South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia. The country is home to almost 52 million people and uses the South Korean won as its currency. Its capital city ...

The National Theater of Korea will be hosting its outdoor cultural ... at the foot of Seoul's Namsan. This year's edition of the weekly festival will feature an open-air market with a different ...

Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country's worst natural fire disaster with at least 28 people killed and ...

CHEONGSONG, South Korea — Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea on Thursday as crews struggled to contain the country’s worst-ever wildfires, which have killed 28 ...

North Korea has sent 3,000 more soldiers to Russia, adding to 11,000 already deployed, South Korea's military said. About 4,000 North Korean troops have been killed or injured while supporting ...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea sent around 3,000 additional troops to Russia in January and February in continued support for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, South Korea ...

Wildfires that have killed 28 people and continue to spread in South Korea are the largest and deadliest on record in the country, officials say. More than a dozen fires have forced some 37,000 ...

South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday, as authorities struggle to contain “unprecedented” deadly wildfires that have ...

In this photo provided Thursday, March 27, 2025, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center left in a black jacket, stands by what appeared to be a large reconnaissance drone at an ...

Lee Chang W. Lee, a staff photographer, reported from the region struck by wildfires. South Korea’s largest wildfires on record blazed through the country’s southeast for a seventh day ...

State-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Thursday that Kim oversaw the testing of “various kinds of reconnaissance and suicide drones” produced by North Korea’s Unmanned Aerial ...

South Korea relies on helicopters to fight forest fires because of its mountainous terrain. A helicopter pilot died on Wednesday after crashing while trying to tackle a blaze. The wildfires that ...