A new study says international students are an "untapped opportunity" for NZ regions.

The parents of Moon Ji-sung have travelled the world sharing their daughter's story.

North Korea continues to build its nuclear weapons programme.

South Korea's military says North Korea attempted to launch a missile but it's failed.

North Korea has been secretly training elite special forces to kidnap Westerners.

The crisis in SK exemplifies the problems of close ties between the state and business.

Syria strike is a warning to North Korea, says US Secretary of State.

US is sending a strike group to Korean waters in response to nation's nuclear programs.

Churches in New Zealand are being warned of a group linked to South Korea.

NZ seems to be "beckoning China as an enemy", Australian journalist John Pilger says.

Take a look at why its possibly the funniest video of the year.

The mother of the BBC expert whose interview about South Korea was abruptly interrupted by his children says she could have been the accidental cause of the hilarious gaffe.

Nuclear-armed North Korea this week pushed the world's patience once again after test firing ballistic missiles into Japan's waters.

Brilliant moment as BBC expert's live interview is gatecrashed by his curious children.

He's the nephew of the world's most isolated and unpredictable leader - and he's in danger.

Lee Jae-yong, the heir apparent to Samsung Group, will be indicted on bribery charges.

Kim Jong Nam led a life of loneliness and fear and seclusion, rejected by his father, orphaned by his mother, stuck in a shadowy exile.

North Korean leader's half brother was killed by VX - one of the most toxic chemical warfare agents.

Malaysian police have arrested a fourth suspect, a North Korean, in the shocking assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's half brother, Kim Jong Nam.

Samsung's head arrested in Seoul on charges of bribery over his alleged role in an explosive corruption scandal that has riveted South Korea.

For North Korea, the assassination of Kim Jong Un's older half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, is business as usual.

Skyline Enterprises last week opened a $20 million luge development in South Korea's Tongyeong City that sent Korean social media into a frenzy.

Police have arrested one of the women suspected over the death of Kim Jong-un's brother, as North Korea objects to an autopsy being performed.

It appears that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco is not over yet. A "minor fire" broke out at the factory that manufactures the malicious

South Korea wants to create an "ultra-fast" train it hopes will be able to carry passengers at almost the speed of sound.

A South Korean court declined to allow the arrest of Samsung's de facto chairman for his alleged role in an explosive corruption scandal.

He's the billionaire "prince" and de facto heir of one of the world's largest companies - and very soon he could be facing the possibility of a jail term.

Korean Air Lines said it will allow crew members to "readily use stun guns" to manage violent passengers.

At Christmas, Korean families eat kimchi and drink rice cake soup, chef Alex Kim says.

COMMENT: Park Geun-hye has 15 months left of her five-year term, but she is finished politically, and that just feels sad.