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Yoon Suk-yeol sworn in as new South Korea president

Yoon Suk-yeol calls for "complete denuclearisation" of North Korea, saying in his first speech as president that Pyongyang's weapons programmes were a threat to global security.

North Korea leader: Pyongyang could "preemptively" use its nuclear force

North Korea will continue to develop its nuclear-armed military so that it could “preemptively and thoroughly contain and frustrate all dangerous attempts and threatening moves," Kim Jong-un said.

Four pilots killed as two South Korean air force planes collide in mid-air

The KT-1 trainer planes crashed near Sacheon town, about 300 kilometres south of the capital Seoul, according to military authorities.

North Korea tests longest-range missile in five years

The ballistic missile has been estimated to have hit a maximum altitude of 2,000 kilometres and flown around 800 kilometres for half an hour, Seoul's military said.

US warns North Korea to cease 'unlawful' missile launches

Pyongyang has conducted a string of weapons tests, including hypersonic missiles, as leader Kim Jong-un pursues his avowed goal of further strengthening the military.

A purrfect crime: Cats behind dozens of fires in South Korea

More than 100 fires in the South Korean capital were kitty-caused, according to the city’s fire officials.

South Korea tests AI facial recognition to track Covid cases

The system should reduce the strain on overworked tracing teams in a city with a population of more than 800,000 people, official says.

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.

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 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."

North Korea rejects South's calls for declaring end to war in peninsula

North Korea's reaction came after South Korean President Moon Jae-in reiterated his calls for the end-of-the-war declaration that he said could help achieve denuclearisation and lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula.