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All new enlistees this week test negative for coronavirusSocial affairsMay 22, 2020All draftees who joined the military this week tested negative for the coronavirus, and no fresh cases have been reported among the military population so far this week, the defense ministry said Fri... -
S. Korea reports 20 new virus cases amid efforts to contain sporadic infectionsSocial affairsMay 22, 2020South Korea reported 20 more cases of the new coronavirus Friday as health officials are trying to contain sporadic group infections following the mass spread of the virus tied to Seoul's nightlife d... -
US cites partnership with S. Korea in approach to countering ChinaForeign affairsMay 22, 2020WASHINGTON -- The United States is building partnerships with South Korea and other allies to counter the damaging effects of China's rising influence in the world, according to a new US government r... -
60 S. Koreans return home from Africa on chartered flight used for troop rotationSocial affairsMay 21, 2020Sixty South Koreans who had been stranded in Africa returned home Thursday on a chartered plane used to transport the country's rotational peacekeeping troops to South Sudan earlier this week, offici... -
S. Korea extends special travel advisory until mid-JuneSocial affairsMay 21, 2020South Korea on Thursday extended its "special travel advisory" by another month, urging citizens to refrain from going abroad as the coronavirus pandemic is still affecting many parts of the world, t... -
Japanese man arrested for violating self-isolation rulesSocial affairsMay 21, 2020A Japanese man has been arrested on charges of violating self-isolation rules during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Seodaemun Police Station in Seoul said Thursday that they've detained the 23-year... -
School as place of empathy and impact during COVID-19 crisisSocial affairsMay 21, 2020Our partnership puts focus on how we can use virtual communities to bring about a positive impact in such times of world-wide need by teaching students to build empathy and learn through service and ... -
Lew Byong-hun, ROK-US Forces’ 1st deputy commander, dies at 96DefenseMay 21, 2020Lew Byong-hun, the first deputy commander of the Combined Forces Command jointly operated by South Korea and the United States, died Thursday at age 96, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a ... -
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N. Koreans still vulnerable to COVID-19: US State DepartmentNorth KoreaMay 21, 2020North Koreans remain vulnerable to the novel coronavirus pandemic, despite Pyongyang’s repeated claims that it has no infections, the US State Department said Wednesday. The department, contacted by... -
Democratic Party seeks to revisit ex-PM Han’s bribery casePoliticsMay 21, 2020Controversy surrounding the conviction of former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook, who served a two-year jail term for bribery, has been rekindled, after the ruling Democratic Party sought to revisit t... -
Moon’s ex-aide says NK leader was candidNorth KoreaMay 21, 2020Former presidential chief of staff Im Jong-seok told a behind-the-scenes story about the 10 months of dialogue leading up to the most recent US-North Korea summit in February 2019 in a periodical to ... -
S. Korea, US exchange ideas on economic initiative against China: sourceForeign affairsMay 21, 2020South Korea and the United States exchanged broad ideas about a US initiative to diversify global supply chains away from China last year, but the discussions remained conceptual, a diplomatic source... -
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[Newsmaker] 2 paid members of sex abuse chatroom charged with ‘joining criminal group’Social affairsMay 21, 2020Police said on Thursday it requested court warrants to detain two paying members of an online chat room that distributed photos and videos of violent sex acts on charges of joining a criminal group a...
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