Kim Geum-hyok, the defector who swam back to the North — leading to a coronavirus lockdown — was wanted in South Korea, where he had been accused of rape.
South Korea Says It Will Launch Spy Satellites as Missile Deal Is Revised
A display of missiles used by the South Korean Air Force at the War Memorial of Korea museum in Seoul. The country’s missile arsenal is tightly restricted under a 1979 deal with the United …
South Korean statue appearing to show Japan’s PM bowing to ‘comfort woman’ angers Tokyo
The Japanese government reacted angrily on Tuesday to a statue in South Korea that appears to depict Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, kneeling and bowing to a seated “comfort woman,” a euphemism fo …
New statues stoke sensitivity between South Korea, Japan
A pair of new statues in South Korea of a man kneeling in front of a girl symbolizing victims of sexual slavery by Japan’s wartime military is the latest subject …
US ambassador to South Korea shaves off his controversial mustache, saying it’s too hot under a mask
The US ambassador to South Korea has shaved off his controversial mustache, saying it was too uncomfortable when wearing a mask as part of coronavirus measures.
South Korea Limestone Market – 2020
micro and macro indicators in the South Korea market. Also, factors that are driving and restraining the limestone market are highlighted in the study. This is an in-depth business intelligence …
A ‘runaway’ to South Korea is suspected of bringing a coronavirus case back to North Korea after swimming across the border
North Korea reportedly had cases as far back as March, but Kim Jung Un hasn’t acknowledged coronavirus cases until now.
A farmer, ‘little ghosts’ and 18,000 tobacco plants: How COVID-19 upended farming in South Korea
It wasn’t yet 9 a.m., but Promdeth Phonsrikaew stood sweat-soaked in the field. He was in his third hour of picking tobacco, beginning shortly after dawn at the foot of a mountain in a sleepy South …
After three months with no infections, Laos and Vietnam report new COVID-19 cases
Two cases involve foreigners, a Myanmar sailor in Vietnam and a South Korean technician in Laos. Laotian authorities are not worried, but have boosted checks. In Vietnam, after four cases were reporte …
US envoy to South Korea posts video shaving off his controversial moustache
Harry Harris visits a barbershop to remove his moustache months after his facial hair became the subject of a colonialist row …