Sources: BBC News
North Korea announces that it will revise its constitution on October 7, with changes including the designation of South Korea as a separate country and its primary enemy. This comes after North Korea announced that it would no longer pursue peaceful Korean reunification. 2024-09-16
North and South Korea prepare to receive Typhoon Bavi which is already lashing the South Korean island of Jeju flooding roads, toppling trees, ripping off signboards and knocking down lampposts as it passed over waters off the island’s western shores. No casualties are reported. 2020-08-26
A passenger ferry grounds off the coast of South Korea, injuring at least six people with The South Korean Coastguard evacuating all 163 on board. 2018-03-25
A Korean People's Army soldier defects to South Korea via the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). He was shot and injured by fellow North Korean soldiers as he crossed to the South Korean side at Panmunjom, and has been taken to hospital. 2017-11-13
South Korea sends the remains of 437 Chinese soldiers that fought during the Korean War back to be buried in China as a gesture of friendship and healing between the two countries. 2014-03-28
South Korea announces that North Korea was behind the wave of cyber attacks against several companies last month. 2013-04-10
A subway train rear ends another in Busan, South Korea, injuring 40. 2012-11-22
South Korea reports two more outbreaks of bird flu near Seoul. 2011-02-13
Somali pirates threaten to kill all hostage South Korean seamen in revenge for the killing of pirates by South Koreans. 2011-01-23
Somali pirates hijack a South Korean owned Kenyan registered fishing boat with 43 crew aboard. 2010-10-17