The United States officially returned 12 former military bases to South Korea, but questions are being raised about environmental contamination, according to South Korean press reports. The two …
Parts of Yongsan Garrison Among a Dozen US Military Sites Being Returned to South Korea
Parts of Yongsan Garrison and the former headquarters of Stars and Stripes in Seoul are among a dozen U.S. military sites that will be returned to South Korea by U.S. forces, according U.S. and South …
Call for Mass Testing in South Korea Amid Rising Third Wave of Virus
South Korea reported 686 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as it battles a third wave of infection that is threatening to overwhelm its medical system. The daily tally was the second-highest since …
Rising Coronavirus Cases Challenge South Korea’s Containment Strategy
South Korea’s third wave of coronavirus infections is testing the country’s often-praised containment strategy. South Korea reported a seven-day average of 609.6 locally transmitted cases a day over …
South Korea’s booming stock market lures foreign investors
Foreign investors are flocking to South Korea’s red hot stock market, one of the world’s best-performing this year, as signs of a strong economic rebound from Covid-19 fuel demand. The country’s …
The Latest: South Korea expanding virus testing, tracing
South Korea is expanding the use of rapid tests and deploying hundreds of police officers and soldiers to help with contact tracing as it deals with its worst surge …
U.S. spy plane flies from South Korea into Taiwanese air space
A U.S. spy plane flew from the Korean Peninsula into Taiwanese air space, according to a South Korea-based aviation tracker.
Winter wave of coronavirus swamps South Korea and Japan
Japan and South Korea, which successfully quelled past waves of the coronavirus, are facing record numbers of new cases, with the mass distribution of vaccines in both countries still expected to be …
S.Korea’s Moon Urges Citizens to Support Ambitious Carbon Neutrality Goal
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday urged citizens to work together toward a greener economy and vowed to support low-carbon technologies in an address aimed at rallying …
S.Korea’s Moon Urges Citizens to Support Ambitious Carbon Neutrality Goal
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday urged citizens to work together toward a greener economy and vowed to support low-carbon technologies in an address aimed at rallying …