March 9, 2022 South Korea returns North Korean boat, 7 crew members South Korea’s military on Wednesday returned a North Korean boat and its seven crew members across the countries’ disputed western sea boundary a day after they drifted into waters near a South Korean border island.
March 9, 2022 South Korea elects Yoon Suk Yeol, conservative ex-prosecutor, its next president Yoon Suk Yeol, a conservative former top prosecutor and foreign policy neophyte, was elected South Korea’s president in a win expected to herald a drive to seek a stronger alliance with the United States and take a tougher line on North Korea.
February 10, 2022 South Korean diplomat punched in unprovoked attack in New York City: police A South Korean diplomat was allegedly punched in the face while walking down Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday evening.
February 9, 2022 South Korea’s Hwang Daeheon wins Olympic gold in short track Hwang Daeheon stuck his skate in front in a tight finish of the 10-man final at Capital Indoor Stadium on Wednesday.
January 30, 2022 North Korea tests more missiles in January than all of 2021, including most powerful one in years South Korean President Moon Jae-in compared the current state of the peninsula to that of 2017, before Kim Jong Un engaged in discussions with former President Donald Trump.
January 26, 2022 North Korea fires two missiles toward East Sea, South Korea says North Korea fired two missiles into the sea off its eastern shore on Thursday, a South Korean military official claimed.
January 21, 2022 Japan widens COVID restrictions due to omicron Restaurants and bars will close early in Tokyo and a dozen other areas across Japan beginning Friday as the country widens COVID-19 restrictions due to the omicron variant, which has caused cases to surge to new highs in metropolitan areas.
January 14, 2022 North Korea fires fresh missiles in response to US sanctions North Korea on Friday fired two short-range ballistic missiles in its third weapons launch this month, officials in South Korea said, in an apparent reprisal for fresh sanctions imposed by the Biden administration for its continuing test launches.
January 4, 2022 North Korea launches suspected ballistic missile for first time in two months North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile into its eastern waters on Wednesday, just one week after Kim Jong Un pledged to ramp up the country's military might.
January 2, 2022 Kim Jong Un largely ignores US, South Korea in year-end speech, vows weapons development North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to pursue high-tech weapons to counter what he called military instability on the Korean Peninsula, but largely ignored the U.S. and South Korea in a year-end speech.
