Seoul, [b] officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, [c] is the capital and largest city of South Korea.The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, [8] emerged as the world's sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, trailing behind Paris, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and New York, and hosts more than half of South …

Oct 15, 2024 · South Korea says North Korea blew up the northern parts of inter-Korean road and rail links no longer in use. Tuesday's action came after the rivals exchanged threats of destruction amid rising animosities over North Korea’s claim that South Korea flew drones over its capital.

North Korea invaded the South on 25 June 1950, and swiftly overran most of the country. In September 1950 the United Nations force, led by the United States, intervened to defend the South, and advanced into North Korea. As they neared the border with China, Chinese forces intervened on behalf of North Korea, shifting the balance of the war again.

Oct 14, 2024 · Tensions have escalated in recent days as the nuclear-armed North accused Seoul of flying drones over its capital to drop propaganda leaflets filled with “inflammatory rumours and rubbish”, and...

Apr 26, 2018 · High-stakes summit: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and South Korea’s Moon Jae-in met for the first time in more than a decade. Deal to end Korean War: The two leaders vowed to formally end the...

1 day ago · North Korea's rhetoric on the South has been relatively muted since the political crisis that erupted in Seoul in December following now-jailed President Yoon Suk-yeol's brief declaration of ...

Jun 11, 2024 · South Korean forces fired warning shots on Sunday after North Korean troops accidentally crossed their shared border, Seoul’s military said, as tensions simmer on the Korean Peninsula following...

Oct 15, 2024 · SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened a top national security meeting to direct a plan of “immediate military action” in a dispute with the South over drone flights, state media...

Mar 8, 2024 · In one scenario, a one-minute barrage on a 2.4-square-kilometer area of the capital Seoul using just 54 multiple rocket launchers, predicted more than 10,000 casualties. North Korean artillery...

Nov 2, 2022 · SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Air raid sirens sounded on a South Korean island and residents evacuated to underground shelters after North Korea fired more than 20 missiles Wednesday, at least one of them in its direction and landing near the rivals’ tense sea border.