JIWON SONG

AP Reporter

Song is a business and politics reporter covering South Korea.

South Koreans are starkly divided over North Korea’s nuclear threat

There are two Koreas, North and South. But there’s also more than one South Korea; it’s split into camps with often polar opposite views on the danger posed by their nuclear-armed neighbor to the north.

Thousands of Korean doctors face license suspensions as Seoul moves to prosecute strike leaders

Thousands of striking junior doctors in South Korea are facing proceedings to suspend their medical licenses. Meanwhile, authorities are pushing for police investigations into leaders of the walkouts that have disrupted hospital operations.

What’s next for South Korean doctors who face license suspensions because of walkouts

South Korea’s government is pressing ahead with its vow to suspend the licenses of thousands of junior doctors who ignore its repeated demands to end their collective walkouts.

Young South Korean doctors resist back-to-work orders, risking prosecution

South Korea’s government is making a last appeal to junior doctors to end a walkout just hours ahead of a Thursday deadline or risk the suspension of their medical licenses and prosecution.

Zuckerberg meets LG, Samsung chiefs in Seoul as Meta ramps up AI ambitions

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has discussed cooperation on extended reality devices with LG Electronics executives as part of his visit to South Korea that highlights Meta’s ambitions in artificial intelligence.

Here’s why thousands of junior doctors in South Korea walked off the job

Thousands of junior doctors in South Korea are a week into a labor boycott in protest of the government’s push to recruit more medical students to cope with the country’s fast-aging population.

Prominent K-pop composer, known as ‘Shinsadong Tiger,’ found dead, South Korean police say

South Korea’s police say Lee Ho-yang, a prominent K-pop composer and producer better known by his professional name of “Shinsadong Tiger,” has been found dead.

Former Blue Jays pitcher Ryu returns to South Korea’s Hanwha Eagles

Former Blue Jays pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu has agreed to return to his former South Korean baseball club, becoming the most expensive player in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO).

Ex-Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu likely to return to South Korea’s Hanwha Eagles

South Korean media reports say former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu is set to return to South Korea. Yonhap news agency says the 36-year-old left-hander is expected to come back to his former club Hanwha Eagles.

Rangers take win streak into matchup with the Stars

The New York Rangers play the Dallas Stars with a seven win streak intact.

South Korean doctors walk out to protest medical training push, causing surgery cancellations

South Korean trainee doctors have collectively walked off their jobs to protest a government medical policy, triggering cancellations of surgeries and other medical treatments at hospitals.

South Korea doctors submit resignations in a spat with the government over school admission quotas

Trainee doctors in South Korea have begun resigning en masse in protest of a government plan to increase the number of medical students.

South Korean doctors rally against government plans to increase the number of medical students

Hundreds of South Korean doctors have rallied in the capital Seoul and other cities against a government plan to boost the number of medical students.

South Korea says opening diplomatic relations with Cuba would shock North Korea

South Korea’s presidential office claims that the country’s move to establish diplomatic relations with Cuba would deal a “political and psychological blow” to its war-divided rival North Korea, whose diplomatic footing is largely dependent on a small number of Cold War allies.

South Koreans stay calm as they see showmanship in the North’s escalating threats

North Korea’s recent escalation of threats and endless tests of weapons aimed toward South Korea haven’t done much to upset the calm in Seoul.

Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong is acquitted of financial crimes related to 2015 merger

A South Korean court has acquitted Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong of financial crimes related to a contentious merger in 2015 that tightened his grip over South Korea’s biggest company.

Chinese vice foreign minister visits North Korea in latest diplomacy between countries

North Korea says it’s hosting a Chinese government delegation led by Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, as it continues its efforts to strengthen ties with Beijing and Moscow.

South Korean lawmaker is injured in an attack weeks after the opposition leader was stabbed

South Korean police say a governing party lawmaker is being treated for lacerations at a Seoul hospital after being attacked by an unidentified man who struck her in the head with a rock-like object.

North Korea says it tested a cruise missile, flaunting new nuclear-capable weapon

North Korea says it has conducted its first flight test of a new cruise missile, as it expands its military capabilities in the face of tensions with the United States and neighbors.

Gunmen abduct volunteer searcher looking for her disappeared brother, kill her husband and son

Gunmen burst into a home in central Mexico and abducted one of the volunteer searchers looking for the country’s 114,000 missing people, and killed her husband and son.

Analysis: North Korea’s rejection of the South is both a shock, and inevitable

In abandoning his country’s decades-old aspirational goal of reconciliation with South Korea, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could be revealing significant changes to the way he sees the world, as he navigates growing tensions with neighbors and exploits broader geopolitical shifts to gain leverage

‘Parasite’ director calls for a thorough probe into the death of actor Lee Sun-kyun

Oscar-winning “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho and other artists in South Korea have called for a thorough investigation into the death of popular actor Lee Sun-kyun.

North Korea’s Kim turns 40. But there are no public celebrations of his birthday

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un turns 40 on Monday with no announced public celebrations at home. He entered the new year with artillery barrages into the sea and vows to expand his nuclear arsenal.

Rival Koreas conduct provocative drills along their tense sea boundary, escalating animosities

The rival Koreas have fired artillery rounds into the sea as part of provocative drills along their disputed sea boundary, in violation of the fragile 2018 inter-Korean military agreement.

South Korea views the young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as his likely successor

South Korea’s spy agency says it views the young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as her father’s likely heir apparent.

South Korean opposition leader is recovering well from surgery after stabbing attack, doctor says

A South Korean hospital says the country’s main opposition leader is recovering well from surgery after being stabbed in the neck earlier this week.

South Korean police raid house of suspect who stabbed opposition leader Lee in the neck

South Korean police have raided the residence and office of a man who stabbed the country’s opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, in the neck this week.

South Korean opposition leader is stabbed in the neck. Police say attacker approached for autograph

South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung has been stabbed in the neck by an unidentified man during a visit to the southeastern city of Busan.

South Korea’s top court orders a 3rd Japanese company to compensate workers for forced labor

South Korea’s top court has ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its former wartime Korean employees for forced labor. Thursday’s ruling by the Supreme Court is the second such ruling in a week.

A South Korean religious sect leader has been sentenced to 23 years in prison over sex crimes