It was a complex choreography with more than 300 unpredictable moving parts, the stage a labyrinth of multiple wings and floors. The timing and precision were made trickier still by a wheelchair, a …
Olympus to end camera operations in South Korea
Olympus will end its consumer camera operations in South Korea, the company announced on Wednesday. The Japanese optics giant said it “wanted to provide great products and services” but decided to end …
Defecting from North Korea ‘virtually impossible’ amid COVID-19, report says
North Korea’s borders remain tightly sealed and security personnel are carrying out temperature checks, according to a South Korean press report.
South Korea’s COVID precautions as students head back to school offers a glimpse of what’s needed to re-open
High school students lined up in front of school gates across South Korea on Wednesday as they waited to get their temperature checked and sanitize their hands one by one. But, after months of delay, …
Students return to school in South Korea amid COVID-19 concerns
Life in South Korea took another step towards a new normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday as high school seniors returned for their first day back to school following a delay of nearly three …
South Korea’s LG group chairman apologises for Vizag gas leak
LG Chem, the group’s key subsidiary and South Korea’s largest chemical company, is reeling from the deadly gas leak at its LG Polymers India subsidiary, which left 12 residents dead and saw more than …
Some High Schools Reopen in South Korea, With Restrictions: Live Coverage
A cyclone was bearing down on India and Bangladesh, disrupting responses to the virus. Taiwan’s president began a new term with high approval ratings for her handling of the pandemic.
North Korea fires two unidentified projectiles, South Korea says
North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles in a new military test Thursday. South Korean military officials say the projectiles were fired into the waters between South Korea and Japan. It’s …
Professor experimented with cats illegally, South Korea animal activists say
A South Korean pet rescue group has charged a professor at an elite university of illegally experimenting with cats in a laboratory.
South Korea’s central bank needs to cut policy rate to near zero: government think-tank
A South Korean state-run think-tank said on Wednesday the central bank should cut benchmark interest rates to near zero to support an economy hit by the coronavirus pandemic.