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North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un says that Korean reunification is "no longer possible" and dissolves three organizations involved in reunification efforts and inter-Korean tourism. He also asks the Supreme People's Assembly to amend the constitution to recognize South Korea as a "primary foe and invariable principal enemy" and distinguish between North Korean and South Korean territory.
2024-01-15

Nine people are killed by flooding caused by record-breaking rainfall in Seoul, South Korea.
2022-08-9

South Korea reports a new record of 950 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total to 41,736 cases. 928 of the new cases are locally transmitted and more than 70% of these are from the Seoul Capital Area.
2020-12-12

Typhoon Maysak, the strongest typhoon of the season, makes landfall along the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula, southwest of Busan, South Korea.
2020-09-3

South Korea ceases loudspeaker broadcasts directed at soldiers over the North Korean border ahead of a planned meeting later this week between leaders Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un.
2018-04-23

South Korea is expected to open a press center and online platform in preparations for the summit with North Korea.
2018-04-16

South Korean prosecutors raid the offices of Samsung Electronics as part of a ongoing probe into President Park Geun-hye's controversial association with Choi Soon-sil. Yonhap News Agency reports prosecutors are investigating whether Samsung improperly provided financial assistance to Choi's daughter, Chung Yoo-ra.
2016-11-8

The number of deaths from MERS in South Korea rises to 32, with the number of cases stabilizing at 182.
2015-06-28

China and South Korea are to hold defence talks following tension on the Korean Peninsula.
2010-12-26

The first inter-Korean military talks between North and South Korea in two years end without progress.
2010-09-30