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South Korea calls for talks as North test fires missiles

Talks with North Korea should not be for political show but contribute to establishing peace, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday, just hours after the North test fired two cruise missiles into the sea.

Reuters

Bill Gates, South Korea expand global health partnership

South Korea agreed on Tuesday to expand its global health partnership with the foundation set up by Microsoft Corp co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates.

Reuters

ROK-China relations face challenges

While United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has long departed South Korea for home, the news headlines generated by her journey continue unabated around the world.

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Japan ministers visit war shrine as South Korea calls for end to historical tensions

Japan PM Fumio Kishida sends offering but stays away from Yasukuni, which honours dead including class-A war criminals

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South Korea Offering Large-scale Aid Package for North's Nukes

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday he will offer a wide-ranging aid package to the North in return for denuclearization, a deal long seen as a non-starter for Pyongyang. The proposal comes days after the North threatened to "wipe out" Seoul authorities over a recent Covid-19 outbreak and less…

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Commemorating liberation from Japan, S.Korea's Yoon calls for improved ties

Overcoming historical disputes with Japan will be key to improving stability and security in the region, and Tokyo and Seoul should cooperate based on "shared universal values," South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Monday.

Reuters

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol pardons Samsung Electronics vice-chairman Jay Y Lee amid 'national economic crisis'

South Korea's President, Yoon Suk-yeol, has pardoned Samsung Electronics vice-chairman Jay Y Lee on Friday, with the nation's Justice Ministry saying the business leader was needed to help overcome a "national economic crisis".

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Samsung pardon exposes Koreans’ love-hate feelings for tycoons

Lee Jae-yong is the latest in a long list of South Korean business elites to receive clemency after white-collar crimes.

Al Jazeera

Seoul moves to ban cramped basement flats after flood deaths

South Korean capital to stop issuing permits to build such flats after the drowning of four people.

Al Jazeera

After deluge, climate change fears make S.Korea prioritise Seoul flood defences

The heaviest rain in Seoul in 115 years has spurred the South Korean capital to revive a $1.15 billion plan to improve drainage after floods exposed how even the affluent Gangnam district is vulnerable to climate change-driven extreme weather.

Reuters

Like a scene from 'Parasite': Floods lay bare social disparity in South Korea

Using a plastic bowl, Ha In-sik bailed water out of his lower ground apartment in the low-income housing district of Sillim in southwestern Seoul on Wednesday, where flooding caused by torrential rain forced his family to sleep at a nearby park.

Reuters

Severe flood damage in South Korea’s Seoul after record rains

At least nine people killed and thousands of homes damaged after South Korean capital hit by heaviest rain in a century.

Al Jazeera

South Korea: at least eight killed as record rain falls on capital Seoul

Six people remain missing amid fears of further damage with torrential rain forecast in some parts of the country on Wednesday

The Guardian - AU

Seoul floods: Eight dead in capital city as raging water drowns family amid devastation

The day after floods raged through the streets of Seoul, the country's President Yoon Suk-Yeoul visited a basement apartment where three people had died the night before after swift-moving waters poured in through the windows

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Record rainfall, flooding in Seoul, South Korea kill 7

SEOUL: Subway stations and major roads were underwater in the South Korean capital Seoul after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding, with at least seven people dead and seven more missing, officials said Tuesday.

Reuters

S.Korea, China foreign ministers discuss N.Korea, K-pop ban

The foreign ministers of South Korea and China held talks on Tuesday as Seoul explores ways to reopen denuclearisation negotiations with North Korea and resume cultural exports, such as K-pop music and movies, to China.

Reuters

S.Korea minister quits after school-age plan prompts backlash

South Korea's education minister on Monday said she would step down amid a backlash over her proposal to lower the school entry age, presenting President Yoon Suk-yeol with another in a series of personnel setbacks that have ruined his approval rating.

Reuters

In first visit to China, South Korean foreign minister seeks to reassure Beijing over U.S. ties

South Korea foreign minister Park Jin is set for his first visit to China on Monday as President Yoon Suk-yeol's government seeks to reassure Beijing about their relationship despite stronger ties with the United States and tensions over Taiwan.

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The Guardian - AU

China missile drills around Taiwan a threat to regional security, says Japan PM

Fumio Kishida welcomes Nancy Pelosi in Tokyo and urges Beijing to halt planned four days of military exercises sparked by US House speaker’s visit

The Independent UK

South Korean president misses Pelosi meeting for staycation

President was at theater performance when House Speaker landed in South Korea

The Guardian - AU

South Korean president accused of avoiding Nancy Pelosi in bid to placate China

Yoon Suk-yeol will not meet US House speaker in move critics say aims to avoid antagonising China as tensions in the Taiwan strait simmer

Reuters

S.Korea's new government to streamline public organisations

South Korea's new government will streamline public organisations, the finance minister said on Friday, citing concerns about efficiency after a rapid expansion in their operations under the previous administration.

Reuters

Indonesia and South Korea expand cooperation on new capital city project

Indonesia expanded a cooperation agreement with South Korea on Thursday relating to the construction of a new capital city on Borneo island to replace overcrowded Jakarta, paving the way for Korean firms to participate in building digital infrastructure.

Reuters

S.Korea's presidential office expresses deep regret over N.Korea criticism of Yoon -Yonhap

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's office expressed deep regret over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's criticism of Yoon, the Yonhap news agency said on Thursday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Says 'Ready to Mobilize' Nuclear Weapons

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country was "ready to mobilize" its nuclear deterrent in any future military clash with the United States and South Korea, state media said Thursday. In Kim's latest speech to mark the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War -- known as…

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