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K-pop’s BTS comeback tour rallies South Korea’s global ‘soft power’ drive

Seoul** – Shekinah Yawra had no other option but to spend the night at a South

South Korean court sentences ex-President Yoon to 7 years in prison

Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 29, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5000x3334+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F80%2F75%2F4ed2642d4fec80dd6f70894beca0%2Fap26119299508114.jpg) Supporters

South Korea’s booming stock market mints a generation of novice investors

Seoul, South Korea –** When Kim Ha-young, a Seoul office worker in her 30s, came

South Korean court extends prison sentence for wife of ousted president

Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. The letters read "Not Guilty

Ousted South Korean President Yoon given prison term for drone flights over Pyongyang

Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, May 12, 2025.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2215x1477+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F1b%2Fdf8e9f4f499d99ca7c68346667f4%2Fap26008216290670.jpg) South

North Korea says it will deploy new artillery guns targeting Seoul

Seoul ![In this photo provided on May 8, 2026, by the North Korean government, its leader

North Korea's powerhouse women footballers are in Seoul to fight for title

Seoul to fight for title Pounding rain and strong winds did not stop more than

‘Tearing down barriers’: North Korean footballers arrive in Seoul for first time in eight years

Seoul for first time in eight years A North Korean women’s football club has arrived

US ‘restricts intelligence sharing with South Korea’ after minister identified suspected nuclear site

Seoul of the measures, including [pending legislation](https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20251217/unc-opposes-legislative-move-to-allow-s-korean-authority-over-dmz-access) that would grant Seoul authority

North Korea rapidly expanding nuclear weapons capability, UN watchdog warns

Seoul, on Wednesday, Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), confirmed

North Korea launches ballistic missiles toward sea

Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 8, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3333x3333+834+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3d%2Fa9%2Fa16dafd049c8b040ad5c3cae2fcf%2Fap26098241194260.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/09/g-s1-116848/north-korea-says-its-latest-weapons-tests-included-missiles-with-cluster-bomb-warheads) ### [World

The South Korean authors rising above a tide of hate to become bestsellers

Seoul area. She decided not to marry or have children while South Korea struggles to lift

How South Korea plans to use the Iran crisis to spur a renewables revolution

Seoul, residents gather for free communal lunches six days a week. The meals are funded

Greetings from a Seoul museum, where Buddhist masterpieces offer calm away from city bustle

Seoul museum, where Buddhist masterpieces offer calm away from city bustle 

Making history and facing Neymar - Lingard on life in Brazil

Seoul, is settling in well. "It's still high-level football," he says. "I think

Executions in North Korea ramped up significantly during pandemic - report

Seoul-based NGO. From January 2020 to the end of 2024, at least 153 people

Middle East crisis live: Iran launches broad retaliatory attacks after US strikes over downed helicopter

Seoul.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/34ddf5e2e6823d964251b7c42b6cf6005b366fac/0_121_3480_3818/master/3480.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) A financial data screen in the dealing room of Hana Bank

South Korean court reduces Han Duck-soo’s prison term in martial law case

Seoul, on Thursday. Yoon’s decree in December 2024 briefly suspended civilian government and plunged

North Korean women’s club to play rare football match in the South

Seoul’s unification ministry has confirmed. The neighbours remain technically at war after their 1950–53 conflict

A son overlooked and a jailed tycoon: Inside Samsung's succession drama

Seoul, and eventually led to the country's president being impeached. Since Samsung was founded