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October 24, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Trash carried by a North Korean balloon again falls on the presidential compound in Seoul
South Korea says trash carried by a North Korean balloon has fallen on the presidential compound in central Seoul
October 24, 2024 at 3:58 PM
October 24, 2024 at 11:33 AM
North Korea trash balloon lands in South Korea president's compound, security says
A North Korean "trash balloon" landed inside the South Korean presidential compound in the capital Seoul on Thursday amid rising tensions between the two neighbors.
October 24, 2024 at 11:33 AM
October 23, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Adoptee deported from US over lack of citizenship criticizes South Korea, agency
Adam Crapser, an adoptee who was deported to South Korea in 2016 because his American parents never secured his citizenship, has delivered a scathing denunciation of the Korean government and his adoption agency in a Seoul appeals court
October 23, 2024 at 1:23 PM
October 23, 2024 at 1:50 AM
S. Korea warns it can send arms to Ukraine after reports of North's troops in Russia
South Korea warns it could consider supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to North Korea allegedly dispatching troops to Russia
October 23, 2024 at 1:50 AM
October 22, 2024 at 2:42 PM
North Korea sending troops to aid Russia: South Korean intelligence
ABC News' Britt Clennett reports on this potential threat and the response from the U.S.
October 22, 2024 at 2:42 PM
October 18, 2024 at 9:23 AM
BTS member J-Hope finishes mandatory military enlistment in South Korea
K-pop idol J-Hope was discharged from the military on Thursday, becoming the second member of BTS to finish mandatory enlistment in South Korea.
October 18, 2024 at 9:23 AM
October 17, 2024 at 12:30 PM
South Korean court acquits former police chief over deadly crowd crush
A South Korean court found the former police chief of the country’s capital, Seoul, not guilty over a botched response to a Halloween crowd crush that killed nearly 160 people in 2022
October 17, 2024 at 12:30 PM
October 15, 2024 at 11:35 AM
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korea blows up border roads
South Korea's military said Tuesday it detected explosions on two cross-border roads connecting the country to North Korea.
October 15, 2024 at 11:35 AM
October 15, 2024 at 10:35 AM
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korea blows up border roads
South Korea's military said Tuesday it detected explosions on two cross-border roads connecting the country to North Korea.
October 15, 2024 at 10:35 AM
October 11, 2024 at 3:58 PM
North Korea accuses South Korea of flying drones to capital, threatens to attack
North Korea has accused rival South Korea of flying drones to its capital to drop anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets and threatened to respond with force if such flights occur again
October 11, 2024 at 3:58 PM
October 10, 2024 at 5:09 PM
South Korean author Han Kang awarded Nobel Prize in literature
The poet and novelist was praised by the Nobel committee for her “intense poetic prose.”
October 10, 2024 at 5:09 PM
1 month ago
South Korea threatens military response for North Korean 'trash balloons'
South Korea officials said Pyongyang has launched 5,500 balloons across the border since May.
1 month ago
4 months ago
US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea as Putin threatens to arm North Korea
A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, reached port in Busan for planned drills with South Korea and Japan.
4 months ago
4 months ago
BTS members embrace bandmate Jin after he's discharged from South Korean military
RM played the trumpet as fellow BTS members J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook lined up to embrace Jin, who was discharged from his mandatory service in the South Korean military.
4 months ago
7 months ago
Police chase runaway ostrich in South Korea
An ostrich escaped from a zoo in South Korea on Tuesday and ran wild in the streets for about an hour until being safely captured, officials say.
7 months ago
9 months ago
South Korean ruling party lawmaker attacked in Seoul, aide says
Bae, a member of the People Power Party and a former TV journalist, was hit with a palm-sized rock on the back of her head, an aide said.
9 months ago
10 months ago
South Korea passes ban on dog meat
South Korea's National Assembly passed the bill by a 208-0 vote.
10 months ago
10 months ago
South Korean assembly bans dog meat trade, consumption
Dog meat consumption in South Korea will be prohibited by law starting in 2027.
10 months ago
10 months ago
South Korean opposition leader in ICU after attack at press conference
South Korean Democratic Party Leader Lee Jae-myung was hospitalized after being attacked during a press conference in Busan, South Korea, police said.
10 months ago
10 months ago
South Korean opposition leader stabbed, rushed to hospital
South Korean Democratic Party Leader Lee Jae-myung was hospitalized after being attacked during a press conference in Busan, South Korea, state media reported.
10 months ago
10 months ago
South Korean opposition leader stabbed, rushed to hospital
South Korean Democratic Party Leader Lee Jae-myung was hospitalized after being attacked during a press conference in Busan, South Korea, state media reported.
10 months ago
10 months ago
Lee Sun-kyun, star of Oscar-winning film 'Parasite,' dies, police say
"Parasite" actor Lee Sun-kyun has died, police in South Korea confirmed to ABC News.
10 months ago
1 year ago
North Korea redeploys troops to surveillance posts along DMZ, South Korea says
The North Korean military has been spotted re-installing surveillance posts according to surveillance footage provided by the South Korean military Monday.
1 year ago
1 year ago
South Korea fights off unprecedented bedbug infestation
South Korean officials have been detecting and exterminating bedbugs for the last two weeks as a major disinfection of transportation and public facilities is on the way.
1 year ago
1 year ago
South Korea fights bedbug infestation
The first bedbug outbreak was reported in October at a public bath house in Incheon.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Biden holds milestone summit with Japan and South Korea
The president's historic summit in Camp David is where Japan and South Korea agreed to expand security and economic ties.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Biden holds landmark trilateral meeting with Japanese, Korean leaders
ABC News’ Selina Wang is at Camp David where President Joe Biden is set to hold a trilateral meeting with Japanese and South Korean leaders.
1 year ago
1 year ago
US nuclear-armed submarine makes rare appearance in South Korea
ABC News’ Martha Raddatz reports on the U.S. nuclear submarine in South Korea on “This Week.”
1 year ago
1 year ago
Exclusive: Inside the US nuclear missile sub in South Korea
Martha Raddatz reports from inside the first U.S. nuclear sub to visit South Korea, in four decades.
1 year ago
1 year ago
ABC News Exclusive: Inside the US nuclear ballistic missile submarine in South Korea
Martha Raddatz reports from the first such sub to visit near North Korea.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Inside look of nuclear US submarine in South Korea
ABC News’ Martha Raddatz goes aboard the U.S.S. Kentucky, a nuclear ballistic missile submarine and first of its kind to travel to the country in more than four decades.
1 year ago
1 year ago
North Korea fires 'unidentified ballistic missile,' South Korean military says
North Korea fired "an unidentified ballistic missile" toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Seoul musicians protest Ukraine war with music
More than a hundred cellists have played in front of the Russian Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, since March 2022.
1 year ago
1 year ago
State dinner surprise: South Korean president sings 'American Pie'
Yoon's visit marks the 70th anniversary of the U.S. and South Korea’s alliance.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Group of North Koreans defect, cross border into South Korea
A group of North Koreans crossed the Northern Limit Line in a fishing boat on May 6, South Korean authorities confirmed Thursday.
1 year ago
1 year ago
South Korean President Yoon delivers remarks during joint meeting of Congress
ABC’s Elizabeth Schulze reports on South Korean President Yoon’s message of democracy before a joint meeting of Congress, as well as the latest GDP report and the GOP House vote on the debt ceiling.
1 year ago
1 year ago
South Korean president sings 'American Pie' at White House State Dinner
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol stole the show with his rendition of Don McClean’s “American Pie.”
1 year ago
1 year ago
Yoon tells Congress the US-South Korea alliance is 'stronger than ever'
The U.S. and South Korea are marking the 70th anniversary of their alliance as they face North Korean aggression and Chinese expansion in the Indo-Pacific region.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Chip and Joanna Gaines attend President Joe Biden's South Korea state dinner
The "Fixer Upper" stars, along with other celebrities like Angelina Jolie and her son Maddox, were in attendance at the White House event for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Biden calls relationship with South Korea 'success story'
ABC News’ Elizabeth Schulze provides analysis on the bilateral meeting between President Joe Biden and South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol, as the two leaders celebrate their close relationship.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Biden touts relationship with South Korea as 'great success story'
The state visit comes as the U.S. and South Korea mark the 70th year of the countries' alliance.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Biden welcomes South Korea's president to White House
This comes ahead of a joint press conference between the two leaders and a state dinner at the White House.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Biden welcomes South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to White House
The visit comes as the White House announced steps designed to deter North Korea from launching a nuclear attack on South Korea.
1 year ago
2 years ago
South Korea exporting arms to Poland amid controversy over lethal aid to Ukraine
South Korea has confirmed the exports deal to Poland will continue after President Yoon Suk Yeol signaled his intentions to possibly send weapons directly to Ukraine.
2 years ago
2 years ago
South Korea increases its arms exports as Russia-Ukraine war rages on
The country exported a record $17.3 billion in weapons last year, according to South Korea’s Defense Ministry.
2 years ago
2 years ago
K-Pop stars face challenges of military conscription
ABC News' Joohee Cho reports from South Korea about K-Pop boy band members enlisting in mandatory military service and speaks with K-Pop star Siwon Choi about his experience.
2 years ago
2 years ago
North Korea fires 4 ballistic missiles
North Korea launches four new missile tests as a response to joint exercises between the U.S. and South Korea.
2 years ago
2 years ago
US, South Korea warn North Korea following missile launches
The U.S. and South Korea issued a warning to North Korea following intensifying missile launches.
2 years ago
2 years ago
South Korean police reveal emergency calls began hours before deadly crowd surge
South Korean police reveal that emergency calls for help began nearly four hours before the deadly crowd surge that killed at least 156 people.
2 years ago
2 years ago
The search for answers after deadly South Korean crowd surge
ABC News’ Matt Gutman reports from Seoul with the latest on the investigation into the crowd crush that killed 155 people during a Halloween celebration over the weekend.
2 years ago