The Korea Times gets taken for an intergalactic ride

8 February 2012, 8:23 am

The Korea Times, the largest of three English-language daily newspapers in South Korea, added a breaking story to their science subhead on Tuesday: A Swedish company named Ocean Explorer uncovered an alien ship remarkably similar to the Millennium Falcon on the bottom of the Baltic Sea.... Read More »

Man held over 'Kim Jong-il altar'

8 February 2012, 6:50 am

A South Korean man suspected of building an altar mourning North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has been arrested, police say.... Read More »

Korea's sex call - dob in prostitutes

5 February 2012, 5:00 am

SOUTH Korea's government has written to a number of Sydney mayors asking them to "dob in" Koreans involved in prostitution.... Read More »

South Korea security law is used to silence dissent, critics say

4 February 2012, 9:11 pm

Amnesty International branded as 'ludicrous' South Korea's indicting of blogger Park Jung-geun for tweets satirizing the North Korean government. By his own admission, Park Jung-geun has long been an Internet wiseguy, a young photographer and blogger with a cyber chip on his shoulder who... Read More »

Mine blast kills 2, wounds 6

4 February 2012, 3:20 pm

TAEBAEK, South Korea, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- An explosion at a Taebaek, South Korea, coal mine killed two people and injured six, police say.... Read More »

South Korea Indicts Park Jung-geun Over Twitter Posts

2 February 2012, 12:44 am

South Korean prosecutors indicted Park Jung-geun, a social media and freedom of speech activist this week for reposting messages from the North Korean government’s Twitter account.... Read More »

N. Korea May Commit Terrorism This Year, South’s Police Say

28 January 2012, 1:37 am

North Korea may commit acts of terrorism ahead of South Korea’s parliamentary and presidential elections this year in an effort to bolster its new regime, South Korean police said in an annual public safety report.... Read More »

North Korea May Commit Terror Acts This Year, South’s Police Say

27 January 2012, 3:08 am

North Korea may commit acts of terrorism ahead of South Korea’s parliamentary and presidential elections this year in an effort to bolster its new regime, South Korean police said in an annual public safety report.... Read More »

South Korea to keep North defectors away from polling stations during overseas voting

24 January 2012, 8:10 pm

Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - South Korea's National Election Commission plans to prevent North defectors from entering diplomatic missions in China during the overseas voting period for the general elections.... Read More »

South Korea rookie found dead - KBO

9 January 2012, 10:01 pm

A first-year player for South Korean's Doosan Bears baseball team was found dead on Tuesday while attending the league's rookie seminar, local media reported.... Read More »