Son Heung-min has started his three-week mandatory national service, serving with the Marine Corps on the island of Jeju …
South Africa needs a post-lockdown strategy that emulates South Korea
An eminent panel of authors published an article in The Conversation asking what strategy South Africa should follow to contain the outbreak of Covid-19 following the current lockdown.
China, South Korea report fewest new coronavirus cases in weeks
China and South Korea reported their fewest new coronavirus cases in weeks Sunday, after the countries had been hit with the earliest spreads of the coronavirus. China reported 16 new cases of the …
‘My Last Stand’: In South Korea, a Protester’s Lone Fight Against Samsung
Kim Yong-hee has been staging sit-ins and hunger strikes at the top of an 82-foot-tall traffic camera tower overlooking the busiest intersection in Seoul — for more than 300 days and counting.
Israel and South Korea to ease coronavirus lockdowns
Germany and New Zealand also relaxing controls while protests continue in Brazil and US …
The Latest: South Korea to start relaxing some limits
SEOUL, South Korea __ South Korea’s prime minister says the country will maintain much of its social distancing guidelines until May 5 but will relax some limits. The comments by Chung Sye-kyun came …
COVID-19: South Korea reports positive retests, global deaths hit 150k
Some 163 South Koreans who recovered from COVID-19 have tested positive again for the virus, public health officials said as the global death toll surpassed 150,000 Saturday.
The Latest: South Korea Reports 8 More Cases Over 24 Hours
South Korea has reported eight more cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the first time for a daily jump in the country to drop to a single digit in about two months.
Amid lockdown binge watching, U.S. viewers savor story that puts a human face on North Korea
A South Korean heiress-slash-business executive crash lands in North Korea after her paraglider is caught in typhoon, and ends up falling out of a tree, straight into the arms of a strait-laced and …
China and South Korea offer a glimpse into life after shelter-in-place
Following two months of draconian social distancing measures due to coronavirus, citizens in China are able go out to the mall and to get a haircut. In Wuhan, considered to be the epicenter of the …