The ban, which will take effect in March, makes South Korea the latest country to restrict the use of smartphones and social media among minors.

South Korean lawmakers have banned smartphones and other smart devices in elementary and middle school classrooms, The New York Times reports. The law goes into effect in 2026. The legislation only outlaws these devices during class hours and there are no stipulations regarding punishment for violators.

South Korea has passed a bill to ban the use of mobile phones and other digital devices in school classrooms nationwide. The ban, which was passed on Wednesday but will take effect from March next year,

President Donald Trump is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, he told his South Korean counterpart on Monday when they discussed peace in the Korean Peninsula and Pyongyang’s nuclear weapon capabilities.

At the White House, President Trump and Lee Jae Myung praised each other’s eagerness to talk to North Korea’s leader — even if he doesn’t want to talk to them.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday (August 26) visited a shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania owned by South Korea's Hanwha Group to highlight investment plans a day after he met with U.

South Korea joint river-crossing exercise, which is a part of the annual Freedom Shield joint military training, in Yeoju, South Korea, August 27, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and the United States have agreed to further strengthen a partnership on nuclear energy,

By bno - Busan Office A series of agreements have been signed between South Korean companies and American partners to advance nuclear energy projects in the United States, World Nuclear News reports.

South Korean and US companies signed a total of 11 agreements across various sectors, including shipbuilding, nuclear energy, aviation, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and minerals, during the recent Korea-US Business Roundtable in Washington,