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North Korea blows up its joint liaison office with South Korea

The South Korean defence ministry released surveillance footage of the explosion in Kaesong, which is located just over the border in North Korea.

South Korea

Restrictions return in South Korea after new spike in COVID-19 cases

The world has been looking to South Korea as a model for how to handle COVID-19. But a fresh spike in cases is putting that reputation at risk.

World

Cultural showcase, Media for the deaf, and Anti covid-19 comedy

Though the world is affected by the coronavirus pandemic, inspiring stories still abound all around us.

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Korean Baseball League officially opens

South Korea's professional baseball league officially opened, as three new cases of coronavirus represented the lowest daily jump in nearly three months. The KBO League began the season with a match behind closed doors in Incheon.

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South Korea

South Korea accuses North Korea of starting exchange of fire on border

South Korea’s military reported it returned fire after North Korean troops shot at a South Korean guard post.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Creating a “Hygiene Society” can get life back on track and stave off future epidemics ǀ View

Having worked alongside the NHS in numerous sectors for more than two decades, I feel a very human obligation to protect NHS staff and the wider public from the toll that both the virus and the shutdown are taking. The latter is almost as damaging as the former.

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Euroviews. It’s not too late for Europe and the US to learn lessons from Asia to fight COVID-19 ǀ View

Despite claims by some US officials that it is too late to learn from Asia, policies in Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan show what rapid and effective prevention can look like.

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Volunteers in South Korea bid to help by making face masks

It comes amid a shortage in some parts of the country.

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Social distancing works but epidemic influenced by demographics

Researchers at the University of Oxford studied the mortality rate and age demographics in Italy and South Korea to show how this could account for the impact of the epidemic on countries’ populations.

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Disinfection work in Seoul after an increase in COVID-19 cases

It comes as the number of COVID-19 cases in South Korea edges near 8,000.

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Clean up underway in South Korea as COVID-19 spreads

The new virus has made thousands sick.

South Korea

COVID-19 outbreak: China says bats, pangolin likely 'virus hosts'

The Iranian government has denied the claim.

USA

Euroviews. Trump is a threat to peace. It is time for the UN to act on uniting Korea instead ǀ View

It’s an historic mistake - potentially catastrophic - to leave the fate of the Koreas, as well as of Iran and the Middle East - indeed international peace itself - in the hands of an individual who has demonstrated seriously erratic political and psychological behaviour.

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South Korea celebrates its national food at Seoul Kimchi Festival

It's Kimjang season in South Korea where vegetables - usually cabbage - are marinaded in fermented seafood, spices and chili and the end result is the national dish kimchi.

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Tate stages retrospective of South Korean video artist Nam June Paik

London's Tate Modern is staging what's thought to be the first retrospective on South Korean-born artist Nam June Paik. Paik - who died in 2006 - is credited with inventing video art, collaborated with pop culture icons including David Bowie, and even coined the phrase "electronic superhighway".

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South Korea opposition leader shaves head in protest

The leader of the Liberty Party, South Korea's main opposition party, Hwang Kyo-ahn shaved his head in Seoul to show dissent over South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Justice Minister Cho Kuk.

Korea

Korean talks "over"

Amidst joint US military exercises with South Korea the North fires an unidentified projectile and declares talks with the south "over"

South Korea

Protests erupt as relations cool between Japan and South Korea

Many South Koreans are angry that Japan has downgraded their country's trade status from "preferred" to just "normal".

South Korea

Two dead after upper deck of nightclub collapses in South Korea

The upper floor of the Coyote Ugly nightclub fell through in Gwangju, South Korea on Saturday. Eight of the injured were athletes competing in the World Aquatics Championships.

USA

South Korean nightclub loft collapse kills 2, injures at least 10

Athletes from the U.S. water polo teams were at the site celebrating a championship, but all are safe and accounted for, a team official said.

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