SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected major service facilities being prepared for operation in a newly developed town in Pyongyang, touting them as improvements for ...

1899 -- Telephone service becomes available in Seoul for the first time. 1970 -- Thirty-three people are crushed to death when an apartment building collapses in Seoul. 1980 -- South Korea launches ...

Reaction to a court verdict ousting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol from office was a vivid window into the nation’s ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Sunday is holding its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years, hosting foreign runners in the reclusive country that had largely closed its borders ...

North Korea said that foreign elite runners had arrived to take part in Sunday’s first Pyongyang Marathon for six years, but did not immediately confirm the race had taken place. The marathon ...

Another image showed elite North Korean and foreign runners competing on the streets of Pyongyang, with citizens lining the route appearing to cheer. Another photo shows North Korean spectators in ...