Styrene gas, used for making plastic and rubber, leaked from a polymer plant owned by South Korean battery maker LG Chemical.
What’s Behind South Korea’s COVID-19 Exceptionalism?
South Korea and the U.S. had the same number of virus deaths. Today, South Korea has fewer than 300, and the U.S. has more than 70,000.
South Korea Spy Agency Says No Signs North Korea’s Kim Received Heart Surgery
North Korea has said it has no confirmed cases. South Korea’s Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul, who oversees North Korea affairs, has said Kim’s public disappearance was not par …
Doctor Foster remake gets pulses racing in South Korea
The World of the Married, based on BBC series, becomes highest-rated drama ever on South Korean cable TV thanks to intense storyline of adultery …
South Korea’s Secret
South Korea and the U.S. had the same number of COVID-19 deaths. Today, South Korea has less than 300, and the U.S. has more than 70,000.
South Korea season openers score with MLB-craving Americans
As Mo Chang-min of South Korean baseball club NC Dinos tossed the bat after knocking the ball over the fence for the season’s first back-to-back home-runs on Tuesday, elated American fans watching the …
Kim Jong-un: No signs of heart surgery, says South Korea
South Korea’s intelligence agency has said rumours about Kim Jong-un’s health were groundless, and there are no signs he had heart surgery. The North Korean leader recently went 20 days without …
E-cigarette maker Juul Labs to exit South Korea after year of health controversies
U.S. e-cigarette maker Juul Labs said on Wednesday it would end operations in South Korea, a year after it entered the market there but failed to gain traction amid government health warnings. In a …
Baseball is back in South Korea, but the stadiums are much more quiet
The new baseball season began Tuesday in South Korea with the crack of the bat and the sound of the ball smacking into the catcher’s mitt echoing around empty stadiums. After a weeks-long delay …
No fans, virtual cheerleaders: South Korea’s ‘socially-distant’ baseball
South Korea’s ‘socially-distant’ baseball. Posted . South Korea’s baseball league season is underway after five-week delay, but with no …