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US says N Korea tested ICBM system, Kim orders space programme expanded

SEOUL/WASHINGTON: North Korea recently used what would be its largest ever intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system in two secretive launches, likely paving the way for a resumption of long-range tests, US and South Korean officials said.

Bangkok Post

K-pop's BTS on stage for first Seoul gig since pandemic

Seoul (AFP) - South Korean supergroup BTS on Thursday returned to the stage in Seoul for the first time since 2019, with an adoring home-grown crowd offering only applause as Covid rules barred all screaming, chanting or singing.

AFP

S. Korea's new president to teach 'rude boy' Kim Jong Un some manners

Seoul (AFP) - Threatening a pre-emptive strike, swiftly responding to missile tests, and telling "rude boy" leader Kim Jong Un to behave: South Korea's next president looks set to get tough on the nuclear-armed North, analysts say.

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K-Pop's BTS back on stage for first Seoul gig since pandemic

Seoul (AFP) - Tens of thousands of BTS fans were gathering in Seoul on Thursday for the K-Pop superstars' first live concert in South Korea since the pandemic -- although Covid regulations will prevent them from dancing or singing along.

AFP

Japan cautiously welcomes South Korean president-elect

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his government welcomed the victory of South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday

The Independent UK

Analysis-S.Korea's president-elect harnessed voter discontent. Now comes the hard part

South Korea's new president-elect harnessed widespread public discontent and disillusionment to win Wednesday's election but the same volatile forces that brought him to power may complicate his efforts to enact reforms, analysts said.

Reuters

North Korea's Kim praises scientists after 'satellite' test

Seoul (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the space centre in Pyongyang and praised scientists who recently tested a "reconnaissance satellite", which analysts have warned was a thinly-disguised ballistic missile launch, state media reported Thursday.

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South Korea elects Yoon as new president in hawkish turn

SEOUL, South Korea — Former top prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol won election as South Korea’s president, returning the conservative opposition to power after five years and signaling a hawkish turn in the country’s relations with China and North Korea.

Tribune News Service

Anti-feminist political novice: South Korea's new president Yoon

Seoul (AFP) - South Korea's new president-elect is a political novice who shot to public attention as a prosecutor for his uncompromising investigations into some of the country's most high-profile corruption scandals.

AFP

BTS are back baby!

Today and this Saturday and Sunday, the world's biggest boy band BTS will hold their first concert in their homeland, "BTS Permission To Dance On Stage - Seoul", after two-and-a-half years. The concert will take place at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium.

Bangkok Post

Conservative Yoon wins tight South Korean presidential race

Seoul (AFP) - Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol won South Korea's presidential election Thursday, with the political novice and avowed anti-feminist immediately promising a more hawkish policy on the nuclear-armed North.

AFP

S.Korea elects conservative outsider as president in tectonic shift

Conservative South Korean opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol rode to victory in a tight presidential election on a wave of discontent over economic policy, scandals and gender wars, reshaping the political future of Asia's fourth-largest economy.

Reuters

South Korea's two presidential candidates in tight race as polls close

Seoul (AFP) - A scandal-plagued liberal and an anti-feminist conservative were locked in a dead heat Wednesday in the race to become South Korea's next president, with exit polls showing the two leading candidates less than a percentage point apart.

AFP

South Korea Chooses New President with Inequality Key Concern

South Koreans were at the polls electing a new president Wednesday with economic inequality a top concern especially among young swing voters, despite growing saber-rattling from the nuclear-armed North. Polling booths opened at 6 am (2100 GMT) and record early voting indicates turnout will be high after a campaign dominated…

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South Korea votes in tight presidential race with inequality top concern

Seoul (AFP) - South Koreans are voting Wednesday in a tightly fought presidential election with the deciding votes set to be cast by young people, whose top concerns are economic inequality and unemployment -- not recent sabre-rattling from the nuclear-armed North.

Tribune News Service

South Korea votes for president to steer its virus-hit economy

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea went to the polls to elect a new president to manage relations with nuclear-armed neighbors China and North Korea, and guide the export-driven economy as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens global growth.

AFP

South Korea chooses new president with inequality key concern

Seoul (AFP) - South Koreans were at the polls electing a new president Wednesday with economic inequality a top concern especially among young swing voters, despite growing sabre-rattling from the nuclear-armed North.

The Independent UK

South Korea votes for president in tight, bitter election

South Koreans have begun voting for a new president to choose between a liberal maverick and a conservative former prosecutor in an election that has aggravated the country’s domestic divisions

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S. Korea chooses new president with inequality key concern

Seoul (AFP) - South Koreans began voting for a new president Wednesday with economic inequality a top concern, despite growing sabre-rattling from the nuclear-armed North.

The Guardian - UK

Shamans, Hitler and mutual hatred: South Koreans go to polls in rancorous election

Presidential hopefuls trade insults and fend off allegations of impropriety in race some liken to Squid Game series

Reuters

S.Korea seizes N.Korean 'fishing' boat, fires warning shot at patrol boat

South Korea's military seized a North Korean boat that crossed into its waters on Tuesday and fired a warning shot to see off a North Korean patrol vessel that tried to intervene, Seoul officials said.

AFP

K-Pop's BTS back for first Seoul show after thriving in pandemic

Seoul (AFP) - South Korean supergroup BTS return to the stage in Seoul to play for their adoring home-grown fans for the first time since 2019 on Thursday, after tickets for the three-night stadium concerts sold out in minutes.

Bangkok Post

S Korea seizes N Korea fishing boat, fires warning shot

SEOUL: South Korea's military seized a North Korean fishing boat that crossed the maritime border between the two Koreas on Tuesday and fired a warning shot to see off a North Korean patrol vessel that tried to intervene, the Yonhap news agency reported.

Al Jazeera

As South Korea votes, shopping mall bid spotlights regional split

Presidential candidate’s pledge to build shopping complex spotlights regionalism and suspicion of big business.

AFP

'Sexism exists': S.Korea feminist presidential candidate's lonely crusade

Seoul (AFP) - Solid political credentials, scandal-free, and an excellent debater: Sim Sang-jung is one of South Korea's most established woman politicians.But as a left-wing feminist from a minor party, she doesn't stand a chance of becoming president on Wednesday.

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