South Korea and the United States began a major annual military exercise on Monday despite North Korean threats of possible retaliation over what it calls a rehearsal for invasion.

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South Korean troops on Monday began a live-fire artillery exercise near the disputed Yellow Sea border with North Korea despite the North's threats of 'merciless' retaliation, officials said.

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After winning a long battle for quality, South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor is focusing on beauty.

Hyundai, together with its affiliate Kia, was ranked the world's fourth largest carmaker in 2

Rights group Amnesty International on Thursday urged the release of a South Korean activist accused of helping the ‘enemy’ by re-tweeting messages from North Korea's official Twitter account.

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South Korea's conservative ruling party changed its name on Thursday to try to shore up sagging support in a key election year, but sceptics called it a cosmetic measure which would fail to impress vo

South Korean activists on Saturday released huge gas-filled balloons filled with socks over the border into impoverished North Korea despite threats from Pyongyang.

The socks can be worn to help surv

The US has urged South Korea to join a US-led campaign to punish Iran over its controversial nuclear programme by reducing oil imports from the oil-rich country, Xinhua reported on Tuesday.

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South Korean customs officials say they have arrested eight men over a scheme to allegedly smuggle gold out of the country by hiding it in their rectums.

The Korea Customs Service said on Monday the

Cool under fire took on new meaning for more than 200 South Korean soldiers this week as they stripped off their shirts, flung snow on each other and walked through an ice-encrusted stream -- all part

A South Korean Marine who killed four colleagues in a shooting spree after complaining of bullying was sentenced to death on Friday after a court martial.

The 20-year-old corporal opened fire at a Ma