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Officials say the technology will allow them to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles from the North but not all experts are convinced.

The world's largest memory chip maker has resisted the unionisation of its employees in South Korea for almost 50 years.

Teachers in South Korea are crying out for help amid increasing bullying and malicious complaints from parents.

Within a year of landing her first full-time teaching job, Oh Jae Geun's daughter took her own life after overzealous parents ruthlessly scrutinised her performance and threatened to make criminal complaints to the police. 

Australia and key regional partners are accusing a Chinese spy agency of cyber espionage targeting government and business networks, in a large-scale operation that involves stealing hundreds of usernames and passwords.

Balloons were used in all shapes and sizes throughout history for military purposes. Now they are making a comeback, with new tech capabilities floating in the stratosphere.

The knife-wielding man attacked Lee Jae-myung, head of the Democratic Party of Korea, in January after asking for his autograph at an event in the south-eastern city of Busan.

Seoul MP Jeong Jun-ho says the trash-filled balloons which North Korea sent over the border to South Korea affected thousands of travel plans.

An online petition for the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol is closing in on 1 million signatures, leading to delays and disruptions of the website. 

A confusingly named Korean pop band you might never even have heard of had the biggest-selling album in the world last year and is about to play at Glastonbury.

A fire at a lithium battery plant in South Korea has killed more than 20 people and injured eight more.

It appeared to be North Korea "expressing extreme hostility toward the leaflet campaigns and to highlight the adversarial stance against South Korea".

A fire at a lithium battery factory in South Korea has claimed the lives of at least 22 people, with eight injured, according to local fire officials.

The top two Australians at the Women's PGA Championship finish in a tie for 24th, but honorary Australian Amy Yang takes the win after a series of near misses.

When Vladimir Putin announced a military partnership with North Korea, he stepped across a red line drawn by one of the most advanced arms suppliers in the world. 

Korea's notoriously high beauty standards date back hundreds of years, and even today they influence millions of men and women, with many going to extreme lengths to fit the "toxic beauty standards".

Overgrown trees and shrubbery appear to be the cause behind 30 North Korean soldiers crossing the demarcation line separating the two countries, who are still technically at war.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says it doesn't believe the North Koreans intruded the border intentionally and that the North did not return fire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday and Wednesday, which will be his first in 24 years. 

Denmark's food agency recalls South Korean instant ramen produced by a brand popular in the West, warning noodle lovers that they are so hot they might cause "acute poisoning".

Jin has become the first member of the K-pop group BTS to be discharged from South Korea's army after 18 months of compulsory service.

Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader, has warned of a new response against South Korea if the South continues loudspeaker broadcasts and the scattering of leaflets amid growing tensions.

South Korea's military on Tuesday said it would resume all military activities along the demarcation line separating the two Koreas.

North Asia correspondent James Oaten visited the small island Yeongpyeong to hear from residents concerned about military aggression from the North.

South Korea says the balloon campaign, that has seen about 900 float across the border in a week, is "absurd", amounting to "irrational acts of provocation that a normal country can't imagine".