Hyonhee Shin
More than 1 million infected as COVID grips North Korea
North Korea has mobilised its military to distribute COVID medications and deployed more than 10,000 health workers to help trace potential patients...
New South Korea leader offers Pyongyang plan
South Korea’s new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, says North Korea’s weapons programs pose a threat but he is ready to provide an “audacious”...
Major candidates in South Korea election in dead heat
Exit polls show the two leading candidates in a dead heat as voting ended in South Korea’s presidential election to decide the...
South Korea party leader recovering after being attacked with hammer
The leader of South Korea’s ruling party is in hospital after being attacked while campaigning for this week’s presidential election, a race...
Defector didn’t take to South Korea
A former North Korean defector who made a risky and rare cross-border return home last week had struggled in South Korea, officials...
N.Korea test fires more ballistic missiles
North Korea has fired a pair of ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff say, days after...
Alarm as North Korea test fires long-range missiles
North Korea has carried out successful long-range cruise missile tests over the weekend, amid a protracted standoff with the US over denuclearisation....
South Korea battens down as third COVID wave rolls across the country
South Korea has posted its second-highest daily number of coronavirus cases as outbreaks at a prison, nursing homes and churches continued to...
North Korea plays nuclear bait-and-switch as officials blast Trump’s ‘gangster demands’
North Korea has accused the United States of making “gangster-like” demands, contradicting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo just hours after he...
US cautious on North Korea denuclearisation promises
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to invite experts and journalists from the US and South Korea when the country shuts...