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South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index surpasses 6,000 points for the first time, crossing the threshold shortly after the opening of trading.
2026-02-25

A court in Daejeon, South Korea, sentences a teacher to life in prison for the murder of a eight-year-old student whom she stabbed at school in a murder-suicide attempt in February 2025.
2025-10-20

A fire at a South Korean government data center in Daejeon disrupts more than 600 e-government systems after an explosion in a lithium-ion battery triggered the blaze.
2025-09-26

South Korean special prosecutors indict former prime minister Han Duck-soo without detention on charges of abetting the imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024, preparation of false public documents and perjury for falsely testifying that he had not been aware of the martial law declaration.
2025-08-29

Seven people are killed in a fire in a shopping mall in Daejeon, South Korea.
2022-09-26

North Korea demonstrates two short-range ballistic missiles that land just outside Japan's territorial waters and then only hours later South Korea demonstrates a submarine-launched ballistic missile. Comments made during the South Korean launch immediately draw condemning remarks from North Korea's Kim Yo-jong.
2021-09-14

South Korea reports a record 24 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 698. In addition, the country surpasses 50,000 cases of COVID-19.
2020-12-21

An explosion at a South Korean shipyard owned by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding kills four workers.
2017-08-20

Amid growing concern about North Korea's ballistic missile capability, South Korea, Japan and the U.S. are to hold their first ever joint anti-missile exercise next month, according to South Korea's Ministry of National Defense. The three countries will practice "detecting and tracing a hypothetical North Korean missile," said a ministry official.
2016-05-17

Samsung releases, in South Korea, a camera that can post photos and videos directly to Facebook and YouTube.
2011-02-23