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Korean county, home to Vietnamese prince's descendants, builds $260M plan around their 800-year story

Korean county, home to Vietnamese prince's descendants, builds $260M plan around their 800-year story

About 800 people gathered in Bonghwa, a rural county in eastern South Korea, on Oct. 17 to mark 800 years since Vietnamese Prince Ly Long Tuong arrived in Korea, where his descendants still live.
120-year-old Seoul university to open college exclusively for international students

120-year-old Seoul university to open college exclusively for international students

Passenger gets suspended jail term for trying to open plane's emergency door at 37,000 feet

Passenger gets suspended jail term for trying to open plane's emergency door at 37,000 feet

Pediatrician who boxes to cope with hospital exhaustion becomes world champion at 35

Pediatrician who boxes to cope with hospital exhaustion becomes world champion at 35

South Korean pediatrician Seo Ye-kyeng has won a world boxing title on her third attempt, knocking out Thailand's Wisuta Sririttidet in Seoul.
October 20, 2026 | 07:47 pm PT
South Korea takes Asia's best culinary destination title from Vietnam

South Korea takes Asia's best culinary destination title from Vietnam

South Korea won for being Asia’s Best Culinary Destination at the 2026 World Culinary Awards, succeeding Vietnam and becoming the first destination outside Southeast Asia to claim the title.
October 18, 2026 | 12:00 am PT
15-year-old Korean posts AI-assisted proof that a 62-faced shape can't pass through its own copy

15-year-old Korean posts AI-assisted proof that a 62-faced shape can't pass through its own copy

A South Korean ninth grader says he used Anthropic's Claude to prove that a 62-faced solid cannot pass through a hole in an identical copy of itself, a claim not yet peer reviewed.
October 17, 2026 | 08:00 pm PT
UAE arrests three Koreans in $2.3B gambling case tied to former Premier League shirt sponsor

UAE arrests three Koreans in $2.3B gambling case tied to former Premier League shirt sponsor

Three South Korean suspects linked to illegal gambling websites that handled a combined 3.1 trillion won (US$2.3 billion) in bets have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates.
October 15, 2026 | 05:16 pm PT
4-year-old girl taken from Australia by her father found dead with him in South Korea

4-year-old girl taken from Australia by her father found dead with him in South Korea

A 4-year-old girl has been found dead with her father on the South Korean resort island of Jeju, months after her mother won a court order for her return to Australia and began asking police for help.
October 15, 2026 | 01:52 am PT
AI chip researcher dies after collapsing 500 meters from Seoul half-marathon finish

AI chip researcher dies after collapsing 500 meters from Seoul half-marathon finish

A South Korean graduate student researching AI chips collapsed about 500 meters from the finish of the Seoul Race half-marathon in central Seoul and later died.
October 14, 2026 | 01:28 am PT
South Korean police detain man over stabbing of 8 people at shopping mall

South Korean police detain man over stabbing of 8 people at shopping mall

South Korean police said they had detained a man suspected of stabbing eight people, one of which is reportedly in life-threatening condition, at a shopping mall in Incheon on Tuesday.
October 13, 2026 | 07:25 pm PT
Battery maker accused of giving workers lead-flushing injections disguised as vitamin shots

Battery maker accused of giving workers lead-flushing injections disguised as vitamin shots

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ordered a thorough investigation into allegations that a car battery maker gave workers lead-flushing injections disguised as vitamin shots.
October 13, 2026 | 04:00 am PT
AI glasses that can show answers on the lens turn up at South Korean university entrance exams

AI glasses that can show answers on the lens turn up at South Korean university entrance exams

A student was caught wearing AI-powered smart glasses during Yonsei University's mathematics essay entrance exam in Seoul on Oct. 10, a week after a similar case at the University of Seoul.
October 13, 2026 | 03:00 am PT
South Korea plans to bar foreign students without Korean test scores from part-time jobs in 2028

South Korea plans to bar foreign students without Korean test scores from part-time jobs in 2028

South Korea plans to bar international students who lack a required Korean-language score from taking part-time jobs starting in 2028, after a one-year grace period, under a student visa overhaul its Justice Ministry announced this week.
October 9, 2026 | 03:03 pm PT
South Korea players spark controversy for celebrating military service exemption after winning Asian Games gold

South Korea players spark controversy for celebrating military service exemption after winning Asian Games gold

Several South Korean players have sparked controversy for expressing delight at receiving military service exemptions after winning the Asian Games gold medal, reigniting debate over a policy that has existed in the country for over half a century.
October 7, 2026 | 03:05 pm PT
Video of 2 Vietnamese cooks in South Korea claiming to use spoiled fish goes viral

Video of 2 Vietnamese cooks in South Korea claiming to use spoiled fish goes viral

A video showing two women employees speaking Vietnamese and joking about cooking fish covered in a "greenish slime layer" in a restaurant in Korea has sparked public outrage there.
October 7, 2026 | 12:11 am PT
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