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27.09.2020 / 05:35

N Korea accuses S Korea of intrusion to find official's body

SEOUL – North Korea accused South Korea of sending ships across the disputed sea boundary to find the body of a man recently killed by North Korean troops, warning Sunday the alleged intrusion could escalate tensions. South Korea said earlier that North Korea sent a message including a rare apology by leader Kim Jong Un over the shooting death last week of a South Korean government official found on a floating object in North Korean waters.

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S. Korea calls for N. Korea to further investigate shooting

SEOUL – South Korea said Saturday it will request North Korea to further investigate the killing of a South Korean government official who was shot by North Korean troops after being found adrift near the rivals’ disputed sea boundary while apparently trying to defect.Seoul could also possibly call for a joint investigation into Tuesday’s shooting, which sparked outrage in the South and drew a rare apology from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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BTS' Map of the Soul ON:E offline concert CANCELLED due to COVID 19; Concert to go on as an online event only

There is some disappointing news for the BTS fans in South Korea. The group had previously planned to host an offline concert in Seoul, Map of the Soul ON:E, in Seoul next month.

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J-pop stars Arashi release English surprise before hiatus

SEOUL – Japanese pop sensation Arashi has a big surprise for fans as they near their planned hiatus at year's end: a collaboration with Bruno Mars on their first all-English single.The band told The Associated Press the multi-Grammy Award-winning musician delved into their back catalogue to understand their unique sound while working on the single that was released last week.“He took into consideration that we are going on hiatus,” said Jun Matsumoto, adding he feels their song, “Whenever You Call,” will appeal to both their hardcore fans and “those who do not know about us.”“We have been releasing music only in Japanese,” Sho Sakurai explained. “In that sense, foreign audiences who can understand Japanese could recognize us.

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Seoul: North Korea's Kim apologizes over shooting death

SEOUL – South Korea says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has apologized over the killing of a South Korea official. South Korea’s presidential office said Friday that Kim conveyed an apology in a message to South Korea.

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Seoul: North Korea fired at a S. Korean and burned his body

SEOUL – South Korea on Thursday accused North Korea of firing at a South Korean government official and burning his body and urged the North to punish those responsible.The man was a government official who disappeared Monday from a South Korean ship that was checking on potential unauthorized fishing near the inter-Korean sea boundary where several inter-Korean naval skirmishes and deadly attacks blamed on North Korea have occurred. The South Korean Defense Ministry said the missing official was on North Korean shores on Tuesday afternoon.

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Asian shares mixed as worries percolate over pandemic

Markets were mixed in Asia on Wednesday as investors kept a wary eye on how the coronavirus pandemic will affect the economic outlook. Stocks slipped in Japan and Hong Kong but rose in Seoul and Shanghai and jumped more than 2% in Sydney after the government reported retail sales have fared better than expected.

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Asian shares track Wall Street retreat; big banks tumble

Shares slipped Tuesday in Asia after markets tumbled worldwide on worries about the pandemic’s economic pain.Shares declined in Hong Kong, Seoul, Sydney and Shanghai while Japanese markets were closed for a holiday. Stocks of big banks fell after a report alleged that several are profiting from illicit dealings with criminal networks.

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Asian stocks retreat on lack of new Fed action

Asian stock markets tumbled Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated its benchmark interest rate will stay close to zero at least through 2023 but announced no additional stimulus plans.Market benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong all retreated.On Wednesday, Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index closed down 0.5% after the Fed said it won't raise interest rates until inflation reaches 2%, which the U.S.

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Seoul: N. Korea may conduct underwater-launched missile test

SEOUL – North Korea may soon conduct its first underwater-launched ballistic missile test in about a year, a South Korean military official said Wednesday, amid long-stalled nuclear talks between the North and the United States. In written remarks to lawmakers ahead of a confirmation hearing, Won In-choul, the nominee for chairman of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said North Korea has been repairing recent typhoon damage at its northeastern Sinpo shipyard, a place where it builds submarines.

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Asian shares mostly higher after Wall Street gains

Shares retreated in Asia on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy announcement. Benchmarks rose modestly in Tokyo and jumped in Sydney, but fell back in Hong Kong, Seoul and Shanghai.

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Asian markets mixed after Wall Street rises on dealmaking

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday after Wall Street rose on a flurry of corporate deals and China's economic activity improved.Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul gained, while Tokyo retreated.Wall Street's S&P 500 index closed 1.3% higher, driven by gains for technology, health care and finance stocks after chipmaker Nvidia and other companies announced acquisitions and drugmaker AstraZeneca said clinical trials of its coronavirus vaccine will resume.“Wall St. appears to have recovered some of its mojo,” Mizuho Bank said in a report.

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BTS member Jin confesses his elder brother had to sell his car to keep his restaurant running amid COVID 19

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a very unpleasant 2020 with countries either on quarantine or lockdown mode. Moreover, businesses all over the world are suffering at the hands of COVID-19 with unemployment at an all-time high.

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Asian stocks gain after Wall Street rebounds from tech slump

BEIJING – Asian stock markets advanced Thursday after Wall Street rebounded from a three-day slump for tech stocks.Benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul. Sydney was little-changed.Wall Street's S&P 500 index ended Wednesday up 2% for its best day in three months.Investors were snapping up lower-priced shares and were encouraged by hopes of possible additional stimulus from the European Central Bank, analysts said.

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Disney criticized for filming 'Mulan' in China's Xinjiang

SEOUL – Disney is under fire for filming part of its live-action reboot “Mulan” in Xinjiang, the region in China where the government has been accused of human rights abuses against Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities.The final credits in the film, which was released on Disney Plus last week and is being rolled out in several countries this month, thank propaganda departments in Xinjiang and the public security bureau of Turpan, a Uighur-majority city in the region. Human rights activists and some China experts have taken to social media to condemn Disney for turning a blind eye to alleged abuses in Xinjiang.

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Older patients drive South Korean surge in critical Covid-19 cases

More than 40% of new coronavirus cases in South Korea are being found in people over the age of 60, contributing in part to a surge in the number of Covid-19 patients who are severely or critically ill, health authorities said.

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Children may carry coronavirus in noses for three weeks and be silent spreaders

the Covid-19 virus could then be transferred on to others – proposing children could be silent spreaders of the disease.

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Coronavirus resurgence in South Korea leaves country running out of sick beds

month after a church cluster spread to a political rally in Seoul, attended by tens of thousands from across the country With the surge in the disease, hospitals in greater Seoul had only 4.5% of their beds available for critical cases as of Friday, down from 22% a week earlier.

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Plane toilets among the 'high likely' spots to catch coronavirus, says study

coronavirus by touching contaminated surfaces, it has been found.

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Song Joong Ki and Kim Tae Ri starrer Space Sweepers DELAYED yet again owing to the resurgence of COVID 19

Fans hoping to watch Song Joong Ki and Kim Tae Ri's upcoming space movie Space Sweepers will have to wait longer. The sci-fi movie was previously delayed to release in September.

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South Korea expands social distancing rules as coronavirus outbreak grows

SEOUL : South Korea said on Saturday it will roll out tougher social distancing guidelines to curb the spread of coronavirus nationwide as it battles a new outbreak of the disease spreading from the capital, Seoul.The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 315 new domestic coronavirus infections as of midnight Friday, the latest in a string of triple digit increases in new local cases.South Korea used advanced contact tracing and widespread testing to contain its first outbreak of the novel coronavirus, but Asia’s fourth-largest economy has experienced persistent outbreaks in recent weeks, mostly in and around densely populated Seoul and the surrounding areas.The latest numbers take the country's tally to 17,002

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South Korea to see tougher measures as new coronavirus outbreak spreads from capital

South Korea said on Saturday it will roll out tougher social distancing guidelines to curb the spread of coronavirus nationwide as it battles a new outbreak of the disease spreading from the capital, Seoul.The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 315 new domestic coronavirus infections as of midnight Friday, the latest in a string of triple digit increases in new local cases.

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623 coronavirus cases linked to South Korea church

SEOUL – South Korean health workers have found more than 600 coronavirus infections linked to a Seoul church led by a vocal opponent of the country’s president as officials began restricting gatherings in the greater capital area amid fears that transmissions are getting out of control.Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip said Wednesday that health authorities are also seeking location data provided by cellphone carriers while trying to track thousands who participated in an anti-government protest on Saturday, which worsened the virus’s spread.

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South Korea sees highest daily rise in new coronavirus cases since early March

South Korea reported on Wednesday its highest daily rise in novel coronavirus cases since early March as outbreaks from churches around the capital spread, prompting a warning of a nationwide wave of infections.The 297 new infections mark the sixth straight day of triple-digit increases in a country that has managed to blunt several previous outbreaks.

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Angelina Jolie says her children are ‘helping each other out’ at home during pandemic

Angelina Jolie has discussed family life in a post-coronavirus world, saying her kids are ‘helping’ each other out at home.The Maleficent star is mum to six kids: Maddox, 19, Pax, 16, Zahara, 15, John, 14 and twins Knox and Vivienne, 12.Speaking to Extra, Angelina said: ‘They’re all together and it’s a nice big bunch, so everybody’s helping each other out. ‘We’re lucky.’Still… that is probably one noisy house!Brad Pitt – from who the Changeling actress separated in 2016 and is still in the process of divorcing – is also parent to the six kids.In her interview, the 45-year-old added of son Maddox, who is home from Yonsei University in Seoul: ‘He had to stay back from Korea.

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Korea sees COVID-19 spike; New Zealand delays election

A COVID-19 resurgence in South Korea, the latest country to report a new spike in cases, prompted warnings from government officials today that that the country may need to reimpose distancing measures.

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South Korea warns of looming coronavirus crisis as outbreaks soar

coronavirus crisis as new outbreaks flared, including one linked to a church where more than 300 members of the congregation have been infected but hundreds more are reluctant to get tested.The outbreak linked to the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul is the country’s biggest in nearly six months and led to a tightening of social distancing rules on Sunday.

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South Korea battles worst coronavirus outbreak in months, warns of crisis

SEOUL : South Korea warned on Monday of a looming novel coronavirus crisis as new outbreaks flared, including one linked to a church where more than 300 members of the congregation have been infected but hundreds more are reluctant to get tested.The outbreak linked to the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul is the country's biggest in nearly six months and led to a tightening of social distancing rules on Sunday.The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 197 new cases as of midnight on Saturday, mostly in the Seoul metropolitan area, marking the fourth day of a three-digit tally.South Korea has been one of the world's coronavirus mitigation success stories but it has nevertheless battled persistent spikes in infections.

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Coronavirus: Thousands in South Korea protest against leader despite COVID-19 warning

Thousands of demonstrators in Seoul protested against South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s policies on Saturday, after a spike in new COVID-19 cases prompted authorities to re-impose tighter social distancing restrictions in the city.

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Seoul tightens measures to control virus surge

South Korea tightened coronavirus measures in Seoul and its surrounding areas as the country reported the highest number of new daily infections in more than five months.

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South Korea introduces temperature checking bus stops

South Korea has opened a high-tech new front in the battle against coronavirus, fortifying bus shelters with temperature-checking doors and ultraviolet disinfection lamps.

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Bus stop newest front in South Korea's Covid-19 battle

South Korea has opened a high-tech new front in the battle against coronavirus, fortifying bus shelters with temperature-checking doors and ultraviolet disinfection lamps.

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South Korean company gets India's approval to test anti-parasite drug for covid

SEOUL : South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said on Tuesday it received Indian regulatory approval to test its anti-parasitic niclosamide drug to treat COVID-19 patients in an early-stage human trial.The phase 1 trial, approved by India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), will involve around 30 healthy participants to test safety and kickstart this month, Daewoong said in a statement.The South Korean drugmaker is testing the drug in partnership with New Delhi-based Mankind Pharma Ltd, which will continue the second and third phases of trials in India on mild and severe coronavirus patients.Drugmakers worldwide are scrambling to develop treatments for the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, which has killed

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Podcast: Ep. 54 From The Heart Of Seoul

Listen here: Host: Colm Ó Mongáin.

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UN report says North Korea ‘probably’ developed miniature nuclear bombs to fit long-range missiles

FILE - People watch a television news programme showing file footage of North Korea's missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on January 1, 2020. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)LOS ANGELES - Several United Nations member states reportedly believe that North Korea has “probably” obtained miniaturized nuclear bombs that can fit its long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles. A confidential U.N.

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2 new cases of COVID-19

There are two new cases of COVID-19 to report in managed isolation facilities in New Zealand today.

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North Korea inspects border after defector returns from South with coronavirus symptoms

North Korea’s nominal head of state inspected the locked down border town Kaesong after a defector suspected of having the coronavirus returned from South Korea, said state media, signaling serious concerns about cross-border contamination.The isolated country has claimed it has no domestic virus cases and has imposed strict quarantine measures and screening in Kaesong, just north of the border with the South, where the suspected coronavirus infection was reported. North Korea declares emergency in border town over suspected coronavirus case Seoul officials said a 24-year-old man from Kaesong defected to South Korea in 2017 and had returned to the North this month after facing a sexual assault investigation in the South.

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Baseball fans in South Korea back in stands amid COVID-19

SEOUL – Masked fans hopped, sang and shouted cheers in baseball stadiums in South Korea on Sunday as authorities began allowing spectators to return to professional sports amid the coronavirus pandemic.After a weeks-long delay, South Korea’s 2020 baseball season began in early May without fans in the stands amid a then-slowing virus outbreak in the country. Seats in baseball stadiums had since been filled with cheering banners, dolls or pictures of fans.On Sunday, the Korean Baseball Organization allowed a limited number of fans, or 10% of the stadium capacity, to watch games live.

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Bill Gates sees South Korea covid vaccine promise

coronavirus vaccine kits by next June, the Microsoft Corp. co-founder said in a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in.Gates is seeking to cooperate closely with South Korea, the presidential office in Seoul said Sunday, citing the July 20 letter.

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Handstands in North Korea: Swedish ambassador takes yoga to streets amid coronavirus lockdown

SEOUL : Barefoot and blonde, Swedish Ambassador Joachim Bergstrom makes an unlikely sight in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, as he practices yoga poses near some of its most iconic landmarks.One of the few Western diplomats who has not evacuated from North Korea amid coronavirus restrictions, Bergstrom has relied on yoga to endure the deepening sense of isolation.

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People are more likely to contract COVID-19 at home, study finds

SEOUL : South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their own households than from contacts outside the home.A study published in the U.S.

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Coronavirus treatment: One in three Covid patients in South Korea improve

SEOUL : One in three South Korean patients seriously ill with COVID-19 showed an improvement in their condition after being given Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral remdesivir, health authorities said.More research was needed to determine if the improvement was attributable to the drug or other factors such as patients' immunity and other therapies, they said.Remdesivir has been at the forefront of the global battle against COVID-19 after the intravenously administered medicine helped shorten hospital recovery times in a U.S. clinical trial.Several countries including South Korea have added the drug to the list of treatment for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

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Coronavirus contact tracing: Anonymity may be key to help

MELBOURNE : When a large coronavirus cluster was rumored to have begun among gay men partying in Seoul’s most cosmopolitan nightlife district, city health officials opted for anonymity.Anonymous testing was provided in clinics to counter the discrimination and stigma gay men in South Korea often experience -- which would have created a barrier authorities worried could hamper case-finding.

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South Korea honors health workers, highlights importance of handwashing in elaborate drone light show

SEOUL - There has been no shortage of creative tributes to front-line workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but South Korea’s July 7 display served both as a dazzling salute and stellar public service announcement.Using drones, the Republic of Korea orchestrated a spectacular light show to honor the health care heroes battling the virus, while also urging the public to continue following safety guidelines.The drones light show highlighted the importance of mask-wearing when they arranged into a pattern that resembled a masked face, with some drones acting as particles failing to penetrate the mask.Organizers then moved the drones into the shape of open hands with water droplets falling on them from above, symbolizing the importance of

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Late Seoul mayor was outspoken liberal who eyed presidency

SEOUL – Park Won-soon, the three-term mayor of South Korea's capital, a fierce critic of economic inequality who was seen as a potential presidential candidate in 2022, was found dead early Friday. He was 64.Police said Park’s body was found near a restaurant nestled in wooded hills stretching across northern Seoul after a more than seven-hour search involving hundreds of police officers, firefighters, drones and dogs.

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Seoul mayor missing days after planning coronavirus summit with North Korea

FREE newsletter is packed with the best (and weirdest) stories from around the worldThe mayor of South Korea's capital city Seoul has gone missing, prompting a major police search.Seoul's Mayor Park Won-soon's daughter filed a police report saying he "had left home four to five hours ago after leaving words like a will, with his phone currently off".It comes just days after the mayor had proposed a major coronavirus prevention summit with politicians from North Korea, as part of a joined-up response across the peninsula to the disease.Speaking last month with members of the Peninsula Club, made up of ambassadors from 20 countries who hold posts in both Seoul and Pyongyang, he said he was "ready to make a visit to North Korea at any time".He

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South Korea deploys 300 drones in stunning show in fight against coronavirus

FREE newsletter is packed with the best (and weirdest) stories from around the world A total of 300 drones have taken to the sky to display thank you messages and health guidelines for the public to fight against coronavirus in South Korea.

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