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California's assembly passes resolution to celebrate 'Kimchi Day'Aug 24, 2021California's legislature has passed a new resolution to celebrate kimchi, a popular Korean fermented side dish, to promote the consumption of healthier food, industry sources said Tuesday. Under the... -
Dispute grows in S. Korea over Afghan refugeesAug 23, 2021A heated debate is brewing in South Korea over whether the country has to accept Afghans fleeing the Taliban takeover amid a report the United States is considering using its military bases in the co... -
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Pope Francis thanks Korean Catholics for vaccine share drive, prays for Korean peaceAug 22, 2021Pope Francis on Saturday thanked the South Korean Catholic community for sharing donations to provide COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries and prayed for the continued efforts toward the reconciliatio... -
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Gov't dismisses media criticism on P4G climate summitAug 19, 2021The South Korean government on Thursday defended the outcome of a multilateral climate change summit it hosted in May, amid media criticism that it failed to receive endorsement from some advanced co... -
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[Newsmaker] COVAX allocates 3m Sinovac vaccines to North KoreaAug 19, 2021The UN-backed vaccine-sharing program COVAX has allocated around 3 million doses of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to North Korea, but it remains to be seen whether the reclusive regime will accept ... -
Chief of S. Korean peacekeeping unit in Lebanon dismissed over corruption allegationsAug 19, 2021The commander and two other officers of South Korea's peacekeeping unit in Lebanon have been relieved of duty and ordered to return home amid a probe over suspected embezzlement and other irregularit... -
Court orders seizure of Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy's assets in S. Korea over forced wartime laborAug 19, 2021A South Korean court has ordered the seizure of Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s assets here to provide compensation to forced wartime labor victims' families, according to judicial sources...
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