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BTS performs onstage during the 2018 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena

Entertainment

K-pop heartthrobs BTS to kick off world tour in April

K-pop megastars BTS will kick off their first world tour in four years in April.

AFP21 hours ago

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (L) and Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi playing drums, in Nara, Nara Prefecture

World

Japan, South Korea leaders drum up viral moment with K-pop jam

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi played two K-pop songs during a post-summit drumming session with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who joked he...

AFP1 day ago

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host South Korea's president in her western home region of Nara

World

Leaders of Japan and South Korea meet as China flexes muscles

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung for talks on Tuesday aimed at demonstrating their cordial ties as...

AFP2 days ago

These images taken on January 4, 2026 and released as a combo image by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on January 10, 2026 shows wreckage of a drone that North Korea claims originated from South Korea, and brought down by specialised electronic warfare assets after violating North Korean airspace.

World

North Korea accuses South of another drone incursion

North Korea accused the South on Saturday of flying another spy drone over its territory this month, a claim that Seoul denied. The North...

AFP5 days ago

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung will visit Japan next week, fresh from a trip to China

World

Fresh from China, South Korea president to visit Japan

South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Japan next week for talks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Seoul said Friday, days after...

AFP6 days ago

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (C) inspect honour guards during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 5

World

South Korea’s Lee says urged Xi to help curb North’s nukes

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday he had urged Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help him curb Pyongyang’s nuclear programme and suggested...

AFPJanuary 7, 2026

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (L) takes a selfie with China's President Xi Jinping (R) after a dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 5, 2026

World

South Korea’s Lee snaps Xi selfie with Chinese ‘backdoor’ phone

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung snapped a selfie with Xi Jinping using a smartphone gifted to him by the Chinese leader, who had...

AFPJanuary 5, 2026

This picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) inspecting a missile launch exercise in Pyongyang

World

North Korea tests hypersonic missiles, says nuclear forces ready for war

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the firing of “cutting-edge” hypersonic missiles to ready Pyongyang’s nuclear forces for war, state media reported Monday,...

AFPJanuary 4, 2026