Sources: BBC News
South Korea reports its first local case of the Omicron BA.2.75 Centaurus variant in a person from North Chungcheong Province. 2022-07-25
South Korea ends their COVID-19 restrictions two years after they were imposed. However, the mask mandate will remain in place. 2022-04-18
South Korea signs an agreement to buy an additional 400,000 doses of Pfizer's Paxlovid COVID-19 drug. 2022-01-5
In escalating tensions over the past week, North Korea accuses the United States of double standards when it comes to condemning missile tests, saying that the U.S. only condemned North Korea the same day that South Korea also tested missiles. North Korean state media cited its chief as saying that the American response was a "vivid revelation of the American-style double-dealing attitude" and also says that unless "the U.S. drops its hostile policies towards North Korea, denuclearization can never be put on the table" of negotiations. 2021-09-17
In golf, 19-year-old Yuka Saso of the Philippines wins this year's championship at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California, after coming back from two double-bogeys to beat Japan's Nasa Hataoka in the third hole of a sudden death playoff. Saso is the first Filipino player to win a major golf championship and equals South Korea's Inbee Park as the youngest champion of the U.S. Women's Open. 2021-06-6
A pet dog owned by a COVID-19 patient in South Korea tests positive for COVID-19 after it showed symptoms. 2021-02-10
North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean, the latest in an unprecedented flurry of launches. Both South Korea and Japan condemn the launching. 2020-03-29
Lee Jae-rock, a South Korean pastor and leader of Manmin Central Church, is sentenced to 15 years in prison over 42 counts of sexual harassment and sexual assault against eight of his followers. According to the Seoul Central District Court, the victims could not resist his advances "due to their absolute faith in the infallibility of the accused." 2018-11-22
South Korea issues an arrest warrant for a Korean-based Volkswagen AG executive in relation to the emissions scandal. 2016-06-24
North Korea says any attempt by South Korea to launch pre-emptive strikes against its nuclear facilities will be considered a declaration of war. 2010-01-24