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Samsung heirs sell Seoul villa to pay South Korea’s largest-ever inheritance tax bill
The heirs of late Samsung chair Lee Kun-hee have sold a luxury villa in Seoul ’s Itaewon district for 22.8 billion won (£13m) ...
South Korea repatriates 6 rescued North Koreans across sea border
South Korea on Wednesday repatriated six North Koreans across the maritime border in the East Sea, months after they drifted ...
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Beijing hold 'solemn representations' with South Korea for anti-China protests
China on Wednesday had "solemn representations" with South Korea because of anti-China protests in popular tourist areas in ...
Korea JoongAng Daily6h
U.S. calls to 'modernize' alliance with South Korea may put Seoul-Washington ties at a crossroads
U.S. calls to modernize its military alliance with South Korea may increase Seoul's defense responsibilities amid rising ...
In a Good-Will Gesture, South Korea Returns Stranded Fishermen to the North
The fishermen’s boats had drifted into South Korean waters, officials said. The South’s new president has been trying to ...
Northwest Asian Weekly1h
Longtime AP journalist Paul Shin, who covered South Korea’s turbulent modern history, dies at 84
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Paul Shin, whose decadeslong career in journalism, including nearly 20 years with The ...
What is happening in South Korea? Seoul has caught the lovebug that nobody wants
South Korea has recently been hit by another surge of lovebugs. But romance is certainly not in the air for residents of ...
South Korea Keeps Its Chin Up as Trump Wields Tariff Threat
The country’s new president, in office for a little over a month, had just dispatched his senior deputies to Washington to ...
South Korea to step up US trade talks before tariffs kick in on August 1
South Korea said it planned to intensify trade talks with the United States and considered U.S. President Donald Trump's plan ...