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S. Korea's new daily COVID-19 bounce back to triple-digit figureSocial affairsSept 23, 2020South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases bounced back over 100 for Wednesday’s count, as sporadic clusters of infections and untraceable cases continue to strain health authorities’ virus containmen... -
Rape suspect gets 8-year prison term after 11 years on the run, as DNA matchesSocial affairsSept 22, 2020A man, who was arrested 11 years after committing rape in the southwestern city of Gwangju, was sentenced to eight years in prison by a district court on Tuesday. The case had remained unsolved due ... -
S. Korea suspends free flu shot scheme over storage mishapSocial affairsSept 22, 2020South Korea suspended its plan to offer free seasonal flu vaccines due to storage issues involving inactivated bottles, health authorities here said Tuesday. The government was to provide free flu s... -
Moon calls for fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccine at UNForeign affairsSept 22, 2020President Moon Jae-in on Monday called for the fair distribution to all countries of vaccines and therapeutics against COVID-19, stressing that “solidarity and cooperation” will prevail against the v... -
Parties agree on 4th supplementary budgetPoliticsSept 22, 2020Rival parties on Tuesday agreed to process the fourth supplementary budget bill. The bill was set to be put to the parliamentary Special Committee on Budget and Accounts later in the day. The 7.8 tr... -
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[Newsmaker] Seoul mediates again in diplomat’s alleged groping of New ZealanderForeign affairsSept 22, 2020The Foreign Ministry has resumed mediation between one of its diplomats and a male staffer in New Zealand who accused the diplomat of groping him in late 2017. The ministry said it has informed th... -
No. of Suneung takers at record low, share of repeat takers at 17-year highEducationSept 22, 2020The number of those registered to take the annual college entrance exam fell to its lowest level in history this year, while the proportion of repeat takers rose to the highest. According to the Kor... -
S. Korea to open a wildlife disease control body next weekSocial affairsSept 22, 2020South Korea is establishing a state body to monitor, prevent and control disease among wild animals here amid growing concerns over zoonotic pathogens infecting both humans and animals. The new enti... -
Vaccine hesitancy feared due to mishandlingSocial affairsSept 22, 2020Free flu vaccinations halted, millions of doses under investigation -
Trump says effort to denuclearize N. Korea should go onNorth KoreaSept 22, 2020US President Donald Trump said countries should continue to work to denuclearize North Korea, in written greetings delivered to the 2020 International Atomic Energy Agency’s general conference on Mon... -
NK’s former diplomat in charge of protocols in inter-Korean summits diesNorth KoreaSept 22, 2020A former Nouth Korean diplomat who was in charge of protocols during the inter-Korean summits in 2000 and 2007 has died, the North’s official Korea Central News Agency said Tuesday. North Korean ... -
30% of COVID-19 patients experienced mental illness: dataSocial affairsSept 22, 2020Around 30 percent of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in a sample experienced mental illness, data showed Tuesday, raising concerns over the virus outbreak’s impact on mental health. According to Nati... -
Prosecutors search home of justice minister's son in special-favors probeSocial affairsSept 22, 2020Prosecutors have searched the home and office of Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae's son to investigate allegations of preferential treatment during his military service in 2017, the prosecution said Tuesd... -
BTS to deliver 'message of hope' at 75th UN General AssemblyForeign affairsSept 22, 2020K-pop superstar BTS will deliver a special message at the 75th United Nations General Assembly this week, returning to the annual UN gathering as a speaker in two years, according to UNICEF's South K... -
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[News Focus] India fast-approaching US in coronavirus infectionsSocial affairsSept 22, 2020Top 10 includes 4 South American nations
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01Level 2 social distancing rules to be in place over Chuseok holiday
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05Moon’s call for end-of-war declaration ‘out of sync’ with US: experts
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