North Korea’s trash balloons have become a new headache for South Korea. The filthy contents stir up disgust and require considerable manual effort to clear the debris strewn across the ground.

The North has sent

Han Kang, the first Korean winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, was born in 1970 in the southwestern city of Gwangju as the daughter of novelist Han Seung-won.

She later moved to Seoul with

South Korea maintains a current account surplus, driven by robust exports, but the surplus is declining.

The country racked up a current account surplus of US$6.6 billion in August, according to data compiled by the

President Yoon Suk Yeol congratulated novelist Han Kang on winning the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday, calling it “a monumental achievement” in the history of Korean literature

“It is a monumental achievement in the

South Korea was elected to the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2025-2027 term on Wednesday, as Seoul seeks to actively participate in international efforts to address North Korean and other human rights issues.