On the 74th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, the residents of Abai Village, in the coastal South Korean city of Sokcho, reflect on what their community still means to them.
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South Korean troops fired warning shots after brief border incursion from North
While Sunday’s incident happened amid simmering tensions between the two Koreas, observers say it won’t likely develop into another source of animosity.
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South Korea to restart loudspeaker broadcasts into North to combat trash balloons
South Korea says it will restart anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in response to continuing North Korean campaigns to drop trash on the South with balloons.
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South Korea says the North has flown balloons carrying trash over the border
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea has been flying balloons carrying trash toward the South in an apparent retaliation to anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets flown across the border.
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World leaders seek unity on AI at virtual summit co-hosted by South Korea, U.K.
The Seoul summit is a follow-up to last November’s summit in the U.K., where participating countries agreed to work together to contain risks posed by galloping advances in artificial intelligence.
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South Korea’s opposition wins in landslide parliamentary elections
South Korea’s liberal opposition wins nearly two-thirds of the seats in parliamentary elections, blowing a crushing defeat to President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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North and South Korea conduct provocative military drills along their sea boundary
The rival Koreas fired artillery rounds into the sea as part of provocative drills along their disputed sea boundary Friday, in violation of the fragile 2018 inter-Korean agreement.
