The Latest Breaking News from South Korea

Kim Sae-ron’s death has triggered an outpouring of grief and calls for changes to the way celebrities are treated

Twenty-five years ago, director Park Chan-wook risked jail to make a movie about friendship between North and South Korean soldiers, striking box office gold and beginning his actors' ascent to global stardom.

Chinese AI app is facing global pushback over security, privacy and ethics concerns

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Exclusive interview: The former Manchester United and West Ham star tells Miguel Delaney how life at FC Seoul in South Korea has revitalised his career

This is the all-new Kia EV4 in hatchback and sedan forms. The photos were published by Kia today, despite the South Korean automaker saying yesterday that it would reveal the EV4 alongside the EV2 and PV5 on February 27 during its annual EV Day event.

Personal Information Protection Commission says Chinese start-up accepted proposal to suspend downloads of AI chatbot.

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea while it works with local authorities to address privacy concerns, according to South Korean officials on Monday

While other automakers welcome global policy shifts as a chance to back off their electric vehicle investments, Korea's Hyundai Motor Group is on a roll lately—and doesn't seem intent on losing momentum. And in two weeks' time, we'll see more all-electric offerings from Kia, including of the more affordable sort.

Smoke billows from chimneys as factories churn in South Korea's steelmaking heartland, now under threat from Washington's swingeing new tariffs on the port city's largest export.