South Korea

A South Korean youth was sentenced to 14 months in jail for killing 76 cats.  in one of the country's most gruesome cases of animal cruelty in recent years. The youth in his 20s, was convicted of violating South Korea's animal protection…

Two teenagers were sentenced to 12 years of ‘hard labour’ in North Korea for watching K-pop. This was revealed by a video clip released by South and North Development (SAND) Institute, an organisation that works with North Korean defectors.…

South Korea's parliament passed a bill to end dog meat consumption in the country through a unanimous vote on Tuesday. President Yoon Suk Yeol has pledged to stop killing dogs for meat in the country. The new law to end dog meat…

South Korea’s first indigenous military spy satellite was successfully launched from a US military base in California. Launch of this spy satellite coincides with growing North Korean threats, the South Korean Defence Ministry said on…

South Korea is planning to put a ban on the custom of dog meat eating in the country. The Korean practice of eating dog has drawn much criticism from animal right activists for its cruelty. The South Korean younger generation is also…

A worker was crushed to death by an industrial robot at a vegetable packaging unit in South Korea. The ill-fated man was grabbed and pressed against a conveyor belt by the machine's robotic arms in the southern county of Goseong on…

Hangzhou: In a hard-fought semifinal, India triumphed over South Korea with a score of 5-3, securing their spot in the title match of the men’s hockey competition at the Asian Games. Despite an early 3-0 lead in the first quarter, the…

Lucknow: Kim Boh-Nee, a South Korean woman, travelled thousands of miles to unite with her partner, Sukhjit Singh, in Uttar Pradesh, India. The couple met four years ago at a coffee shop in Busan, South Korea, where Singh was employed.…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed the military's top general with a call for more preparations. He also gave call for enhancing weapons production, and expansion of military drills, said state media KCNA on Thursday. General Ri…