Busan:North Korea delivered humanitarian aid, including rice and medicine, to South Korea for the first time since the Korean War, assisting victims of flooding. North Korea initiated this offer, which was subsequently accepted by South Korea.

According to Yonhap News Agency, in 1988, South Korea's women's handball team won the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics, marking the country's first Olympic gold in the event.

In 2002, the 14th Asian Games commenced in the southeastern port city of Busan, South Korea.

In 2015, North Korea signaled it might cancel upcoming reunions for families separated by the Korean War if South Korea continued efforts to prevent the North from launching a satellite and conducting a nuclear test.