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South Korea ends import ban on sex dolls

Customs officials had cited a clause in the law that prohibits bringing in goods that “harm the country’s beautiful traditions and public morals”

Evening Standard · Dec 27, 2022

Seoul military apologises for not downing N. Korea drones

SEOUL: South Korea's military apologised on Tuesday for failing to shoot down five North Korean drones that crossed their shared border after facing wide criticism over its lack of readiness.

Bangkok Post · Dec 27, 2022

S. Korea launches jets, fires shots after North flies drones

South Korea's military says it detected five drones, and that one traveled as far as the northern part of its capital region.

WEKU · Dec 26, 2022

US, Allies Vow all Options on Table against North Korea

The United States, South Korea and Japan vowed Tuesday to consider all options against North Korea, including counterstrikes, in the wake of an unprecedented blitz of missile tests by Pyongyang that has sent regional tensions spiraling. The flurry of North Korean launches include last month's test of its most advanced…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 13, 2022

N. Korea orders new artillery firings over South's drills

North Korea’s military says it has ordered frontline units to conduct artillery firings into the sea for the second consecutive day in a tit-for-tat response to South Korean live-fire drills in an inland border region

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

Kim's sister makes insulting threats to Seoul over sanctions

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made insult-laden threats against South Korea for considering unliteral sanctions on the North

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022

South Korea debates scrapping Cold War-era ban on North's propaganda

Debate is brewing in South Korea over efforts to scrap a decades-old ban on North Korean media, as changing attitudes fuel renewed calls to review a national security law dating from the Cold War.

Reuters · Nov 22, 2022

US deploys bombers in response to North Korea missile tests

US Air Force B-1B bomber and South Korean warplanes during a joint air drill

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2022

North Korean missile ‘could reach and strike entire mainland United States’

Concerns raised from South Korea and Japan over Pyongyang's provocations

Wales Online · Nov 18, 2022

North Korea Fires Suspected Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile Friday, Seoul's military said, the second launch in two days as Pyongyang continues a record-breaking blitz that has sent fears of a nuclear test soaring. A South Korean defense official told AFP that they "estimated that North Korea had fired an ICBM",…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 18, 2022