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Fresh perilla leaves at Gyeongdong Market in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Charmaine Mok
Food and Drinks

Chefs share their passion for Korean ingredients, show how to use them

A tour of a Seoul market reveals a variety of fresh vegetables and herbs. Korean chefs demonstrate their uses in fusion and homestyle fare.

US-China trade war

Japan lawmakers warn US tariffs threaten security as China looms

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Books and literature

A peek inside Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s new book, Light and Thread

Crime

Quick-thinking South Korean police rescue woman after silent 112 call for help

The wordless phone call received a rapid police response thanks to Senior Patrol Officer Kim Hye-jin’s instincts and training.

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A screengrab from tthe National Police Agency’s ‘Knock Knock’ campaign. Photo: Youtube/Korean National Police Agency
Yoon Suk-yeol

South Korea conducts historic raid on ex-president Yoon’s home

Yoon Suk-yeol’s home was raided amid influence peddling allegations involving his wife and close aides.

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North Korea

North Korea test-fires missiles from its first-ever destroyer

The 5,000-tonne warship was launched off the country’s west coast last week. Experts say it was likely built with Russian help.

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K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Mainland China to host first K-pop concert since ‘K-wave ban’ began in 2016

Epex’s concert in Fuzhou on May 31 is raising expectations that Beijing may ease restrictions on K-pop culture in mainland China.

Eight-member K-pop boy band Epex debuted on June 8, 2021 with the EP Bipolar Pt.1: Prelude of Anxiety. Photo: C9 Entertainment
Aviation

Air Busan passenger detained by Chinese police after latest emergency door scare

South Korean airlines have been urged to enhance their security measures following a spate of mid-flight incidents.

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Crime

Student in South Korea injures 7 during stabbing rampage at Cheongju high school

Police are investigating the motive behind the shocking attack that injured educators, staff and a parent.

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North Korea

Casualties and a Kremlin call: North Korea’s Ukraine war admission unpacked

Until recently, neither Moscow nor Pyongyang had admitted to North Korea’s involvement in the conflict.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attend a Gala concert in Pyongyang in June 2024. Photo: TNS
K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

What Just B’s Bain coming out as gay shows about Korea’s progress on LGBTQ

With Bain the first active member of a K-pop boy group to publicly come out as gay, is Korean society beginning to shift towards acceptance?

Bain of Just B attends the release showcase event for the K-pop boy group’s first single album, Just Beat, at Yes24 Live Hall in Seoul, South Korea, on October 27, 2021. Photo: Imazins via Getty Images
E-commerce

Labubu mania takes China’s Pop Mart to top of US App Store charts

Before the recent surge in interest in Chinese e-commerce platforms, Pop Mart’s business was already booming.

Diplomacy

Opinion | As Trump rides roughshod over trade, China is ready to pick up the pieces

China’s message of stable cooperation is resonating as Trump accelerates the birth of a post-US world with rising powers independent of US whims.

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Yoon Suk-yeol

Lee Jae-myung wins party primary for snap presidential election

South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party named Lee Jae-myung, the party’s ex-leader, as its candidate for the snap presidential election.

South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung celebrates after winning the Democratic party’s nomination for the June 3 presidential snap election, on Sunday. Photo: AP
Japan

Why a proposed Japan-US unified defence zone makes South Korea uneasy

Despite US enthusiasm, South Korea fears being drawn into conflicts beyond the Korean peninsula, such as the Taiwan Strait.

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US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth (left) with Japan’s Defence Minister Gen Nakatani in Tokyo on March 30. Photo: EPA-EFE
Trade

South Korea, US aim for ‘July package’ to resolve tariff disputes

Seoul has offered to partner with Washington in shipbuilding and energy, and says it aims to address their bilateral trade imbalance.

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DeepSeek

Video | South Korea says DeepSeek sent data and prompts to China

DeepSeek previously said it overlooked data protection laws when transferring input to a Beijing-based cloud service platform owned by ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok

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Crime

‘I’m sorry’: man arrested after fatal Seoul supermarket stabbing spree

Local police are investigating whether the suspect has a history of mental illness and the reason for the attack.

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A man has been arrested in South Korea following a stabbing spree in a supermarket in Seoul that left one woman dead and another injured. Photo: Shutterstock
Offbeat

‘Don’t assume you don’t smell’: Korean firm tells workers to shower daily

The company also warned employees to be mindful of cigarette odours, sweat after exercise and clothes that haven’t been washed.

Food and Drinks

The best souvenir from Korea? It’s rice for some Japanese visitors

Amid a rice shortage in Japan that has seen prices rise 92 per cent in a year, Japanese visitors to Korea are buying the grain to take home.

Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks rise on Federal Reserve rate-cut hopes

Top Fed officials say the US central bank could respond to signs of economic weakness and lower rates as early as June.

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Hong Kong stocks are headed for their best weekly performance since early March. Photo: Sun Yeung
Japan

Japan’s sovereignty museum shrugs off South Korea’s ‘immediate closure’ call

The museum in Tokyo centres around three separate sets of islands whose ownership Japan disputes with South Korea, China and Russia.

South Korean soldiers training in 2019 on the contested Dokdo Island, referred to in Japan as Takeshima. Photo: EPA-EFE
Donald Trump

South Korea and US aim for deal to lift Trump tariffs by July, Seoul says

US Treasury chief Scott Bessent says talks are ‘moving faster than I thought’, and technical terms could be discussed as early as next week.

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek sent data to Chinese servers without consent, South Korea probe finds

DeepSeek previously said it overlooked data protection laws when transferring input to a Beijing-based cloud service platform owned by ByteDance, the parent of TikTok.

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Diplomacy

Will Yoon’s exit change South Korea’s US-China approach?

Analysts says South Korea’s diplomacy will remain unchanged as it builds closer ties with China, supported by its alliance with the US.

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South Korean and Chinese national flags. Photo: Reuters
Defence

Chinese pair caught photographing South Korean military base twice in days

The repeated incidents have ignited debate over legal loopholes that allow such activity outside designated security zones.

A US fighter jet prepares to land at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Photo: AP
Trending in China

South Korean bus driver rushes collapsed China student to hospital, saves her life

Good Samaritan carries student to emergency unit on back, pays woman’s hospital bill, cries tears of joy when she recovers.

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Aviation

Tasers for air rage: South Korean airlines toughen cabin crew training

Airlines are prioritising physical strength and safety training over looks as violent behaviours soar on board.

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