A South Korean governor has sparked outrage after he proposed “importing Sri Lankan and Vietnamese virgins” to help stem the population decline in provincial areas. Jindo county Governor Kim Hee-soo ...

Excited young couples roam a bustling convention center trying on baby carriers, testing strollers and learning the latest safety features of car seats. This scene in Seoul in January may seem totally ...

Academic pressure has become so intense that even preschoolers are taking private extracurricular classes, raising worries about children’s rights. Academic pressure has become so intense that even ...

People in North Korea, including schoolchildren, are being executed for watching Squid Game and other foreign media, according to new testimony. Citizens also face being killed for listening to K-pop, ...

SEOUL, Feb 6 (Reuters) - North Korea has opened its national winter games, state media reported, as athletes from the reclusive state sit out the Milan Cortina Winter Olympicsafter failing to secure ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos met South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Manila on Tuesday, where ‌they discussed ways to deepen economic and security ties. Asia Pacificcategory· ago South ...

North Korea has opened its national winter games, state media confirmed, with the isolated nation's athletes conspicuously absent from the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. The 2026 National Winter Games ...

On a freezing January morning in Seoul, Jung Ha-ru stood shivering outside a bakery. She had been there since 8 a.m., all for a chance to snag a Dubai chewy cookie. “I saw it on Reels,” the ...

A South Korean official who suggested the country "import young women" from "Vietnam or Sri Lanka" to boost its birth-rate has been expelled from his party. Kim Hee-soo, the head of the southern Jindo ...

People take part in a mass rally and demonstration to mark what North Korea calls “the day of struggle against US imperialism” in Sinchon County of South Hwanghae Province, North Korea, June 25, 2025.

(Bangkok) –In 2025, the North Korean government increased surveillance, information controls, and restrictions on market activity despite deepening food insecurity and inequality, Human Rights Watch ...