Hundreds of thousands without power on Kyushu after winds of 140km/h and heavy rain hit the region …
Japan Orders Millions to Evacuate as Typhoon Lashes Region
Typhoon Haishen, which passed Japan and made landfall in South Korea, brought down power lines and left some injured in Japan, and disrupted travel in the region.
Asia Today: South Korea, Australian hot spot see declines
South Korea has added 119 more cases of the coronavirus, its lowest daily jump in more than three weeks amid a downward trend in new cases …
Typhoon Haishen batters South Korea after slamming Japan
Typhoon Haishen has touched down in South Korea after slamming through southern Japan. The storm made landfall in Ulsan, just north of Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city. More than 300 flights …
Typhoon Haishen hits South Korea after lashing Japan
The storm triggered landslides and left four people missing and hundreds of thousands without power as it barreled through southwestern Japan.
Coronavirus latest: India overtakes Brazil with world’s second-largest Covid-19 caseload
Melbourne faces restrictions until the end of September. Officials in the US warn against large gatherings over the Labor Day long weekend. The rate of new infections in South Korea falls to near a …
South Korea’s ‘Moonwalker’ has run out of step
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of “Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decades.” Of all the things South Koreans expected of 2020, a sudden …
South Korea’s ‘Moonwalker’ has run out of step
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of “Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan’s Lost Decades.” Of all the things South Koreans expected of 2020, a sudden …
South Korea’s new coronavirus cases sink to three-week low amid tight restrictions
South Korea on Sunday reported the smallest daily rise in coronavirus infections in three weeks as tighter restrictions cap a second wave. This brings South Korea’s total number of COVID-19 infections …
South Korea Seeks $6.3 Billion Extra Budget to Aid Vulnerable
The South Korean government plans to ask parliament for about 7.5 trillion won ($6.3 billion) this week, in what will be its fourth extra budget this year as it battles a resurgence of the coronavirus …