North Korea has shipped about 6,700 containers carrying millions of munitions to Russia since July to support its war against Ukraine, in a sign of ongoing arms transfers, South Korean media reported on Tuesday, citing the defence minister. At a briefing on Monday for local media, Minister Shin Won-sik said the containers might carry more than 3 million 152 mm artillery shells, or 500,000 122 mm rounds. "It could possibly be a mix of the two, and you can say that at least several million shells
Former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu looks set to return to South Korea after 10 years in Major League Baseball, South Korean media reported. The 36-year-old Ryu, nicknamed “Korean Monster,” is expected to come back to his former club Hanwha Eagles. The Eagles offered him a four-year contract worth at least 17 billion won ($12.7 million), which would make him the highest-paid player in the Korean Baseball Organization league, Yonhap news agency reported.
Two photos circulating on social media show angry football fans confronting the South Korean national team after a disappointing showing at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, not as the posts falsely claim the Asian Cup hosted by Qatar in 2024. The old images resurfaced after the side's shock semi-final loss to Jordan in the Asian Cup, which resulted in scathing criticism from fans and the South Korean media that was primarily levelled at national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann.