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Russian crab craze in S.Korea stirs ethical debate over Ukraine crisis

Plunging prices for Russian crab have South Koreans flocking to seafood markets and restaurants but some consumers are questioning whether to boycott the imports on concerns the purchases indirectly support Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

North demolishing hotel that was symbol of Korean engagement

North Korea is demolishing a South Korean-owned hotel at a North Korean resort that was one of the last symbols of inter-Korean engagement

The Independent UK

BTS may perform at South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's inauguration

SEOUL: South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's transition team is reportedly planning to use K-pop to add glitz and glamour to his administration.

Bangkok Post

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S.Korea says search under way for missing ship off Taiwan coast

A ship carrying six South Koreans went missing off Taiwan and a search and rescue operation is under way, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Friday.

Reuters

Apple's Largest Store In Korea To Serve As A Stage For K-Pop Artists

Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to open the doors of its new — South Korea's largest — retail store in the center of Seoul on Saturday. The Myeongdong store will debut Apple's first-ever K-pop Today at the Apple Remix session featuring K-pop supergroup SEVENTEEN.

Benzinga

North Korea threatens to use nuclear weapons to ‘eliminate’ Seoul if it launches pre-emptive strike

North Korea has threatened to “eliminate” the South Korean army if they launch a pre-emptive strike, the sister of leader Kim-Jong Un has warned.

Evening Standard

North Korea Warns of Nuclear Response if South Provokes It

For the second time this week, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated South Korea for touting its supposed preemptive strike capabilities against the North, saying her country’s nuclear forces would annihilate the South’s conventional forces if provoked. In a statement carried Tuesday by North Korea’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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North Korea would ‘annihilate’ South if provoked, warns Kim Jong-un’s sister

Warning points to a rise in tensions on the peninsula after the North conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in five years

The Guardian - AU

Digital Designer Adapts Hyundai Ioniq Q Styling To Electric Bikes

Seoul, Korea-based digital designer Ji Woong Cha draws inspiration from Hyundai’s Ioniq lineup for the Ioniq Q electric motorcycle concept.

RideApart

North Korea Accuses South of 'Reckless' Remarks

North Korea blasted the South Korean defense minister on Sunday for "reckless" remarks about Seoul's ability to strike Pyongyang, warning of retaliation after conducting a record number of weapons tests this year. South Korean defense minister Suh Wook had said Friday that his army had missiles with "the ability to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

N. Korea warns Seoul of 'serious threat' over missile remark

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called South Korea’s defense minister a “scum-like guy” for talking about preemptive strikes on the North and warned the South may face “a serious threat.”

The Independent UK

South Korea’s Yoon to name centrist as prime minister: Yonhap

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President-elect Yoon Seok Yeol is set to name a centrist former prime minister to lead his government, as the ex-prosecutor seeks help in navigating the country’s polarized politics.

Tribune News Service

S.Korea likely to lift outdoor mask mandate, most Covid curbs this month

SEOUL: South Korea said on Friday it would further relax its social distancing rules next week and possibly scrap most pandemic-related curbs later this month, including an obligation to wear masks outdoors.

Bangkok Post

S.Korean court upholds tattooing ban

The Constitutional Court in Seoul upheld a ban on tattooing on Thursday, confirming South Korea as the only developed country that permits no one but medical professionals to perform the procedure.

Reuters

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South Korea tests solid-fuel space rocket, amid rising tensions

Seoul says ‘important milestone’ part of effort to improve reconnaissance and satellite capabilities.

Bangkok Post

South says North Korea faked launch of 'monster' missile

SEOUL: North Korea faked the launch of what analysts dubbed its "monster missile" last week, Seoul's military said on Wednesday, adding that the test was, in reality, likely the same intercontinental ballistic missile Pyongyang fired in 2017.

Asharq Al-Awsat

GCC, South Korea Resume Free Trade Talks on Monday

South Korea and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will kick off the fourth round of official talks for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) in Seoul on Monday, said Seoul's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The South Korean Yonhap news agency reported that the four-day talks will resume after…

Reuters

Analysts investigate possibility of N.Korea missile test 'deception'

Reports suggest North Korea's biggest missile test ever may not have been what it seemed, raising new questions over the secretive country's banned weapons programme.

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Bangkok Post

Pyongyang missile video draws sceptical second look

SEOUL: The “monster” intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) shown this week in North Korean state media after the country’s biggest test-fire ever is likely from an earlier launch, analysts said after examining the images and video.

Bangkok Post

North Korea's Kim ordered test of 'new type' of ICBM

SEOUL: North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the test-firing of the country's "new type" of intercontinental ballistic missile, state media reported Friday.

France 24

UN chief 'strongly condemns' North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday strongly condemned North Korea's firing of what could be its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile and urged Pyongyang to "desist from taking any further counter-productive actions," his spokesman said.

Reuters

South Korea's disgraced ex-president Park returns home after prison

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye left hospital on Thursday three months after she was released from prison where she spent nearly five years following a conviction on corruption charges.

Reuters

Telemedicine booms in S.Korea amid COVID, President-elect Yoon backs practice

Kim Jin-woo, a 27-year old resident of Seoul battling COVID-19 and recovering at home under a new government policy, needed to see a doctor when his symptoms did not improve, but the nearest designated hospital was fully booked. So he picked up his phone.

The Independent UK

S. Korean slavery victim seeks UN justice as time runs out

Thirty years ago, South Korean Lee Yong-soo went public with her story of adduction, rape and forced prostitution by Japan’s wartime military

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Fires 'Multiple Rocket Launchers'

North Korea fired multiple rocket launchers on Sunday, Seoul said, the latest in a series of provocations by the nuclear-armed nation to heighten tensions in the region. Pyongyang launched a string of banned weaponry this year and tested what it claimed were components of a "reconnaissance satellite" -- although Seoul…

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