The Latest Breaking News from South Korea

Genesis was spun off from Hyundai to become a separate automaker in 2015. In just a decade, it has made a name for itself in the luxury segment by offering solid alternatives to Germany's legacy brands and Toyota's Lexus. After diversifying its portfolio with sedans, SUVs, and even a wagon,…

It is one of the world’s most dangerous materials, and global leaders are meeting in South Korea to thrash out a treaty to curb its effects

Environmentalists say presence of lobbyists at negotiations ‘is like letting foxes guard the henhouse’

Once a solemn symbol of mourning, funeral wreaths have taken on a new role in South Korea as a tool of protest, Shahana Yasmin reports

Coffee drinkers can sip their beverages and view a quiet North Korean mountain village from a Starbucks shop at a South Korean border observatory

South Korean lawmaker urges for halt on wood pellet imports from Indonesia due to deforestation concerns.

A South Korean National Assembly member has called for a moratorium on wood pellet imports from Indonesia and an investigation into South Korea’s biomass use after government data and satellite analysis linked the country’s biomass imports to deforestation in Indonesia

Earlier this week, the mining magnate Andrew Forrest made headlines calling for a global “polymer premium” – or plastic tax – to be placed on every tonne of newly manufactured plastics. A tax like this could form part of the Global Plastic Treaty being hammered out right now in Busan,…

South Korea’s capital is facing unprecedented snowfall for the month of November, causing widespread chaos

'Johnny Somali' faces legal trouble in South Korea and Japan for offensive behavior, sparking public outrage.

Record snowfall in and around Seoul creates travel headache, with flights and ferries cancelled.