A building design by a Dutch architectural firm has attracted criticism from Web readers in the United States.

Many feel the design, for a project in Seoul, South Korea, has an uncanny similarity wit

South Korea will allow Christians to light two more Christmas tree-shaped towers near the tense border with North Korea despite strong opposition from Pyongyang, an official said on Sunday.

The South

North Korea could conduct a third nuclear test or another missile launch before next year's US and South Korean presidential elections if disarmament talks fail, a senior Seoul official warned on Frid

The chief nuclear envoys for North and South Korea met in Beijing to try to revive international nuclear disarmament talks on Wednesday, with little hope of any early breakthroughs.

The one-day meeti

South Korea and the United States launched a massive joint military exercise on Tuesday, prompting the North to condemn the manoeuvres as provocative and warn that 'all-out war' could erupt.

The two

South Korea fired warning shots on Wednesday after a North Korean artillery shell landed near the flashpoint Yellow Sea border, Seoul's defence ministry said.

The incident highlights the tensions alo

A fireman who died while trying to rescue a cat has sparked an outpouring of sympathy among South Koreans, with many demanding he should be laid to rest in the national cemetery.

Kim Jong-Hyeon, 29,

Torrential rain pounding South Korea on Wednesday triggered landslides which killed 28 people and inundated hundreds of homes in the country's worst flood damage in decades.

Main roads turned to rive

Heavy rain sent landslides barreling through the South Korean capital and a northern town Wednesday, killing 17 and leaving at least three missing, officials said.

Eight of the 12 killed in the early

Torrential rain pounding South Korea on Wednesday triggered landslides which killed 22 people, flooded hundreds of homes and turned main roads into rivers of churning, muddy water.