The New York Times5d
World’s Largest ‘Baby Exporter’ Admits to Adoption Fraud
By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul South Korea on Wednesday admitted for the first time that in its rush to send children to American and European homes decades ago, its adoption agencies ...
Reuters2d
South Korea contains main blazes in week-old wildfires
Light rain aids firefighters in South Korea's worst wildfires Main fires of five regions contained, minister says Experts link fire spread to climate change, warn of future risks Mostly elderly ...
CBS News4d
South Korea wildfires kill at least 24 people, force tens of thousands to evacuate
Seoul — South Korea's worst wildfires on record have scorched a massive swath of the country's southeast over the past five days and killed at least 24 people, according to the national fire ...
Los Angeles Times3d
North Korea sent 3,000 more troops to Russia, according to South’s assessment
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 ...
Forbes5d
South Korea
After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected ...
manilatimes3d
South Korea's 'heartbreaking' wildfires expose super-aged society
ANDONG, South Korea — Walking with a cane, 84-year-old apple farmer Kim Mi-ja surveys the wreckage of her village, which was reduced to rubble and covered in ash by South Korea's worst wildfires. Kim ...
The New York Times5d
South Korea Battles Its Worst Wildfires on Record
By Jin Yu Young At least 26 people have died in the worst wildfires on record in South Korea, massive infernos that have spread quickly over the past week, consuming hundreds of structures ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore5d
South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death toll hits 27
ANDONG: Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday (Feb 27) from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country's worst natural fire disaster with at least 27 people ...
The Boston Globe4d
North Korea sent 3,000 more troops to Russia, according to South’s assessment
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — 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, ...
Sky4d
'Worst ever' wildfires rage in South Korea, killing at least 24 people
South Korea is facing "snowballing damage" from some of its worst ever wildfires that have killed at least 24 people and forced 27,000 to evacuate. The blazes have destroyed a 1,300-year-old ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore6d
Temple burned, UNESCO-site evacuated as South Korea wildfires spread
UISEONG: Inhabitants of a UNESCO-listed village were ordered to evacuate while a historic Buddhist temple was burned to the ground as South Korea scrambled to contain worsening wildfires ...