Tag: South Korea
South Korea vows truth over forced overseas adoptions
South Korea was once one of the world's biggest exporters of babies, sending more than 140,000 children overseas between 1955 and 1999, according to official figures.
Heat kills 16 in South Korea this summer
The whole of Seoul was under the highest-level "severe heatwave warning" alert Tuesday, with temperatures forecast to soar again close to 40C.
South Korea records its highest-ever temperature of 42.5C
A heatwave day is defined as one with a maximum temperature of at least 33C.
South Korea ex-first lady handed 7 years in jobs-for-gifts case
Kim, 53, was found guilty of accepting "high-value precious metals" in exchange for favours in personnel appointments, according to the livestreamed ruling.
South Korea ex-minister gets 25 years for role in martial law...
Yoon was also given a 30-year jail term earlier this month for sending drones to North Korea to "manufacture a national crisis" to justify his martial law.
S. Korea secures 270 mn barrels of oil from suppliers unaffected...
The amount is sufficient for more than three months of South Korea's oil needs, Kang said after he returned from a trip to Kazakhstan, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Ex-South Korea leader apologises for martial law crisis
"I deeply apologise to the people for the frustration and hardships I have caused them, due to my own shortcomings, despite my resolve to save the nation," Yoon said in a statement shared through his lawyer.
South Korea court weighs death sentence for ex-president Yoon
Prosecutors have sought the harshest penalty on the insurrection charges, urging the Seoul Central District Court to put Yoon on death row during hearings in January.
South Korea exam chief quits over complaints of too-hard tests
The chief organiser of South Korea's notoriously gruelling university entrance exams has resigned -- after complaints that an English test he designed was just too difficult.
Explosion in DMZ injures South Korean soldier
The unidentified blast occurred Thursday morning on the western front of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), the defence ministry said in a statement.
