South Korea has added 119 more cases of the coronavirus, its lowest daily jump in more than three weeks amid a downward trend in new cases …
Typhoon Haishen batters South Korea after slamming Japan
Typhoon Haishen has touched down in South Korea after slamming through southern Japan. The storm made landfall in Ulsan, just north of Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city. More than 300 flights …
Typhoon Haishen hits South Korea after lashing Japan
The storm triggered landslides and left four people missing and hundreds of thousands without power as it barreled through southwestern Japan.
Coronavirus latest: India overtakes Brazil with world’s second-largest Covid-19 caseload
Melbourne faces restrictions until the end of September. Officials in the US warn against large gatherings over the Labor Day long weekend. The rate of new infections in South Korea falls to near a …
South Korea’s ‘Moonwalker’ has run out of step
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of “Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decades.” Of all the things South Koreans expected of 2020, a sudden …
South Korea’s ‘Moonwalker’ has run out of step
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of “Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decades.” Of all the things South Koreans expected of 2020, a sudden …
South Korea’s new coronavirus cases sink to three-week low amid tight restrictions
South Korea on Sunday reported the smallest daily rise in coronavirus infections in three weeks as tighter restrictions cap a second wave. This brings South Korea’s total number of COVID-19 infections …
South Korea Seeks $6.3 Billion Extra Budget to Aid Vulnerable
The South Korean government plans to ask parliament for about 7.5 trillion won ($6.3 billion) this week, in what will be its fourth extra budget this year as it battles a resurgence of the coronavirus …
Evacuations in effect as powerful Typhoon Haishen targets Japan, South Korea
Typhoon Haishen is bearing down on southern Japan and South Korea, and the storm’s timing couldn’t be worse. It will come on the heels of Typhoon Maysak, which made landfall in South Korea early …
Powerful Typhoon Haishen closing in on Japan, South Korea
Typhoon Haishen is strengthening and, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, has become the first super typhoon of the season in the western Pacific Ocean.