# south-korea - Friday 9 April, 2021
# Freed
# Freed
The MT Hankuk Chemi, held in Iran since January, sailed away from an Iranian port city early this morning.
# south-korea - Tuesday 16 March, 2021
# North Korea
# North Korea
Kim Yo Jong warned Washington against further provocations if it wants a ‘good night’s sleep for the next four years’.
# south-korea - Wednesday 24 February, 2021
# Great Defector
# Great Defector
The man was caught only after apparently falling asleep.
# south-korea - Saturday 26 December, 2020
# Seoul
# Seoul
The country’s caseload currently stands at 55,902.
# south-korea - Friday 20 November, 2020
# Verdict
From The42
# Verdict
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner stayed on the bench throughout a 3-3 draw with a K-League all-stars team in July last year.
# south-korea - Friday 13 November, 2020
# Cases Rising
# Cases Rising
The country recorded 191 new coronavirus cases today.
# south-korea - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Rome
# Rome
If confirmed, Jo Song Gil would be the highest-level North Korean official to defect since the 1990s.
# south-korea - Sunday 27 September, 2020
# Tensions
# Tensions
South Korea denied the North’s accusation.
# south-korea - Friday 25 September, 2020
# Tensions
# Tensions
The official was shot dead on Tuesday by North Korean soldiers.
# south-korea - Monday 7 September, 2020
# Typhoon Haishen
# Typhoon Haishen
Typhoon Haishen hit the southeastern coast of South Korea with sustained winds of up to 78 mph.
# south-korea - Tuesday 1 September, 2020
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Posts on social media have represented anti-government protests in Seoul as anti-coronavirus restrictions.
# south-korea - Tuesday 25 August, 2020
# Test And Trace
# Test And Trace
The country’s education minister said there’s been an “alarming emergence of mass infections” since the start of the month.
# south-korea - Tuesday 18 August, 2020
# New Surge
# New Surge
The new restrictions will affect half of the population.
# south-korea - Saturday 25 July, 2020
# South Korea
# South Korea
South Africa also announced a surge in infections and some US states tightened anti-disease controls.
# south-korea - Wednesday 22 July, 2020
# Evening Sitdown
# Evening Sitdown
It’s a coronavirus-free zone as we bring you an interesting longread each evening to take your mind off the news.
# south-korea - Friday 10 July, 2020
# South Korea
# South Korea
Authorities have said Park Won-soon took his own life.
# south-korea - Wednesday 8 July, 2020
# New Recruit
From The42
# New Recruit
Hwang Hee-chan comes into the side from sister club Red Bull Salzburg.
# south-korea - Monday 29 June, 2020
# Seoul
# Seoul
Almost half of the new cases were reported from capital Seoul and nearby metropolitan areas.
# south-korea - Thursday 25 June, 2020
# Pandemic
# Pandemic
Indonesia is expected to pass the 50,000 mark for confirmed infections today.
# south-korea - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
India has been recording about 15,000 new infections each day, and some states are considering fresh lockdown measures.
# At Loggerheads
# At Loggerheads
A propaganda war is fuelling the escalating tensions between the two countries.
# south-korea - Sunday 21 June, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
It has also emerged US President Donald Trump told health officials to reduce testing.
# south-korea - Friday 19 June, 2020
# Rising Tensions
# Rising Tensions
Tensions on the peninsula have heightened in recent weeks.
# south-korea - Thursday 18 June, 2020
# China
# China
The Chinese capital reported 21 cases today, down from 31 yesterday.
# south-korea - Tuesday 16 June, 2020
# Demilitarised Zones
# Demilitarised Zones
North Korea’s military has recently threatened to move back into zones that were demilitarised under inter-Korean peace agreements.
# south-korea - Tuesday 9 June, 2020
# Korean Peninsula
# Korean Peninsula
Defectors have sent leaflets to the North by balloon and bottle criticising Kim Jong Un over his weapons programmes and human rights abuses.
# south-korea - Sunday 10 May, 2020
# Lockdown
# Lockdown
The spikes have caused concerns about the implications of loosening restrictions.
# south-korea - Sunday 3 May, 2020
# Demilitarised Zone
# Demilitarised Zone
The fire exchange took place a day after North Korea reported its leader Kim Jong Un’s first public appearance in some 20 days.
# south-korea - Thursday 30 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
For a time the country had the world’s second-largest outbreak.
# south-korea - Monday 27 April, 2020
# Speculation
# Speculation
There has been speculation over Kim’s health following his absence from a key anniversary last week.
# Jacinda Ardern
# Jacinda Ardern
The country reported five new cases of the virus today but has not seen widespread community transition.
# south-korea - Tuesday 21 April, 2020
# Speculation
# Speculation
CNN cited a US official saying that Washington was “monitoring intelligence” on the matter.
# south-korea - Tuesday 14 April, 2020
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
South Korea said that the missiles were fired towards the sea.
# south-korea - Sunday 12 April, 2020
# Moon Jae-In
# Moon Jae-In
It comes after U2 said they would contribute €10 million to support healthcare workers.
# south-korea - Monday 6 April, 2020
# Mandatory
From The42
# Mandatory
With the Premier League suspended indefinitely due to the spread of Covid-19, Son Heung-min will undertake his military service.
# south-korea - Friday 3 April, 2020
# South Korea
From The42
# South Korea
Son was spared a career-threatening stint as a conscript when South Korea took gold at the 2018 Asian Games.
# south-korea - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
A spike in Covid-19 cases in late February in South Korea led to testing on a scale replicated in few other regions.
# south-korea - Monday 2 March, 2020
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
The lack of testing activity in past months had experts wondering whether the North was holding back its weapons displays.
# south-korea - Friday 21 February, 2020
# Daegu
# Daegu
The overall figure in the country is 156.
# south-korea - Friday 29 November, 2019
# Jung Joon-young
# Jung Joon-young
“It is hard to fathom the extent of suffering the victims must have gone through,” the court’s ruling said.
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