A fire on Friday in one of Seoul's last-remaining shanty towns burned makeshift houses and forced about 260 residents to flee, but no casualties were reported. The fire was completely contained more than eight hours after it broke out in Guryong village in southern Seoul,

The iconic championship trophy for the FIFA World Cup made its stop in Seoul on Friday as part of the global tour prior to the upcoming tournament.

A major fire erupted in a deprived area of the upmarket Gangnam district of southern Seoul, South Korea, early Friday, a fire official said. As many as 47 residents were evacuated while no casualties had been reported so far, an official at the Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters told Reuters.

Motolani Adedipe moved to South Korea for a year on a Fulbright scholarship. She brought her two kids along while her husband remained in the US.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's recent comments on the Korean won underscore the importance of foreign exchange stability for bilateral economic cooperation between Seoul and Washington, a senior South Korean official said on Thursday.

A bus crashed into a building in Seoul, South Korea, causing potential injuries, with one person reportedly in serious condition. The incident was captured on footage showing the bus embedded in the building's glass facade after crossing a pedestrian area.

SEOUL: South Korea on Saturday (Jan 17) confirmed its first case of African swine fever (ASF) in about two months, prompting authorities to cull thousands of pigs and issue a standstill order to prevent the virus from spreading.

A bus crashed into a building in South Korea's capital Seoul on Friday, leaving 13 people injured, including two in a serious condition, the Yonhap News Agency reported.