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School students from all over the world have skipped school to demand that governments take more action against climate change. Worldwide more than 2000 protests were scheduled in…

The South Korean intelligence service NIS has indications that Pyongyang is in the process of restoring part of the dismantled missile launch base Dongchang-ri. It looks like there is another...

South Korea wants to work together with the United States and North Korea to reach an agreement on denuclearization. That is what the South Korean president Moon Jae-in said a day after the...

A thoughtful mother gave 200 goodiebags to her fellow passengers during a ten-hour flight from Seoul to San Francisco in case her four-month-old baby crying...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wants to hold more summits next year with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to meet the goal of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

Fans of a Korean pop group became so hysterical when they suddenly came face to face with their heroes aboard their plane, that the plane had to be evacuated.

A high-speed train was derailed on its way to the South Korean capital Seoul on Saturday. All ten of the train sets derailed, but of the approximately two hundred passengers, only fourteen were injured, Yonhap news agency reported.

In a fire in a budget hotel in the South Korean capital of Seoul, at least six people were killed and twelve injured on Friday. According to local media, the authorities take into account that the number of victims continues to increase.

North and South Korea have made new agreements to further reduce the tension between the two countries. For example, both countries will dismantle eleven border posts before the end of next month and form a military team that will investigate further measures.

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, during a brief visit to Pyongyang, worked out Kim Jong-un with 'options' for a new summit between President Donald Trump and the North Korean leader. Washington called it a constructive conversation in which, among other things, the location and the date were discussed. It is 'another step forward', the American department reported without going into details.

Where is Hongwei Meng, the CEO of Interpol? He has been missing since the end of September. That made the wife of the first and only Chinese chairman known in the history of the international police organization. Meng lives with her in Lyon, where the Interpol headquarters is located and, at the time of his missing, visited his homeland.

Former president Lee Myung-bak of South Korea was sentenced to 15 years in jail for corruption on Friday. He must also pay a fine of approximately 8.5 million euros. The court in Seoul ruled that Lee was guilty of, among other things, abuse of power and taking bribes from companies.

The North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has sent a large amount of edible mushrooms to South Korea. It is a gift for South Korean President Moon Jae-in, news agency Yonhap.

The leaders of North and South Korea visit a volcano on the Chinese border on Thursday. The active volcano is called the Paektu Mountain and is revered by many Koreans as a spiritual source of the country.

North and South Korea have taken a new step in the peace process between the two countries. The North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and the president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, have agreed during the three-day summit in Pyongyang to work for a nuclear-free and peaceful peninsula.

In the fight against peeping, the South Korean capital Seoul is going to inspect daily whether there are no hidden cameras in public toilets. The city council has announced the ambitious plan on Sunday, reports the South Korean news agency Yonhap.

South Korea closes about a dozen guard posts in the Korean demilitarized zone. According to minister Song Young-moo (Defense) at the end of last month agreements were made with neighboring North Korea, reports the newspaper Chosun Ilbo. It is a test.

Cryptomunt fair Bithumb has been hacked and criminals have converted over 25 million euros.

The United States wants North Korea to take major steps in the area of ​​disarmament in the coming years. American minister Mike Pompeo (Foreign Affairs) expressed the hope in Seoul that 'large-scale disarmament \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27; can take place within 2 to 2.5 years.

A South Korean official has attempted to apply for asylum in the United States in an unconventional way. The man rammed the gate of the American embassy in Seoul with his car, message news agency Yonhap.

The police in the Korean capital Seoul has picked up a female nude model because she secretly took a picture of a male colleague and spread it through a feminist forum.

Hundreds of Korean Air Lines Co. employees have demonstrated in Seoul against the family that is actually at the head of the airline. Daughters of the CEO were repeatedly discredited for misconduct, such as turning a plane over because of a conflict about the way nuts were served.

The South Korean army is now completely removing the propaganda speakers on the border with North Korea. The work will start on Tuesday, message from the state press agency Yonhap.

A South Korean complains the former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. The man holds the German responsible for the breakdown of his marriage, reports state press agency Yonhap on the basis of sources at the court.

The North Korean leader Kim Jung-un wants to invite experts and journalists from the United States and South Korea to join in the closure of the site where nuclear tests have been conducted for years. That is what a government spokesman in Seoul said on Sunday.

North and South Korea have a direct hotline between the leaders of the countries. The line was opened a week before North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae meet in the Panmunjom border town.

There seems to be a curse on the presidency of South Korea. Former leader Park Geun-hye was sentenced to 24 years in jail and a mega fine because of large-scale corruption. She is certainly not the first head of state in Seoul with whom it ends badly.

The armed forces of the United States and South Korea started Sunday's joint spring exercise. The starting time was postponed due to the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang in February. This was done in order not to thwart the cautious rapprochement between North and South Korea.

They are known as singers of one of the best K-pop bands that exist, but their fame will soon rise to a much higher level. Seoul hopes that a performance by Red Velvet will help to revive the talks with North Korea.

South Korean artists will spend a four-day visit to Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 31, to improve the relationship between the two countries.