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  • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    Biden and Yoon agree to step up deterrence against North Korea

    Washington seeks to reassure allies of its support as Pyongyang pushes ahead with nuclear weapons

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    News in-depthNorth Korea nuclear tensions
    Nervous South Koreans seek ways to counter North’s nuclear threat

    New president Yoon Suk-yeol has pledged to ‘dramatically strengthen’ defences

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    Kim Jong Un tones down rhetoric in rare friendly exchange with South Korea

    North Korean leader praises President Moon Jae-in after weeks of rising tensions and missile tests

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    South Korea
    South Korea signals nuclear fuel U-turn as global energy crisis looms

    Incoming administration cites rising greenhouse gas emissions and Russian invasion of Ukraine

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    Kim Jong Un’s regime suffers dangerous missile launch failure

    Test conducted after White House warned North Korea against challenging US during Ukraine war

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    News in-depth
    What you need to know about South Korea’s new conservative president

    Yoon Suk-yeol is a former chief prosecutor with little foreign policy experience

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol elected South Korean president

    Former prosecutor’s victory will probably lead to a closer alignment between Seoul and Washington

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    South Koreans cast votes after bitter presidential election campaign

    Voters lament negative tone of contest as country grapples with economic and social pressures

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    The Big Read
    South Korea’s raucous politics: presidential election defined by mudslinging and scandal

    Poll features two populist candidates mired in controversy over everything from misogyny to property deals

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    News in-depthBeijing Winter Olympics
    Winter Olympics speed skating spat stokes anti-China hostility in South Korea

    More than half of Koreans believe their country’s biggest trading partner is ‘close to evil’

  • Wednesday, 5 January, 2022
    News in-depth
    South Korea forges ahead with end-of-war declaration despite US reservations

    Moon Jae-in is desperate to cement legacy as a peacemaker but has received scant international support

  • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
    InterviewGlobal trade
    S Korea trade minister calls for post-Covid focus on supply chain resilience

    Crisis has forced lasting shift in governments’ policy approach, according to Yeo Han-koo

  • Friday, 24 December, 2021
    South Korea’s former president Park Geun-hye receives pardon

    Impeached leader is serving a prison term for corruption and abuse of power

  • Monday, 20 December, 2021
    South Korea politicians raise concerns over crypto brain drain

    Financial regulators and police officers leaving public service to join exchanges

  • Monday, 13 December, 2021
    US-China relations
    Australia signs South Korea arms deal as US allies seek China ‘containment’

    Seoul has in the past been reluctant to take sides in the contest between Washington and Beijing

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Embassies blast South Korea over ‘discriminatory’ foreign vaccines policy

    Seoul does not recognise jabs given abroad but officials say restrictions will curb Omicron spread

  • Monday, 29 November, 2021
    South Korean presidential hopeful plays down reunification with north

    Ruling party’s Lee signals policy shift towards accepting coexistence with Pyongyang

  • Thursday, 25 November, 2021
    News in-depthNorth Korea nuclear tensions
    South Korea longs for Trump’s focus as efforts to engage Pyongyang stall

    Seoul complains Joe Biden’s policy is aimed at managing rather than solving the problem

  • Friday, 5 November, 2021
    South Korean golf club bans Japanese cars to ‘honour’ ancestors’ fight against occupation

    Parking decree exposes difficulties of forming a US-led Asian alliance to confront China

  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    South Korea’s ‘Bernie Sanders’ touts universal basic income ahead of polls

    Leading presidential candidates embrace radical economic shifts to tackle growing inequality

  • Monday, 4 October, 2021
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    North Korea restores hotline a year after blowing up liaison office

    Kim Jong Un reopens communication in wake of missile tests to ‘rehabilitate’ relations with Seoul

  • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
    South Korea Economy
    South Korea proposes record spending to deal with pandemic

    President says aggressive fiscal approach must be maintained as coronavirus cases surge

  • Monday, 9 August, 2021
    Samsung Group
    Samsung’s billionaire leader to be freed from jail

    Lee Jae-yong’s release refocuses attention on ties between big South Korean companies and government

  • Friday, 6 August, 2021
    North Korea
    South Korean activists accused of spying for Pyongyang

    Civil society group had protested against Seoul’s plans to purchase stealth fighter jets from US

  • Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
    South Korea’s ex-top prosecutor launches bid for presidency

    Yoon Seok-youl looks to tap discontent over rising inequality and corruption allegations

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