News about South Korea

Noreum Machi bring traditional Korean music to Astana Opera on October 4 NoreumMachi, a South Korean musical band, is performing at Astana Opera for the first time as a part of the International Silk Way Festival.

30 September 2015

Busan film festival fuels Asia's booming movie market Asia’s most influential film festival kicks off in the South Korean port city of Busan, celebrating its 20th anniversary at a time of growing regional clout in the global movie market.

29 September 2015

North, South Korea to hold family reunion in October North and South Korea agreed to hold a reunion in October for families separated by the Korean War, following all-night talks between their respective Red Cross branches.

08 September 2015

Tesco sells South Korean unit for more than £4 bn Troubled British retail giant Tesco agreed Monday to sell South Korean unit Homeplus to a consortium led by private equity firm MBK Partners for more than £4.0 billion.

07 September 2015

Yerzhanov's The Owners included in Asian Cinema 100 by BIFF Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s The Owners (2014) has been included in the Asian Cinema 100 by the Busan International Film Festival and the Busan Cinema Center.

05 September 2015

Satirical Walnut-tree: Nurmukhambetov's film premiers at Busan International Film Festival World premier of a Kazakhstani film Walnut-tree (Zhangak tal) directed by Yerlan Nurmukhambetov will take place during the 20th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea,

03 September 2015

Samsung unveils new smartwatch to challenge Apple Watch Samsung unveiled its latest smartwatch as the South Korean tech giant seeks to challenge Apple's global domination in the fast-growing wearable device market.

01 September 2015

Kim Jong-Un credits nukes not talks for deal with S. Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said nuclear weapons -- not negotiating skills -- secured what he described as a "landmark" agreement this week with South Korea.

28 August 2015

No end to marathon Korean crisis talks Top-level North and South Korean negotiators talked through the night with no sign of an agreement to exit a high-stakes standoff.

24 August 2015

North, South Korea hold top-level talks to defuse military tensions North and South Korea sat down to urgent top-level talks, seeking some way out of an escalating crisis that has pushed both their militaries to the brink of an armed conflict.

22 August 2015

Kim Jong-Un orders frontline N. Korea troops onto war footing: KCNA North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ordered his frontline troops onto a war-footing from, as military tensions with South Korea soared.

21 August 2015

Samsung to appeal to US Supreme Court in Apple patent case South Korean technology company Samsung is filing a petition to the US Supreme Court in its long-running patent infringement case against Apple.

20 August 2015

Kazakhstani athelets win 6th gold medal at Universiade Kazakhstani athletes has brought the sixth gold at the Universiade Gwangju 2015

27 July 2015

Kazakhstan beats Belgium and France in government efficiency ranking of World Economic Forum World Economic Forum has compiled its Global Competitiveness Ranking; Kazakhstan is ranked 50th out of 144 countries.

20 July 2015

2017 Winter Universiade adds three new events The 2017 Winter Universiade taking place in Almaty, Kazakhstan will include three new sport events.

09 July 2015

Kazakhstani swimmer Dmitry Balandin wins first medal for Kazakhstan at Summer Universiade in South Korea Kazakhstan’s swimmer Dmitriy Balandin has hauled the first gold medal for Kazakhstan at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea.

08 July 2015

South Korea passes new law to curb MERS outbreak South Korea has introduced a new law designed to curb a MERS outbreak, tightening quarantine restrictions and imposing jail sentences on those who defy anti-infection measures.

26 June 2015

S. Korea reports three new MERS cases South Korea reported three new cases of MERS as health authorities remained vigilant about the spread of the virus.

22 June 2015

North Korea says it has 'cure' for MERS, Ebola, AIDS North Korea says it has developed a vaccine that is "very effective" in treating MERS, Ebola and AIDS, the state mouthpiece KCNA reported.

20 June 2015

MERS sparks mask rush in Asia, but are they effective? As South Korea scrambles to control an outbreak of the killer MERS virus, its fearful citizens have donned surgical masks en masse.

18 June 2015

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