Korean food gets a Michelin-starred makeover in Seoul restaurants
South Korea's restaurants are fine-tuning traditional dishes and adding the taste of culinary success to the trophy chest of Korean cultural power.
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South Korea launches legal action to force striking doctors back to work
The South Korean government is targeting a medical group, as a doctor-walkout throws the country's health care system into chaos.
Social isolation takes a toll on a rising number of South Korea's young adults
A growing number of South Korea's young adults are isolating themselves from society, raising questions about the state of youths in a country known for cutthroat competition and pressure to conform.
Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong is acquitted of financial crimes related to 2015 merger
The ruling could ease the legal troubles for the Samsung heir less than two years after he was pardoned of bribing a former president in a scandal that toppled a previous South Korean government.
As North Korea launches missiles and artillery, this island's residents are terrified
Residents of a South Korean island attacked by North Korea in 2010 fear it could become a flashpoint again. They hid in air raid shelters in early January after North Korea conducted artillery drills.
A luxury Dior handbag rattles South Korea's politics
A gift accepted by the country's first lady has set off very public debates about ethics and revealed ruling party divisions just weeks before legislative elections.
North Korea launches ballistic missile, thought capable of hitting distant US bases
North Korea fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea's military said.
South Korea's parliament endorses landmark legislation outlawing dog meat industry
The bill would make the slaughtering, breeding, trade and sales of dog meat for human consumption illegal from 2027 and punish such acts with 2-3 years in prison.
South Korea says the North has again fired artillery shells near their sea border
The new round of artillery drills near the two countries' disputed sea boundary came a day after the North's similar exercises prompted South Korea to respond with its own firing drills.
North and South Korea conduct provocative military drills along their sea boundary
The rival Koreas fired artillery rounds into the sea as part of provocative drills along their disputed sea boundary Friday, in violation of the fragile 2018 inter-Korean agreement.