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.

The 2017 Korean Day will be held at the North Shore Events Centre on Saturday.

South Korea's ex-President Park Geun Hye was yesterday being questioned by a court.

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.

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.

There was a break-in at the hospital morgue where Kim Jong Nam's body is being held.

This is the extraordinary footage that allegedly shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother being attacked by two women.

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.

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.

Gardens are thin on the ground but that is no obstacle to Korean innovation.

South Korea's President is engulfed in a scandal with plotlines straight out of a soap opera: rumours of secret advisers, nepotism and ill-gotten gains.

Once hailed as South Korea's saviour, Park Geun-hye's reputation has been left in tatters this week after a political scandal was revealed.

Auckland's inaugural month-long Korea festival gets under way tonight.