A decades-long source of frustration for the deer industry - South Korea's special excise tax (SET) on deer velvet - is about to be removed, Deer Industry New Zealand said.

Seoul is clean and easy to navigate, by foot, bus, subway or taxi if that is more your style. I reckon this is a destination that will feature more often on Kiwis' itineraries. Seoul definitely has a warm heart and a kind soul.

Inland Revenue cites international tax agreement as it refuses to hand over documents, judge is not persuaded that's a good reason to enforce secrecy.

Prioritise and focus on quality rather than quantity in this city where there is so much to see and do, writes Donna McIntyre.

Donna McIntyre is by turns saddened, unnerved, educated and fascinated on a visit to South Korea's side of the demilitarised zone.

William Pesek grades Park Geun Hye of South Korea, Benigno Aquino of the Philippines and Joko Widodo of Indonesia.

We are a few kilo-metres from the North Korean border and All Whites coach Anthony Hudson is getting excited.

Trade Minister Tim Groser will today seal a free trade deal with South Korea that will essentially steer NZ towards a level playing field with its competitors.

The All Whites look set to play a glamour friendly against leading Asian nation South Korea.

A Korean Air executive reportedly yelled at a flight attendant and had her removed from the plane because she wasn't served nuts properly, delaying the flight.

Teen golf sensation Lydia Ko has been spending her time helping junior and amateur golfers in Auckland before she heads to Korea for Christmas.

Leaders of Samsung Electronics' mobile-phone unit may be replaced as the company tries to revive a business where profits slumped by $4.5b.

The free trade deal announced with South Korea is extremely good news for a number of our export industries, writes Liam Dann.

A long-awaited free trade agreement between New Zealand and South Korea appears close to being inked following talks in Seoul last week.

Three of North Korea's senior officials travelled to South Korea at the weekend for the first time in five years.

So busy is Audrey Young reflecting on the meaning of life at the Haeinsa Temple, that she doesn't even get around to breaking open her emergency rations.

The ex-girlfriend of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un who was thought to have been executed by firing squad last year has appeared back on state television.

Rare pictures of Kim Jong-un as a boy have been shown during a televised concert for the air force in North Korea.

After more than three days of frustration and failure, divers finally found a way into a submerged ferry off South Korea's southern shore.

The deputy headmaster, Kang Min-gyu, in charge of the 236 missing students was found dead.

As the battle to free 290 from a sunken ferry in South Korea continues, it's emerged texts purported to be sent from trapped children were a hoax.

A North Korean official has been executed with a flame-thrower, South Korean media has reported.

Aviation safety authorities have been urged to clamp down on Australia's burgeoning unmanned aerial vehicle market.

A group of 82 elderly, frail South Koreans have left for the North Korean border to attend the first reunion in more than three years for families divided by the Korean War.

South Korean and Japanese flights through China's new maritime air defence zone added to the international defiance of rules Beijing says it has imposed in East China Sea but that neighbours and the US have vowed to ignore.

S Korean president Park Geun Hye said this week she is willing to hold a summit with N Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but she rejects any meeting with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe until Japan apologises for wrongdoings during its 35-year occupation of Korea.

This posh Seoul suburb is a hub of luxury and excess, discovers Sharon Stephenson.

A former police officer is vying to become the first person since the Korean War to walk a mountain range the length of the Korean Peninsula.