A member of the Unified Progressive Party sets himself on fire, in protest over online voting. Netizens label liberals as hypocrites.

China, Japan and South Korea met in Beijing this weekend to discuss regional security and economic cooperation that saw Korea and China begin FTA negotiations.

Netizens discuss the latest Ladygate, 'Brainless Adultery Girl’, who is busted online for having an affair while being married and pregnant.

A series of images from a North Korean comic book that chronicles the mythical founding she-bear-god of Korea 'Dangun', translated from [North] Korean into English

KakaoTalk is being used as evidence in the case of a 36 year old man who is being charged with rape for having sex with a 16-17 year old girl.

Netizens discuss the suggestion that Seoul suburban cities are built with a concentration of high-rise buildings in order to shield any attacks from the North

South Korean Netizen reactions to the group of Buddhist monks caught gambling, smoking and boozing in a hotel suite that has since been picked up by world media.

In the latest Ladygate, 'Naked Girl' trends on twitter as an allegedly drunk female removes all her clothes and upsets fellow passengers on the Seoul Metro system

In a change of tone from the usual 'Ladygate' scandals that plague the Seoul metro, 'Sexual Harassment Grandpa' emerges and suggests a girl have a gangbang with him

South Korean customs seize capsules containing dried remains of aborted foetuses. The news is widely reported in Western media but what was the Korean reaction?

Netizens praise Seoul Government plans to confiscate "church collections" for overdue taxes from churches and temples.

In a recently televised debate, a high-profile priest claims that Korea has been 'free from homosexuality' so far, provoking outcry from netizens.

A funny video parodying Google's new "Project Glass" concept by changing the location to Korea has begun to go viral on the Korean internet.

A regional education chief has come under fire for attributing the high suicide rate in his region to the high-profile suicide of former president Roh Moo-hyun.

President Lee Myung-back calls North Korea a 'brat' on whilst addressing a group of disadvantaged children on 'Children's Day', a public holiday in South Korea.

Mayor of Seoul Park Won-soon poses as a Japanese tourist to try bust rip-off scammers and taxis, but fails. Netizens in admiration.

Some of the bridge designs over the Incheon waterway near Seoul are coming under public ridicule for their unnecessarily high structures that allow ships to pass.