The coronavirus crisis sent South Korean exports plunging in April at their sharpest pace since the global financial crisis, signalling a bleak outlook for international trade as the pandemic …
Coronavirus: World should follow South Korea on COVID-19 fight, says UN chief Antonio Guterres
South Korea’s caseload has been slowing in recent weeks after it recorded hundreds of new cases every day between late February and early March.
Maryland hiding testing kits, purchased from South Korea, from US government: Hogan
Maryland authorities were concerned about the US government seizing a shipment of COVID-19 tests and made special arrangements to receive and guard them.
Maryland called in National Guard troops to defend coronavirus tests from South Korea against seizure
The National Guard and state police are both guarding these tests at an undisclosed location,’ Gov. Hogan said of 500,000 tests from South Korea.
Hogan: Maryland protected coronavirus tests it secured from South Korea ‘like Fort Knox’
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday the state is using the Maryland National Guard and state police to keep the coronavirus test kits it secured from South Korea safe — including from the federal …
UN chief praises South Korea’s simultaneous fight against virus, climate change
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres praised South Korea Thursday for combatting the novel coronavirus while simultaneously fighting climate change. Under a so-called Green Deal, South Korea has put …
No deal on U.S., South Korea burden sharing, report says
The United States and South Korea have not reached a settlement on defense burden sharing despite reports indicating otherwise, according to a South Korean news service on Thursday.
Fire at Construction Site Kills 38 in South Korea
The blaze comes as President Moon Jae-in has struggled to make good on his pledge to put an end to the man-made disasters that have convulsed the country.
South Korea Reports No New Coronavirus Domestic Cases for the First Time Since February
Over 84 percent of South Korea’s infected population have recovered and the number of active cases (patients in hospital or recovering at home) has been declining from around mid-March.
Stocks in Australia and Japan set to slip, with major Asia markets out for holidays
Major markets across the region, including China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India and Singapore, are closed on Friday for holidays.