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 …
South Korea Confirms a Defector Swam Back to the North
North Korea is accusing him of bringing Covid-19 across the border. A South Korean news outlet says the 24-year-old man was wanted for questioning over a rape accusation.
Harry Harris: US envoy to South Korea shaves off controversial moustache
Mr Harris has been ambassador to South Korea since 2018, during a time of strained relations. South Korea is a key military and economic partner. The US stations 28,500 troops in …
Samsung Primed for 5G Foray as U.S., China Brawl Over Huawei
The West’s fight with China about 5G network equipment has handed an opportunity to South Korea’s Samsung Electronics.
Laos: Health authorities say there are no worries on Covid-19 second wave
The National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has confirmed that it is carefully monitoring 109 passengers on the same flight with a South Korean national who has been confirmed …
South Korea Says Defector Likely Swam Back to North Korea
A defector was suspected of evading South Korean border guards by going through a drainage ditch and swimming back to North Korea, in a crossing that escalated tensions on the peninsula and led …
North Korea locks down border city over suspected virus case
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong near the border with South Korea under total lockdown after a person was found there with suspected COVID-19 symptoms, saying “the vicious …