Sources: BBC News
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukraine transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea after capturing them in Kursk Oblast, Russia, in January 2025. 2026-09-23
The first summit between South Korea and the five countries of Central Asia is held in Seoul. 2026-09-16
North Korea launches a series of SRBM missile tests from Wonsan in response to trilateral Freedom Edge military exercises conducted by Japan, South Korea, and the United States. 2026-09-12
A North Korean staff sergeant defects to South Korea after crossing the Korean Demilitarized Zone into Goseong County, Gangwon, and is taken into South Korean custody. 2024-08-20
Four soldiers and two civilian drivers are killed and two South Korean workers are kidnapped in an ambush against a convoy in Rivers State, Nigeria. 2023-12-13
The government of South Korea announces that it will ban 20,000 BMW vehicles following engine fires. 2018-08-15
South Korea and the United States launch their largest-ever annual joint aerial drill. 2017-12-4
North Korea attempts again to launch a BM25 Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of striking South Korea or Japan but is unsuccessful. 2016-05-31
North Korea launches apparent artillery drills as South Korean and American military officials hold talks. 2010-12-8
South Korea and the United States cancel a joint naval drill against North Korea in the Yellow Sea, citing its previous anti-submarine training -- held from Sept. 27 to Oct. 1 -- and a desire "not to irritate neighboring countries" ahead of the upcoming 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. 2010-10-24