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Lee Eun-eui has been offering free legal help for victims of sexual violence since 2015, as part of a South Korean government's programme to support the victims. (Photo: Representational/ Pixabay)

Have been there: Ex-Samsung employee, survivor now helps #MeToo victims in S Korea

Lee's personal battle began in 2005 when she reported the abuse to her human resources department, only to be ostracized.

15 Mar 2018 4:44 PM

North Korean media appeared to have had no major coverage of Kim's invitation to meet US President Donald Trump or South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss the future of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme. (Photo: File)

World raves about Trump, Kim's first meeting, N Korean media remains silent

North Koreans appear to still be in the dark despite such a potentially historic achievement.

10 Mar 2018 2:25 PM

Most of his victims were drama students at a provincial university where he taught, it said, adding the 52-year-old had been forced out of his professorship over the scandal, leaving his career in tatters. (Photo: AP)

S Korean actor accused in #MeToo campaign possibly commits suicide

Jo Min-ki, who had been accused of sexually molesting at least eight victims, was found dead at his home in Seoul.

09 Mar 2018 3:40 PM

In a meeting with the South's President Moon Jae-in, the North's delegation 'agreed that inter-Korea talks and North-US relations should improve together'. (Photo: File)

S Korea says N Korea 'very willing' to hold peace talks with US

US, however, says that any talks are only possible if North Korea takes concrete steps towards denuclearisation.

26 Feb 2018 8:37 AM

Ivanka Trump is scheduled to have dinner with Moon on Friday, and Yonhap news agency cited the presidential Blue House as saying he was also likely to meet Pyongyang's delegation during its trip. (Photo: File)

Ivanka Trump, N Korean general to attend Winter Olympics closing ceremony

The Pyeongchang Games have become a venue for geopolitics as much as sports.

22 Feb 2018 7:43 PM

North Korea has sent a delegation of 22 athletes to compete in five disciplines, with their women's ice hockey players to compete in a unified Korean team. (Photo: ANI)

2018 Winter Olympics: Korean athletes under unified flag at opening march

The two-hour long opening ceremony of the first Winter Olympics in South Korea was held under the slogan, "Passion, Connected".

10 Feb 2018 7:58 AM

Kim Yong-Nam will be the highest-level Northern official to visit the South since 2014.(Photo: AFP)

N Korea’s nominal head to visit S Korea, attend Winter Olympics opening ceremony

Kim Yong-Nam will be the most senior official from the North for years to travel to the other side of the Demilitarized Zone.

06 Feb 2018 11:28 AM

Seoul's Unification Ministry said on Sunday Kim Yong Nam would lead a 22-strong delegation that was expected to arrive in South Korea on Friday for a three-day trip. (Photo: AP)

Hope for talks: N Korea’s nominal leader to attend Olympics in S Korea

Kim Yong Nam's visit comes as Seoul pins its hopes on high-level talks during the February 9-25 Games.

05 Feb 2018 5:44 PM

Nearly 700,000 Rohingya have fled their villages into Bangladesh since the Myanmar military’s crackdown following Aug 25 attacks by Rohingya insurgents. (Photo: File/Representational)

UN official says Rohingya crisis has ‘hallmarks of genocide’

Lee said that Myanmar’s actions were ‘amounting to crimes against humanity.’

01 Feb 2018 6:24 PM

Friday's accident is South Korea's worst fire disaster since 2003, when an arson attack on a subway station in the southeastern city of Daegu killed 192 people. (Photo: AP)

41 dead, over 80 injured in fire at hospital in South Korea

South Korean President Moon Jae-In called an emergency meeting with advisers, and demanded an immediate probe into the cause of the blaze.

26 Jan 2018 12:54 PM

Survivors were brought out wrapped in blankets, and firefighters picked their way through the blackened shell of the building after the blaze was extinguished. (Photo: AP)

33 killed, over 70 injured in South Korean hospital fire

Around 200 people were in the Sejong Hospital building when the fire broke out, police said.

26 Jan 2018 9:27 AM

A Unification Ministry official said, the North Korean delegation walked over the border inside the joint security area (JSA) to the Peace House around 0030 GMT. (Photo: AP)

North, South Korea begin talks as Winter Olympics helps break ice after 2 yrs

Five senior officials from each side met at the three-storey Peace House on the South Korean side of the Panmunjom truce village from 10 am.

09 Jan 2018 11:03 AM

The North says its weapons programme is designed to be able to target the US mainland and tested increasingly longer-range intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) throughout 2017. (Photo: AP)

We must mass-produce nuclear warheads: Kim Jong-Un

Kim says he always had nuclear launch button on his desk, has presided over multiple missile tests in recent months.

01 Jan 2018 9:04 AM

The ship, KOTI, was seized at Pyeongtaek-Dangjin port. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

S Korea seizes Panama-flagged ship suspected of carrying oil to N Korea

The seizure is the second to be revealed by South Korea within a few days, as the UN steps up efforts to squeeze oil supplies to the North.

31 Dec 2017 6:36 PM

The North's official Korean Central News Agency took the oft-repeated stance as it reviewed the country's major nuclear weapons and missile tests in 2017. (Photo: AFP)

Won’t give up nukes till US continue their ’blackmail’: N Korea

The North Korea lashes out at the annual military drills between the US and South Korea, which the allies describe as defensive in nature.

30 Dec 2017 8:27 PM

Some experts see it as unlikely that Moon’s government will spark a full-blown diplomatic row with Japan by scrapping the deal when the allies face pressing needs to form a strong united front against North Korea’s growing nuclear threat. (Photo: File)

S Korean Prez says sex slave deal with Japan flawed amid victims’ grievances

Thousands of women were sent to front-line military brothels to provide sex to Japanese soldiers during World War II.

28 Dec 2017 12:04 PM

Most of those who died were women who had been using the public bath on the second and third floors, which made it harder for them to escape, fire department officials said. (Photo: AP)

South Korea: 20 killed, 29 injured as building catches fire

‘Fire likely began in parking lot, nothing so far to suggest the fire had been deliberately set,’ says Jecheon fire department official.

22 Dec 2017 10:19 AM

WannaCry infected some 300,000 computers in 150 nations in May, encrypting user files and demanding hundreds of dollars from their owners for the keys to get them back. (Photo: File/Representational)

N Korea denies role in WannaCry ransomware attack, rubbishes US charges

Washington had ‘ulterior’ motives, a spokesman for Pyongyang's foreign ministry said.

21 Dec 2017 4:38 PM

'There were no shots at the time, but about 90 minutes later South Korean troops fired around 20 rounds from a K-3 machine gun to warn off Northern guards,' says the spokesperson for Seoul's defence ministry. (Photo: AFP)

Another North Korean soldier defects to South; fourth this year

It is the fourth time this year a North Korean soldier has defected across the world's most heavily armed border.

21 Dec 2017 10:34 AM

Kim Jong-Un has overseen unspoken reforms that have allowed the market to play a greater role in North Korea's economy. (Photo: AFP)

Even as N Korea sees fastest economic growth in 5 years, S Korea better off

South Korea's total trade volume was put at USD 902 billion, almost 140 times the North's USD 6.5 billion.

18 Dec 2017 3:53 PM

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