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  North Korea's Kim Jong Un threatens to 'destroy' South Korea with nuclear weapons if...

  World | October 04, 2024 10:13 IST

  Kim used derisive language, calling South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol "an abnormal man" and threatened to use all available offensive measures. This came after Yoon Suk Yeol said the North Korean regime would fall if Kim attempted to use nuclear arms.

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  South Korea: What is the 'Dior Bag scandal' that landed ruling party in hot water before polls?

  World | January 26, 2024 17:38 IST

  The pastor who gave South Korea's First lady Kim Keon Hee was reportedly concerned over her role in the administration and secretly filmed the incident. Kim has been involved in several controversies before, including plagiarism in her academic writings and accusations of stock manipulation.

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  US, South Korea enter 'duty to consult' security pledge with Japan amid conflict with China, N Korea

  World | August 18, 2023 21:04 IST

  The pledge requires all three countries to "share fundamentally interlinked security environments" and consult each other in case of security threats.

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  New South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol takes office, briefed on North Korea

  World | May 10, 2022 8:30 IST

  Since winning election in March, Yoon, who advocates a more hard-line approach toward North Korea, has been denied a honeymoon period.