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Politics, society, economics, and security on the Korean Peninsula.

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026206 stories
Korea raises data breach fines to 10% of revenue↗ koreajoongangdaily.com · HN · 115 comments · 339 points · Sep 18, 2026
Kimi Work↗ kimi.com · HN · 279 comments · 678 points · Jul 20, 2026
South Korean forums will need to scan every images with AI censorship tools↗ discuss.privacyguides.net · HN · 159 comments · 283 points · Jun 04, 2026
South Korea Mandates Solar Panels for Public Parking Lots↗ reutersconnect.com · HN · 223 comments · 396 points · Mar 28, 2026
South Korean ex president Yoon Suk Yeol jailed for life for leading insurrection↗ theguardian.com · HN · 162 comments · 282 points · Feb 19, 2026
2025326 stories
Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available↗ koreajoongangdaily.joins.com · HN · 933 comments · 2080 points · Oct 05, 2025
Navy SEALs reportedly killed North Korean fishermen to hide a failed mission↗ nytimes.com · HN · 260 comments · 331 points · Sep 07, 2025
The North Korean fake IT worker problem is ubiquitous↗ theregister.com · HN · 354 comments · 307 points · Jul 13, 2025
Shortest-possible walking tour to 81,998 bars in South Korea↗ math.uwaterloo.ca · HN · 139 comments · 435 points · Apr 24, 2025
Brood War Korean Translations↗ blog.sourcedive.net · HN · 102 comments · 314 points · Jan 17, 2025
2024299 stories
South Korean president declares martial law, parliament votes to lift it↗ apnews.com · HN · 662 comments · 611 points · Dec 03, 2024
Three years in North Korea as a foreigner (2021)↗ mydiplomaticlife.com · HN · 293 comments · 472 points · Jul 11, 2024
I'm the hacker that brought down North Korea's Internet for over a week. AMA↗ old.reddit.com · HN · 151 comments · 172 points · Jun 19, 2024
Learn to Read Korean in 15 Minutes↗ ryanestrada.com · HN · 82 comments · 191 points · Feb 28, 2024
Inside North Korea's Forced Labor Program↗ newyorker.com · HN · 167 comments · 355 points · Feb 25, 2024
2023282 stories
Korea to welcome 'digital nomads' with new visa starting Jan. 1↗ koreajoongangdaily.joins.com · HN · 257 comments · 227 points · Dec 29, 2023
Lee Sun-Kyun, 'Parasite' Actor, Dies at 48↗ nytimes.com · HN · 29 comments · 34 points · Dec 27, 2023
A South Korean woman who adopted her best friend↗ aljazeera.com · HN · 4 comments · 29 points · Dec 21, 2023
Doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’ in South Korea↗ cnn.com · HN · 46 comments · 28 points · Jun 25, 2023
Do Kwon reportedly arrested in Montenegro↗ coindesk.com · HN · 20 comments · 83 points · Mar 23, 2023
2022294 stories
Legoland bond crisis threatens South Korea's economy↗ foreignpolicy.com · HN · 185 comments · 338 points · Nov 16, 2022
Kim Jung Gi has died↗ latimes.com · HN · 204 comments · 481 points · Oct 06, 2022
North Koreans are jailbreaking phones to access forbidden media↗ wired.com · HN · 196 comments · 333 points · Apr 27, 2022
US sentences crypto expert to 5 years after North Korea blockchain presentation↗ markets.businessinsider.com · HN · 557 comments · 350 points · Apr 13, 2022
Countering threats from North Korea↗ blog.google · HN · 156 comments · 347 points · Mar 27, 2022
2021219 stories
Half a million South Korean workers walk off jobs in general strike↗ truthout.org · HN · 252 comments · 236 points · Oct 22, 2021
S.Korea fines Google $177M for blocking Android customisation↗ reuters.com · HN · 91 comments · 267 points · Sep 14, 2021
South Korea will require Apple, Google to allow competing payment systems↗ wsj.com · HN · 2 comments · 286 points · Aug 31, 2021
South Korea: The only middle power of its kind↗ nationalinterest.org · HN · 424 comments · 207 points · Aug 03, 2021
The Rise of North Korea's Hacking Army↗ newyorker.com · HN · 170 comments · 235 points · Apr 22, 2021
2020234 stories
What Chinese looks, feels and sounds like when you're from Korea or Japan (2009)↗ pagef30.com · HN · 183 comments · 262 points · Oct 13, 2020
Japan’s lost generation is still jobless and living with their parents↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 341 comments · 286 points · Oct 02, 2020
Seoul's full cafes, Apple store lines show mass testing success↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 288 comments · 194 points · Apr 18, 2020
How South Korea Reined In The Outbreak Without Shutting Everything Down↗ npr.org · HN · 277 comments · 184 points · Mar 27, 2020
For Seoul’s poor, class strife in ‘Parasite’ is daily reality↗ nytimes.com · HN · 146 comments · 171 points · Mar 03, 2020
Scroll through time ↕

02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Korea raises data breach fines to 10% of revenue↗ koreajoongangdaily.com · HN · 115 comments · 339 points · Sep 18, 2026
Kimi Work↗ kimi.com · HN · 279 comments · 678 points · Jul 20, 2026
Yongsan Electronics Market (Seoul)↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 3 comments · 10 points · Sep 18, 2026
North Korea uses remote IT worker to clandestinely earn NZ currency↗ rnz.co.nz · HN · 0 comments · 6 points · Sep 23, 2026
South Korea proposes talks to officially end war with North↗ bbc.com · HN · 74 comments · 65 points · Aug 15, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Korea raises data breach fines to 10% of revenue↗ koreajoongangdaily.com · HN · 115 comments · 339 points · Sep 18, 2026
Yongsan Electronics Market (Seoul)↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 3 comments · 10 points · Sep 18, 2026
North Korea uses remote IT worker to clandestinely earn NZ currency↗ rnz.co.nz · HN · 0 comments · 6 points · Sep 23, 2026
North Korea's fake job interviews infected 30k devices↗ theregister.com · HN · 0 comments · 6 points · Sep 18, 2026
The centre tracking South Korea's stalkers in real time↗ theguardian.com · HN · 1 comments · 5 points · Sep 11, 2026
John T. Downey, CIA agent captured by China during the Korean War (2014)↗ slate.com · HN · 0 comments · 4 points · Sep 09, 2026
Korea closes lifetime pension loophole based on 1 month's work↗ twitter.com · HN · 0 comments · 3 points · Sep 13, 2026
South Korea exports surpass full-year record, hit $709.4B YTD↗ reuters.com · HN · 0 comments · 3 points · Sep 06, 2026
South Korea's 'AI for All' Push Gives Free Access to Every Citizen↗ wsj.com · HN · 0 comments · 3 points · Aug 31, 2026
Kakao Entertainment to Shut Down N. American Webtoon Platform Tapas↗ animenewsnetwork.com · HN · 0 comments · 2 points · Sep 25, 2026

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