Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Yoon Sukyeol

Kim Jong-un tests new missile - just how dangerous is the situation in North Korea?

Kim Jong-un tested North Korea’s weapons just days before South Korea inaugurated a new president, raising concerns in the international community over increased tensions

Daily Mirror

North Korea orders strict lockdown after first official Covid case

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered a strict national lockdown after the country reported its first official Covid cases.

Evening Standard

S.Korea's Yoon faces early challenge amid hints of N.Korea nuclear test

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's plans to offer economic aid in return for denuclearisation could face an early challenge amid signs of an imminent North Korean nuclear test - and such proposals have been rebuffed before, analysts say.

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

S.Korea's Yoon says security situation tense amid talk of N.Korea's possible nuclear test

South Korea's new president Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday the security situation on the Korean peninsula was difficult, citing talk of a possible nuclear test by the North.

Reuters

Yoon Suk-yeol faces tough challenges. Is he up to the job?

Yoon Suk-yeol faces range of ‘complex crises’, from N Korean nuclear tests and US-China rivalry to a slowing economy.

Al Jazeera

Claims of shamans and curses as South Korea’s president shuns official residence

Yoon Suk-yeol said The Blue House was ‘a symbol of imperial power’ but critics have highlighted costs and safety concerns

The Guardian - UK

South Korea's Yoon Calls on North to Give Up Nukes

South Korea's new President Yoon Suk-yeol called for the "complete denuclearization" of the North at his swearing-in on Tuesday, describing Pyongyang's weapons as a threat to regional and global security. Yoon, 61, who started work in an underground bunker with a security briefing on North Korea, took office at a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

New South Korean president touts "audacious plan" for North Korea if it drops nuclear program

Yoon Suk-yeol also wants closer relations with the U.S.

Axios

South Korea’s new president offers North economic plan in return for denuclearisation

Elected in a tight contest in March, Yoon Suk-yeol proposes ‘audacious’ plan for Pyongyang at his inauguration in Seoul

The Guardian - AU

Yoon Suk-yeol sworn in as South Korean president

Yoon Suk-yeol was sworn in as South Korean president on Tuesday. Full story on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Cops probed 'bomb threat' ahead of South Korean president's inauguration today

South Korean police are investigating a bomb threat apparently planned for the inauguration of new President Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul after a post on a popular community website

Daily Mirror

S.Korea's Yoon suggests 'audacious' economic plan if N.Korea abandons nukes

South Korea's new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, said on Tuesday that North Korea's weapons programmes pose a threat but that he is ready to provide an "audacious" economic plan if the North is committed to denuclearisation.

Reuters

From would-be pastor to 'fighting cock', S.Korean president Yoon carves own route to the top

Yoon Suk-yeol seals his surge to the summit of South Korean politics on Tuesday when the man who once dreamt of becoming a pastor, but was nicknamed the 'fighting cock' for his tenacity as a prosecutor, is sworn in as president.

Reuters

N.Korea fires likely submarine-launched ballistic missile, S.Korea says

North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a submarine on Saturday, South Korea said, an escalation just before the inauguration of a South Korean president who has vowed to take a hard line against the North and the visit of the U.S. president.

Reuters

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Al Jazeera

‘Dangers of miscalculation’: North Korea fires another missile

Latest launch the 15th missile firing this year, including Pyongyang’s first test of an ICBM since 2017.

Bangkok Post

Pyongyang tests another missile

SEOUL: North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile on Saturday, the Japanese military and South Korean media said.

Caixin Global

Vice President Wang Qishan to Attend South Korean President’s Inauguration

A special representative and close aide of President Xi Jinping, Wang will lead a delegation to Seoul at the invitation of the South Korean government

Reuters

China to send vice president to S.Korea president's inauguration

China's Vice President Wang Qishan plans to attend the inauguration of South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol next week, Yoon's team announced on Friday, as Beijing tries to expand its influence in the region.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

N.Korea slams South's new leader as 'pro-U.S., confrontational'

A major North Korean propaganda website denounced on Thursday South Korea's incoming president Yoon Suk-yeol, who has vowed to take a tougher line on weapons tests by Pyongyang, describing him as "pro-United States", and "confrontational".

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile, Seoul Says

North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, just a week after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to boost Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal at the "fastest possible speed". The launch was the latest in a string of sanctions-busting North Korean weapons tests so far this year, and…

Al Jazeera

North Korea launches ballistic missile in 14th test this year

Pyongyang is ratcheting up the diplomatic pressure on its regional neighbours as well as the United States.

Reuters

China envoy vows to play 'constructive role' amid tensions on Korean peninsula

China remains committed to playing a constructive role in resolving the North Korea nuclear issue, Beijing's Korean affairs envoy said on Tuesday, a week after the North vowed to develop its nuclear forces "at the fastest possible speed".

Reuters

South Korea presidential transition committee names top policy aides

South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's transition committee on Sunday named top presidential aides for the incoming government, including the chief national security and economic policy advisor.

Daily Mirror

Inside Kim Jong-un’s new ballistic missile plans as North Korea parades weapons

In a speech at a military parade on Monday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his nuclear force was tasked with potentially carrying out strikes against anyone who violates the North's "fundamental interests"

Reuters

N.Korea defectors fly leaflets with S.Korea's Yoon photos despite ban

A group run by North Korean defectors working to promote human rights in the isolated country said it has sent propaganda leaflets including photos of incoming South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and aid parcels into the North.

1 … 19 20 21 22

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.