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Everything to know about South Korea's presidential election: Candidates, issues, scandals
• 3 years agoLee is a former governor of the populous Gyeonggi province that surrounds Seoul, while Yoon is a former prosecutor general who entered party politics last year.
South Korea's ex-president Park Geun-hye granted government pardon for corruption scandal
• 3 years agoSouth Korea's Moon Jae-in has pardoned his predecessor Park Geun-hye, who was serving a 22-year prison term for a vast corruption scandal
Australia and South Korea sign $720 million defence deal, to upgrade ties to ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’
• 3 years agoThe defense contract is the largest struck between Australia and an Asian nation, and comes at a time of heightened tensions between Australia and China
North Korea continues to expand nuclear arsenal, tests new hypersonic missile
• 3 years agoThe announcement comes a day after South Korean and Japanese militaries said they detected North Korea firing a missile into its eastern sea
North Korea accuses US of hostility, claims nukes a deterrent; wants South to come out of American influence
• 3 years agoNorth Korea mainly uses the term "hostile policy" to refer to US-led sanctions over its nuclear weapons programme and the joint US-South Korea military drills
North Korea wants US-led sanctions lifted before officially ending war with South Korea; here's why
• 3 years agoAnalysts say North Korea is trying to use Moon’s desire for inter-Korean engagement to pressure South Korea into extracting concessions from Washington on its behalf
The fierce appeal of Yuh-Jung Youn: How the actress endeared herself to South Koreans years before Minari
• 4 years agoYuh-Jung Youn's life story and work made her Oscar win resonate deeply in South Korea, particularly among women who have long struggled under the country’s male-dominant hierarchical order.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: North Korea won't participate in Games over COVID-19 fears, says country's sports ministry
• 4 years agoThe North's official KCNA news agency had previously carried a dispatch on the committee meeting, without mentioning the Olympic decision.
South Korea's top court upholds 20-year jail term for ex-president Park Geun-hye in bribery case
• 4 years agoPark was convicted of colluding with her longtime confidante, Choi Soon-sil, to take millions of dollars in bribes and extortion from some of the country's largest business groups, including Samsung
Kim Jong-un offers apology over killing of South Korean official; move expected to thaw Seoul’s anti-North sentiments
• 4 years agoSouth Korea accused Pyongyang of fatally shooting its official who was likely trying to defect and burning his body after finding him in North Korean waters