South Korea

News agency Reuters has been banned from the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in South Korea after it published photos of a rehearsal.

South Korea's defence minister said his country will not drop its guard despite signs of improving ties with the Kim Jong-un regime.

North Korea will build a "world level" beach resort in the southeast of the country in a bid to attract more tourists to Kim Jong-un's nation.

Seoul has hinted that the strength of the joint military exercises will not be scaled down - a move that is likely to anger North Korea.

The blaze engulfed major sections of the Sejong Hospital in the southeastern city of Miryang early on Friday, 26 January.

North Korea's state media has said Pyongyang would 'smash' challenges against reunifying the Korean peninsula.

Suicide rate in South Korean twice as high as other OECD countries. K-pop singer Jonghyun and actor Jun Tae-soo both took own lives.

A Canadian health body has warned that Chronic Wasting Disease could spread to humans via meat.

Seoul authorities urged conservative critics to not provoke the North Korean leadership as they hope to improve inter-Korea relations through the Olympics.

North Korea will send about 400 people south of the border to compete in the Winter Olympics. Speaking to reporters and foreigners is strictly forbidden.

Hyon has been subject to much speculation over the years including her suspected execution which later proved to be false.

Despite a rapid rise in value over the past year, the price of bitcoin could fall to $1,000 per coin in the next 12 months, a major Wall Street investment chief has warned.

The protests broke out as a North Korean delegation, led by pop diva Hyon Song-wol visited ahead of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Pyongyang has not made it clear whether the visit is permanently cancelled or temporarily suspended.

As speculation about South Korea's stance on crypto shifts markets, it has emerged that at least one government official in the region is under investigation for insider trading.

As the price of a single bitcoin tumbled for the first time in months, Reddit's cryptocurrency community started posting links to global suicide hotlines.

North Korean hackers have increasingly targeted cryptocurrency firms and users to generate funds for a country squeezed by sanctions and trade restrictions.

North and South Korea plan to send joint ice hockey team to Winter Olympics in Seoul. North Korean delegation also includes an orchestra.

Donald Trump asked several times where a US member of staff was born, despite her insisting she was born in New York.

Speculation has swirled for decades that everyone from North Korean footballers to coaches are punished for not dominating international sporting championships.

Relations between North Korea and South Korea have been strained for many years, but one moment in 2000 shows another future is still possible.

South Korean foreign minister announces Seoul would allocate funds from its own money and would not seek renegotiation with Tokyo.

Hackers targeting February's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, using a booby-trapped Microsoft Word document to infect computers.

In a rare gesture, North Korea has agreed to hold high-level talks with rival South Korea to discuss participation in upcoming winter Olympics.

If things go according to plan, this will be the first time in two years that the rival Koreas will hold direct talks between each other.

More than 200,000 women from Korea, Taiwan, China and other nationalities were forced to work at wartime brothels by the Japanese Imperial Military during the Second World War.

South Korean authorities say the Hong Kong vessel supplied 600 tonnes of refined petroleum to a North Korean ship in the East China Sea waters.

A North Korean soldier who defected is said to have anthrax antibodies in his system, raising fears in Seoul over its weapons capabilities.

South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the defecting soldier appeared in front of a guard post on the mid-western front at around 8.04am local time.

During the pregnancy, doctors informed the mother that it was extremely unlikely the child would survive