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Japan, South Korea pledge renewed 'shuttle diplomacy' after ties reset

The Asian neighbours have for years been locked in a bitter dispute over Japan's use of wartime forced labour during its occupation of Korea.

North Korea food shortage worsens amid Covid pandemic

South Korea speculation about North Korea’s food insecurity flares as its top leaders prepare to discuss the “very important and urgent task” of formulating correct agricultural policy.

Hundreds flee as blaze destroys dozens of homes in southern Seoul

About 500 residents flee Guryong village as fire overwhelms at least 60 homes, South Korean authorities say.

North Korea fires ballistic missiles after unprecedented year of tests

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says it detected three launches from an inland area south of Pyongyang, the North's capital.

Several dead in South Korea tunnel fire

A huge fire at an expressway tunnel on the outskirts of Seoul as a result of an accident has killed at least six people, emergency services say.

North Korea slams Japan's security strategy, warns of military measures

Tokyo's sweeping, five-year plan, once unthinkable in pacifist Japan, will make the country the world's third-biggest military spender after the United States and China, based on current budgets.

DPRK launches six more missiles prompting evacuation warnings in Japan

North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile during a new salvo of launches, the South Korean military says, with Washington urging all nations to enforce sanctions on Pyongyang.

Response was 'insufficient', South Korea police admit after deadly crush

At least 156 mostly young people have been killed in a deadly crowd surge late at the first post-pandemic Halloween party in Seoul's popular Itaewon nightlife district.

World leaders express sadness for Seoul, not so much for Mogadishu

Leaders from the US, UK, Japan, France, Singapore, Italy and other rich countries react with shock and sadness after more than 150 people were killed in a crowd surge and stampede.

South Korea declares national mourning after more than 150 die in stampede

President Yoon Suk-yeol's announcement came after a mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween festivities in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley.

South Korea Halloween crush kills nearly 150

Stampede kills at least 149 people and injures 65 others in capital Seoul after a huge crowd celebrating Halloween surges into an alley in a nightlife area, officials say.

'Continuing provocations': North Korea fires artillery into buffer area

Pyongyang's "continuing provocations" not only undermine peace and security on the Korean peninsula but also for the international community, says South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.