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K-pop superstars Jimin and Jung Kook are the latest and final members of BTS to be discharged from South Korea’s mandatory military service

RM and V are the latest members of BTS to finish their mandatory military service.

Johnny Somali, known for provocative behaviour, faces severe legal charges in South Korea, risking decades in prison for deepfake sex offences

K-pop superstars RM and V are the latest members of BTS to be discharged from South Korea’s military after fulfilling their mandatory service

Seoul, South Korea, June 10th, 2025, Chainwire

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Reclusive country’s entire internet infrastructure wasn’t showing up on monitoring systems for several hours before it started coming back slowly around midday

Former Celtic striker Hyeon-gyu Oh scored to send South Korea to the 2026 World Cup this morning.

You can generally tell when Vladimir Putin appears rattled by an adverse event in his war on Ukraine. He (or one of his proxies) ramps up the bloodcurdling rhetoric. And so it is with Ukraine’s “Spiderweb” drone attack on four airbases inside Russia, which reportedly destroyed or damaged as many…

The South Korean, who once followed an old man’s decade-long search for wild ginseng, has found the perfect subject – full of frothy seas, imposing rocks and smoky clouds

The new South Korean president, Lee Jae-myung, calls himself a foreign policy “pragmatist”. He says he is driven by South Korea’s national interest, rather than ideology, and has spoken of his desire to improve relations with China and North Korea.