North Korean defector goes undetected for hours after swimming to South
The man was caught only after apparently falling asleep.
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The man was caught only after apparently falling asleep.
The country’s caseload currently stands at 55,902.
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.
The country recorded 191 new coronavirus cases today.
If confirmed, Jo Song Gil would be the highest-level North Korean official to defect since the 1990s.
South Korea denied the North’s accusation.
The official was shot dead on Tuesday by North Korean soldiers.
Typhoon Haishen hit the southeastern coast of South Korea with sustained winds of up to 78 mph.
Posts on social media have represented anti-government protests in Seoul as anti-coronavirus restrictions.
The country’s education minister said there’s been an “alarming emergence of mass infections” since the start of the month.
The new restrictions will affect half of the population.
South Africa also announced a surge in infections and some US states tightened anti-disease controls.
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Authorities have said Park Won-soon took his own life.
Hwang Hee-chan comes into the side from sister club Red Bull Salzburg.
Almost half of the new cases were reported from capital Seoul and nearby metropolitan areas.
Indonesia is expected to pass the 50,000 mark for confirmed infections today.
India has been recording about 15,000 new infections each day, and some states are considering fresh lockdown measures.
A propaganda war is fuelling the escalating tensions between the two countries.
It has also emerged US President Donald Trump told health officials to reduce testing.
Tensions on the peninsula have heightened in recent weeks.
The Chinese capital reported 21 cases today, down from 31 yesterday.
North Korea’s military has recently threatened to move back into zones that were demilitarised under inter-Korean peace agreements.
Defectors have sent leaflets to the North by balloon and bottle criticising Kim Jong Un over his weapons programmes and human rights abuses.
The spikes have caused concerns about the implications of loosening restrictions.
The fire exchange took place a day after North Korea reported its leader Kim Jong Un’s first public appearance in some 20 days.
For a time the country had the world’s second-largest outbreak.
There has been speculation over Kim’s health following his absence from a key anniversary last week.
The country reported five new cases of the virus today but has not seen widespread community transition.
CNN cited a US official saying that Washington was “monitoring intelligence” on the matter.
South Korea said that the missiles were fired towards the sea.
It comes after U2 said they would contribute €10 million to support healthcare workers.
With the Premier League suspended indefinitely due to the spread of Covid-19, Son Heung-min will undertake his military service.
Son was spared a career-threatening stint as a conscript when South Korea took gold at the 2018 Asian Games.
A spike in Covid-19 cases in late February in South Korea led to testing on a scale replicated in few other regions.
The lack of testing activity in past months had experts wondering whether the North was holding back its weapons displays.
The overall figure in the country is 156.
“It is hard to fathom the extent of suffering the victims must have gone through,” the court’s ruling said.
Lucas Paqueta and Danilo were also on target amid a 3-0 victory over South Korea.
The game in Pyongyang finished 0-0.