South Korea came under pressure on Thursday from outraged governments and environmentalists to scrap plans to kill whales under a 'scientific' research programme denounced as a sham.

Critics of Seoul

South Korea postponed on Friday the signing with Japan of an agreement to share sensitive military information in the face of anger over a pact with a former colonial ruler that critics say was negoti

South Korea will soon sign a military agreement with Japan for the first time since Tokyo's brutal colonial rule ended in 1945, a report said on Wednesday.

The pact -- named the General Security of M

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was named on Tuesday as the winner of this year's Seoul Peace Prize, the prize foundation said.

Ban was chosen for promoting the rights of women and chil

North Korea's military vowed on Monday to launch unspecified ‘special actions’ soon meant to reduce South Korea's conservative government and media companies ‘to ashes’ in less that four minutes, in a

South Korea's Posco, the world's third largest steelmaker by output, said on Friday first-quarter net profit dropped 42 per cent year-on-year due to price cuts and higher raw material costs.

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South Korea has deployed new cruise missiles capable of destroying targets such as missile and nuclear bases anywhere in North Korea, the defence ministry said on Thursday.

The ministry released a vi

News of North Korea's abortive rocket launch was flashed around the world on Friday but there were four long hours of silence before Pyongyang admitted the highly publicised attempt had failed.

"The

Polls opened Wednesday in South Korea's closely contested parliamentary elections, seen as a key test of sentiment ahead of December's presidential poll.

Voting began at 6:00 am (2100 GMT) at 13,470

Japan has deployed missile batteries in Tokyo and dispatched destroyers carrying interceptor missiles as it boosts its defences against a planned North Korean rocket launch this month.

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