South Korea
S Korea keen to boost investment in Bangladesh
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon has expressed his government’s interest to invest in some emerging sectors of Bangladesh like infrastructure, power, information and communication technology, construction, ship building and energy for boosting business volume of the two countries.
14 July 2019, 14:58 PM
US urges S Korea to reject Huawei goods, citing security risks: Chosun Ilbo
The US government is lobbying South Korea not to use Huawei Technologies Co Ltd products, a South Korean newspaper reports, amid a wider push by Washington to get its allies to reject the Chinese tech firm's goods.
23 May 2019, 04:58 AM
S Korea launches 5G networks early to secure world first
South Korea launches the world's first nationwide 5G mobile networks two days early, its top mobile carriers says, in a late-night scramble to be the first providers of the super-fast wireless technology.
4 April 2019, 08:44 AM
South Korean subsidies encourage foreign ‘bride buying’
Raising a rural population that has been declining for come 30 years has long been near the top of the government agenda, with some municipal governments resorting to helping pay for foreign brides.
18 February 2019, 09:19 AM
Koreas commit to 'era of no war'
North Korea said it would close a key missile test facility in the presence of "international experts" and potentially destroy its primary nuclear complex if the United States agrees to corresponding measures, South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced in a joint press conference with Kim Jong Un yesterday.
19 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Five dead in SKorea military helicopter crash
Five marines are killed and one injured when a South Korean military helicopter crashes at a marine base in the country's southeast, the defence ministry says.
17 July 2018, 11:57 AM
Egg throwers on Korean national team to go unpunished
The Korea Football Association (KFA) decides not to pursue charges against people who threw eggs at the national team after they arrived home from the World Cup, police says.
3 July 2018, 07:33 AM
Mexico ease past Korea
Carlos Vela and Javier Hernandez scored either side of the break as Mexico cruised to A 2-1 win over South Korea to moved one step closer to the last 16 in their Group F fixture at the Rostov Arena today.
23 June 2018, 16:22 PM
Bithumb freezes accounts after $31.5bn cryptocurrencies stolen
South Korea's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, says it lost 35 billion won ($31.5 million) worth of cryptocurrencies in a hacking attack, highlighting concerns that cryptocurrency exchanges are vulnerable to cyber attacks.
20 June 2018, 08:31 AM
Sweden edge past Korea
Andreas Granqvist converts from the spot as Sweden get their World Cup campaign to a winning start with a 1-0 win over South Korea on Monday.
18 June 2018, 13:53 PM
NKorea allows SKorea reporters to visit nuclear site, official says
North Korea has accepted a list of South Korean reporters to visit their nuclear testing site after a days-long tug of war with Seoul, South Korea’s unification ministry says.
23 May 2018, 04:37 AM
SKorea supports Bangladesh’s 1st int’l nursing conference
The South Korean international company called Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) shows grand support to Bangladesh’s first international nursing conference by providing them with a budget of US$13.75 million.
16 May 2018, 09:05 AM
North Korea to align with South's time zone as well
In initial small steps toward reconciliation, South Korea say it would remove loudspeakers that blared propaganda across the border, while North Korea says it would shift its clocks to align with its southern neighbor.
30 April 2018, 04:25 AM
China hails 'courage' of North, South Korean leaders
China heap praise on the leaders of the two Koreas for holding a landmark summit, calling their handshake over the Military Demarcation Line that divides the peninsula a "historic moment".
27 April 2018, 09:50 AM
US hopes Korean summit will lead to 'future of peace': WH
Donald Trump's White House voice hope that a Korean summit would "achieve progress toward a future of peace," as the leaders of the two countries sat down to talk.
27 April 2018, 07:59 AM
Korean leaders aim for end of war, "complete denuclearisation" after historic summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embrace after pledging to work for the "complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula," punctuating a day of smiles and handshakes at the first inter-Korean summit in more than a decade.
27 April 2018, 04:39 AM
SKorea turns off loudspeaker broadcasts into North before Korea summit
South Korea halts the propaganda broadcasts it blares across the border at North Korea ahead of their first summit in a decade, as US President Donald Trump cautioned the nuclear crisis on the peninsula was a long way from being resolved.
23 April 2018, 10:45 AM
SKorean kills neighbour's dog, invites him to share meat
A South Korean farmer killed and cooked a neighbour's barking dog before inviting its unsuspecting owner to join him for a dog-meat dinner, police say in a case that has sparked online outrage.
12 April 2018, 07:22 AM
SKorea's Park jailed for 24 years for corruption
South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye is jailed for 24 years for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country's first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule.
6 April 2018, 07:03 AM
S Korean delegation meets N Korean leader Kim
A South Korean delegation meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean official said, after arriving in the North on a visit aimed at encouraging North Korea and the United States to talk.
5 March 2018, 11:34 AM