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As of Monday, the number of South Koreans aged 65 or older stood at 10.24 million, accounting for 20.0 per cent of the country's total population of 51.22 million

Japan's Defence Ministry says missiles believed to have already landed at sea and there were no immediate reports of damage

When the elected representatives shared images and videos of Cheonggyecheon stream beautification works on Monday, people from different sections criticized the government for wasting public money in conducting such study tours.

As videos and images of Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and Bhongir MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy walking along the Cheonggyecheon surfaced on social media platforms, people questioned the significance of the study tour.

While the visit is aimed to study the Cheonggyecheon Riverfront Development in Seoul, questions are being raised over sending journalists rather than bureaucrats, engineers and experts, for the study tour.

This marks the world's first experimental discovery of the structure, theorised by Hungarian American physicist Eugene Wigner in 1934

Explosions came a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called a meeting with his top military and security officials

Says Seoul had sent unmanned drones over Pyongyang thrice this month

Says it will “completely cut off roads and railways ” linked to South Korea

Analysts say N Korea will likely leverage enlarged nuclear arsenal for US concessions like sanctions relief after a new US administration is inaugurated

Latest comments come amid heightened animosities over North's recent disclosure of nuclear facility, its continuation of missile tests

Says new launchers will give frontline units 'overwhelming' firepower over South, calls for his country to brace for prolonged confrontation with US

Raises worries about security of key Seoul facilities

This comes two days after the South restarted blaring anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border

Ri's defection is the latest in a series of defections by North Korean diplomats in South Korea in recent years

Warning comes after Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, claims "dirty leaflets and things" discovered in border region

Fire began after batteries exploded as workers were examining and packaging them, says official

Putin, who will be making his first visit to North Korea in 24 years, said he highly appreciates its firm support of his invasion of Ukraine

Rivals embroiled in Cold War-style campaigns such as balloon launches and propaganda broadcasts

Statement by Kim Yo-jong came after the South resumed propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts toward the North for the first time in six years