Korea

South Korea launches first domestically made space rocket

The Nuri rocket failed in delivering a dummy payload – a 1.5-ton block of stainless steel and aluminium – into orbit 600 to 800 kilometres above Earth.

North Korea tests new submarine-launched missile

Pyongyang successfully tests a "new type" of Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile, state media KCNA reports.

Seoul says North Korea tested submarine-launched ballistic missile

The latest test comes as both Koreas are building up their weapons capabilities in what could become an arms race on the peninsula.

South Korea's 'Squid Game' is Netflix's biggest debut show

The series reached 111 million fans in just 27 days, since its release on September 17, easily outpacing UK costume drama "Bridgerton", which was streamed by 82 million accounts in its first 28 days.

North Korea: US, S Korea threaten peace with military buildup

Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un blames US for tensions on the peninsula while lashing at Seoul over its "reckless ambition" and a "two-faced, illogical" attitude.

Iran-South Korea row worsens over oil billions frozen by US sanctions

Iran was South Korea's third-largest Middle Eastern trade partner before the US unilaterally withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers and reimposed crippling sanctions.

More than 20 Korean words are added to Oxford English Dictionary

As the South Korean entertainment, beauty and food industry takes the world by storm, the dictionary is ‘riding the crest of the Korean wave’.

Two Koreas restore hotline despite North's missile tests

Restoration of an inter-Korean hotline comes three days after Pyongyang test-fired a newly developed anti-aircraft missile in the fourth round of weapons firings in recent weeks.

North Korea fires newly developed anti-aircraft missile in latest test

The test is part of the fourth round of weapons firings in recent weeks, even as Pyongyang pushes to reopen dormant communication channels with South Korea in a small reconciliation step.

North Korea rejects US dialogue offer as 'facade'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says US offer of talks are "nothing more than a facade to mask their deception and hostile acts and an extension of hostile policy from past administrations."

North Korea tests new hypersonic missile

The missile, called Hwasong-8, performed to its technical specifications "including the guiding maneuverability and the gliding flight characteristics of the detached hypersonic gliding warhead," state media KCNA reports.

North Korea fires unidentified projectile, slams US 'hostile' policy

North Korea fires unidentified projectile towards the sea off its east coast amid Pyongyang's calls for US and South Korea to scrap their "hostile policy."