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South Korea tells Ukraine it is willing to accept North Korean POWs
South Korea will offer "necessary protection and support" to North Korean prisoners of war captured in Ukraine who wish to come to the South, Seoul said Wednesday.
South Korean Officials Convicted Over Forcibly Sending North Koreans Home
The case of two North Korean fishermen, who murdered 16 compatriots before they sought asylum, has become a political minefield in the South.
South Korea Court Finds Former Officials Guilty of Forcible Return of N.Koreans
A South Korean court found four former government officials guilty on Wednesday of forcibly repatriating two North Korean fishermen in 2019, despite their intention to defect, in a case that provoked criticism from global human rights activists.
South Korea’s likely next leader wants warmer ties with China, North Korea
Lee Jae-myung says he would support President Donald Trump’s efforts to restart talks with North Korea — and even consider nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
How South Korea’s Constitutional Court is deciding on the president’s future
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is putting up a desperate fight for his political life at Seoul’s Constitutional Court after being impeached and arrested for his short-lived imposition of martial law last year.
Ex-officials behind repatriation of North Korean fishermen handed suspended sentences
Former senior officials involved in a forced repatriation case involving North Korean fishermen during the Moon Jae-in administration received suspended sentences from a Seoul court on Wednesday.

Top South Korean judge faces disinformation deluge

South Korea wants to stockpile 10,000 GPUs as AI becomes a geopolitical contest
The country’s acting president said the AI rivalry has moved on from being solely between companies to a contest among ...
Downloads of DeepSeek's AI apps paused in South Korea over privacy concerns
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea ...
Resort that hosted war-separated families being dismantled by North Korea, Seoul says
North Korea is dismantling a facility at its Mount Kumgang resort used for hosting meetings between families separated after ...
South Korea Bans Downloads of DeepSeek, the Chinese A.I. App
Regulators said they would suspend the app until they could be sure it complied with the country’s data protection laws.
South Korea aims to secure 10,000 GPUs for national AI computing centre
South Korea on Monday announced plans to secure 10,000 high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs) within this year in ...
Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families
North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the ...
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South Korea to extend visas for Filipino caregivers, offer higher wages
South Korea will extend visas for Filipino caregivers, allowing them to continue working beyond the initial pilot program.