SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – South Korea is joining China and Japan in setting a deadline to zero-out carbon emissions. The Asian country is targeting to become…
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South Korea urges people to get flu vaccinations despite death tolls
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea urged citizens to get vaccinated against influenza and reduce the chances of an outbreak that coincides with the battle on…
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Changing view of S-E Asians among South Koreans
When Professor Utai Uprasen first moved to South Korea from Thailand a decade ago, he used to get curious questions about his heritage. “When I…
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South Korea's forensic team found no links between flu shot, boy's death: Media
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea’s forensic agency has found no links between a 17-year-old boy’s death and a flu shot he had taken, the Yonhap…
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Singapore and South Korea sign memorandum of understanding on judicial cooperation
SINGAPORE – Singapore and South Korea have inked an agreement to enhance judicial cooperation between the courts of both countries. A memorandum of understanding (MOU)…
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US military says South Korean workers may be laid off amid row over costs
SEOUL (REUTERS) – The United States military will put nearly 9,000 South Korean workers on unpaid leave from April in the absence of an agreement…
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Moon's pursuit of end-of-war declaration could weaken Seoul's security: Korea Herald
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – President Moon Jae-in last week expressed hope that South Korea and the US would work together toward the…
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South Korean demonstrators pushing for mass rallies during long weekend in Seoul despite Covid-19 fears
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Disease prevention authorities and the police are on high alert once again as mass rallies are scheduled to…
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UN calls for impartial probe into South Korean man killed by North Korea
SEOUL (REUTERS) – The United Nations Human Rights office in South Korea called on Tuesday (Oct 6) for an impartial investigation into the killing of…
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Japan to restart business travel with South Korea amid coronavirus curbs: Nikkei
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan and South Korea are likely to agree as early as this week to restart short- and long-term business travel between the…
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South Korean police set up 'bus walls' to prevent protests amid Covid-19 concern
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korean police mobilised hundreds of buses to head off any political rallies in the capital, Seoul, on Saturday (Oct 3) with…
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Calls for inter-Korean peace ring hollow after brutal killing at the sea border: Korea Herald
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The response of President Moon Jae-in’s government to the killing of a South Korean civil servant by North…
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South Korea expands search, calls for joint probe into killing of official by North Korea
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea on Monday (Sept 28) expanded the search for a missing fisheries official killed by North Korean troops at sea last…
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Defying the angel of death: South Korean nurse who fought Mers in 2015 returns to Covid-19 front line
When a patient died of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) in front of her during an outbreak in 2015, nurse Kim Hyun-ah wrote she…
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