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Shark returns to South Korea canal after failed rescue attempt
An endangered shark swam back into a canal in South Korea after rescuers had led it back out to sea.
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![Pipelines and oil storage tanks at oil refining facilities at the Daesan petrochemical complex near Daesan port, in Seosan, South Korea, May 8, 2026. [File: Kim Soo-hyeon / Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-05-08T070131Z_1905822413_RC2S4LADQ929_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-SOUTHKOREA-TANKER-1788401778.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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North Korea fires ballistic missile towards the sea, South Korea says
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![A missile flies during what state media KCNA says is a test-launch of a strategic cruise missile designed to demonstrate the readiness posture of various nuclear capabilities, over the sea off the west coast of the Korean peninsula, February 26, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on February 27, 2025 [KCNA via Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2025-02-27T221106Z_1599805176_RC293DAIPBJF_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-MISSILES-1790737147.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Row between Ukraine, South Korea mounts over North Korean POWs
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Trump announces $200bn in energy investments from South Korea
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N Korea and S Korea exchange threats over DMZ blast
A landmine explosion which injured three South Korean soldiers in the Korean Demilitarized Zone last week.
Published On 30 Sep 2026
S Korea demands apology over DMZ blasts as N Korea denies planting mines
South Korea calls for a formal apology from North Korea over the DMZ explosion that injured three soldiers.
Trump calls Kim Jong Un a ‘friend’ and plays down N Korea’s nuclear arsenal
US president’s comments came after he was asked why North Korea can have nuclear weapons when Iran cannot.
![US President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019 [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/reuters_6a8ea146-1787732294.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
South Korea suspects North Korean mines behind DMZ blast
The report into the explosion in Demilitarized Zone threatens to provoke renewed tension between the two Koreas.
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Why South Korea is demanding an apology from Ukraine over North Korean PoWs
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