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Social isolation takes a toll on a rising number of South Korea's young adults
Enlarge this image Jesse Zhang for NPR Jesse Zhang for NPR SEOUL, South Korea — For Kim Ji-yeon, a 31-year-old Seoul res...
Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong is acquitted of financial crimes related to 2015 merger
Enlarge this image Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, center, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seo...
A luxury Dior handbag rattles South Korea's politics
Enlarge this image South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol sits with his wife Kim Keon Hee, after he addressed MPs in the...
North Korea launches ballistic missile, thought capable of hitting distant US bases
Enlarge this image In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, inspe...
South Korea's parliament endorses landmark legislation outlawing dog meat industry
Enlarge this image Animal rights activists stage a rally opposing South Korea's traditional culture of eating dog meat i...
South Korea says the North has again fired artillery shells near their sea border
Enlarge this image In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a spe...
North and South Korea conduct provocative military drills along their sea boundary
Enlarge this image A South Korean tank fires during exercises at the Northwest Islands area of South Korea on Friday. So...
South Korean opposition leader is stabbed by knife-wielding man
Enlarge this image South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, center, speaks as he visits the construction site of a...
Actor Lee Sun-kyun of Oscar-winning film 'Parasite' is found dead in Seoul
Enlarge this image Lee Sun-kyun attends the 2023 New York Asian Film Festival Opening Night at Walter Reade Theater on J...
