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Is Kim Jong Un really planning an attack this time?
New York Times: Intensification of nuclear threats ignite's urgent debate over motives.
North Korea launches ballistic missile towards sea, South Korea claims
It's the first missile the isolated country has launched in about a month.
South Korea bans dog meat industry
A new bill will stop the breeding, slaughtering and selling of dogs for their meat.
NZ supports retaliatory US and UK air strikes against Houthis in Yemen
The militaries are using warship-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets.
South Korea vows action after North Korea fires 200 artillery rounds near disputed boundary
Rivals' drills are the first in about a year and are expected to deepen their animosity.
South Korean opposition leader stabbed in neck by knife-wielding man
Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified man during a visit today.
Kim Jong Un orders military to ‘thoroughly annihilate’ US, South Korea if provoked
Kim is expected to ramp up weapons tests in 2024 ahead of the US presidential election.
Parasite star ‘dropped from string of projects' before suspected suicide
Lee Sun-kyun had been dropped from a string of projects weeks before his death.
Star of Oscar-winning film ‘Parasite’ dies
South Korea’s emergency office has confirmed the death of the actor.
'Cheap politics': Labour fires back at Nicola Willis over ferry budget blowout
Labour finance spokesman Grant Robertson sheds more light on KiwiRail's ferry conundrum.
Dog meat protester threatens to kill himself if South Korea goes ahead with ban
Demonstrators threaten to release thousands of dogs into central Seoul to protest the ban.
South Korean true crime fanatic murdered stranger ‘out of curiosity’
The 23-year-old killed an English language teacher by posing as a high school student.
Kiwi Blackpink member Rose made MBE as King honours K-pop band
King honoured Blackpink for their work in raising awareness about climate change.
The Kiwi shoe company using cactus leather
Entrepreneur on taking his family's Kiwi footwear legacy from Lower Hutt to California.
South Korea will warn Apec leaders about Russia-North Korea arms deal risk
Concerns North Korea may make a move against South while world is distracted.
Haunted by guilt, vilified online: A year after the Seoul crowd crush
New York Times: Survivors of the Itaewon disaster still wrestle with unanswered questions.
World’s largest ‘baby exporter’ confronts its painful past
New York Times: “It’s like human trafficking,” said one adoptee.
Home detention ordered for attempted rapist caught pantsless on CCTV
Methamphetamine psychosis was said to be a factor of the offending.
Iran and US in prisoner swap, frozen Iranian assets deal
The Americans’ freedom brought heat from Republican presidential rivals and opponents.
Mayor, officials on $50,000 Asia trip
Tory Whanau is leading a 10-day business delegation to China, Japan, and South Korea.
Doomsday cult leader on the run after members deported from Fiji
Two out of six members of the Korean doomsday Christian cult Grace Road were deported.
China’s economic slowdown reverberates across Asia
Financial Times: South Korea mired in longest manufacturing slump since 1970s.
Chinese robot waiters fuel Korean anxiety over labour shortages
Financial Times: Imported machines designed to serve diners outnumber homemade rivals.
Study reveals the best and worst countries for single women - where does NZ place?
New Zealand is doing better than Australia.
Kiwi scouts leave Korea Jamboree early after 38-degree heatwave, storms threaten camp
Kiwi Scouts are among troupes coming home early from the heat addled Jamboree.
South Korean police pursue suspect in 2nd stabbing attack in 2 days
At least 14 people were wounded in the recent shopping mall attack.
North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles
'Grave provocation' of missiles fired into waters east of Korean Peninsula.
American national crosses inter-Korean border into North Korea
There are no further details on who the person is or why he crossed the border.
South Korea storm death toll rises to 40
Heavy downpours are lashing South Korea as rescue workers search for survivors.
Seven bodies pulled from flooded tunnel as torrential rain pounds South Korea, leaving 33 dead
Heavy rain leaves 26 people dead and 10 others missing in landslides and other incidents.
South Korean landslides kill at least seven
South Korea has been pounded by heavy rains since July 9.
North Korea launches ballistic missile toward sea
N Korea earlier issued threat after US spy plane’s reconnaissance activity nearby.
'Unimaginable': South Korea slams Japan's nuclear wastewater plans
South Korea has criticised plans to release treated wastewater from Fukushima power plant.