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North Korean leader furious over failed destroyer launch, vows to arrest those responsible
A statement from North Korea on its handling of the botched launch came after leader Kim Jong Un expressed fury over the ...
FDA issues norovirus warning on frozen oysters from South Korea
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that certain half-shell oysters that are frozen and raw harvested in South ...
South Korea's love for Wallace and Gromit
They are much loved in the UK, but Aardman characters Wallace & Gromit now also have a huge following on the other side of ...
The US and South Korea just rewrote the rulebook on salvaging a downed F-35
When an F-35A belly-landed in South Korea in 2022, engineers wrote it off. But a novel plan to remove and reattach its wings ...
On This Day: South Korean president dies amid corruption probe
On May 23, 2009, police said South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, 62, linked to a corruption investigation, died in a leap ...
South Korea to prepare support for food exporters to weather US tariffs
South Korea will prepare support measures for agricultural and food exporters, while closely monitoring the impact of U.S.
Starbucks bars customers in South Korea from turning their orders into political statements
The company is trying to stop South Koreans from using their orders to express support for or opposition to candidates in the upcoming presidential election.
Why Growing Acceptance of Childbirth Outside of Marriage Matters for South Korea
As the country faces the world’s lowest fertility rate, young adults’ attitudes are shifting about having children out of ...
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South Korea's Female Free Divers May Have Evolved to Thrive Underwater, Study Finds
On Jeju Island, 50 miles south of the Korean peninsula, senior women regularly dive up to 60 feet beneath the ocean’s surface ...