warehouse. A fire at a lithium battery plant in South Korea has killed at least 22 people and injured eight. South Korean authorities said on Monday that they had recovered 22 bodies from the factory in Hwaseong, 45km (28 miles) south of Seoul, after … Read more
Incident is the third this month and took place as Russian President Vladimir Putin was visiting Pyongyang. South Korea’s military has said it fired warning shots after several North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border, the third such incident this month. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the incident occurred on Thursday when the … Read more
Kim Yo Jong had warned of a ‘crisis of confrontation’ if South Korea did not halt propaganda broadcasts. North Korea has floated hundreds more refuse-carrying balloons into South Korea after Kim Jong Un’s influential sister warned Seoul to halt propaganda broadcasts across their tense border. Pyongyang sent more than 300 waste-loaded balloons across the inter-Korean … Read more
North Korea fired at least 10 apparent short-range ballistic missiles toward the waters off its eastern coast on Thursday, Seoul said, days after its attempt to put another spy satellite launch into orbit ended in a ball of fire. South Korean officials said the short-range weapons had been fired from the Sunan area of Pyongyang, … Read more
Sanctions-breaking launch follows Pyongyang’s third and successful attempt to launch a spy satellite in November. North Korea has notified Japan of plans to launch a satellite between May 27 and June 4, after putting its first spy satellite into orbit at the third attempt last November. The Japanese Coastguard said the eight-day launch window began … Read more
North Korea’s KCNA news agency said Saturday the country conducted a “super large” cruise missile warhead test along with a launch of its new anti-aircraft missile in the West Sea of Korea. Pyongyang tested the “Hwasal-1 Ra-3” strategic cruise missile, and the new “Pyoljji-1-2” aircraft missile on Friday, the North Korean government said. KCNA said … Read more