The Latest Breaking News from South Korea

England star Georgia Stanway featured this week in the Lionesses engine room as they retained the Arnold Clark Cup with wins over South Korea, Italy and Belgium

Before Ha-Seong Kim became a fan favorite in San Diego, before he jumped to the United States, before he won three straight Gold Gloves in Korea, he was a 21-year-old shortstop who hoped the World Baseball Classic would be the perfect springboard for a budding career.

Hybe, the South Korean entertainment company behind K-pop sensation BTS, said Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of a 14.8% stake in rival SM Entertainment, making it SM’s largest single shareholder. The acquisition was finalized even as SM Entertainment accused Hybe staging a hostile takeover to control the firm…

South Korea's fertility rate dropped last year to a record low, data showed on Wednesday, in yet another grim milestone for the country with the world's lowest number of expected children for each woman. The average number of expected babies per South Korean woman over her reproductive life fell to…

North Korea on Wednesday accused UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of “an extremely unfair and imbalanced attitude,” as it lambasted him for condemning its recent missile test but ignoring alleged US hostility against the North. The accusation came as US, South Korean and Japanese destroyers were holding trilateral anti-missile training near…

The number of babies expected per woman in South Korea dropped to 0.78 last year, down from 0.81 a year earlier.

The decision comes as the positive Covid rate for arrivals from China fell to less than 1% this week from more than 18% at the beginning of January

South Korea's fertility rate dropped last year to a record low, data showed on Wednesday, in yet another grim milestone for the country with the world's lowest number of expected children for each woman.

Latest statistics show 249,000 babies were born in 2022, a fall of 4.4% from the previous year