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NK continues to develop missile capability beyond limits: Pentagon official

North KoreaAug 7, 2020

North Korea continues to work aggressively to develop long-range nuclear missiles capable of threatening the US mainland through a “very deliberate testing program” for systems improvement, a senior ...
US would be negotiating with NK if not for election: Trump

North KoreaAug 6, 2020

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that if it weren’t for the US presidential election campaign, North Korea, Iran and China would be at the negotiation table wanting to make a deal with the US...
Uzbeks with COVID-19 attended religious gathering in Cheongju

Social affairsAug 5, 2020

Six Uzbeks who tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday and Tuesday were found to have attended an Islamic religious event in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, with some 340 other people last Frida...
Heavy rain, COVID-19 trouble NK

North KoreaAug 4, 2020

Record-breaking torrential rain and the COVID-19 pandemic are threatening North Korea, which has already been troubled by years of international economic sanctions. The country’s state broadcaster s...
[Feature] More Koreans looking to leave Hong Kong

Social affairsAug 2, 2020

Hong Kong has long been the Asian hub of finance and tourism, and home to more than 13,000 South Koreans. However, mass anti-China, anti-extradition bill protests and mainland China’s introduction o...
Rights watchdog probes allegations against late Seoul mayor

Social affairsJul 31, 2020

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea decided Thursday to investigate sexual harassment allegations against the late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon and the city government’s suspected abetting or ...
Torrential rain floods homes in central regions, kills at least 2

Social affairsJul 30, 2020

Torrential rain flooded more than 100 homes, dozens of vehicles and railroads in Daejeon, killing at least two people in the country’s fifth-largest city. The heavy monsoon downpour in Daejeon and S...
[Herald Interview] NK likely to conduct nuclear test or reentry test this year: Singaporean expert

North KoreaJul 23, 2020

SINGAPORE -- A Singaporean defense expert who has regularly interacted with North Korean diplomats here until last year said he expects Pyongyang to conduct a seventh nuclear test or a nuclear warhea...
N. Korea has zero confirmed cases of COVID-19: WHO

North KoreaJul 21, 2020

Over 1,100 North Koreans were tested for COVID-19 by early July, and all of them turned out negative, an official of the World Health Organization said Monday. A total of 1,117 people got tested for...
US mulls ‘new proposals’ for NK: report

North KoreaJul 17, 2020

Multiple senior White House aides said Washington is now considering new proposals that they hope will be a “breakthrough” in stalled denuclearization talks with North Korea, a US magazine reported T...
Moon’s approval ratings lowest in 9 months

PoliticsJul 16, 2020

President Moon Jae-in’s approval ratings fell to their lowest point in nine months, a poll suggested. The latest dip in ratings comes days after the mayor of Seoul killed himself amid allegations of...
Support 133 medical staff infected with coronavirus: lawmaker

Social affairsJul 15, 2020

At least 133 medical workers got infected with the new coronavirus while treating patients, but received no government support for their own treatment, a ruling party lawmaker said Wednesday. By occ...
HIV spread at record levels in Korea

Social affairsJul 14, 2020

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is spreading at a record rate in South Korea, with homosexual contact accounting for a growing share of new infections, the Korea Centers for Disease Control report...
NK strikes hopeful tone on South’s new appointees

North KoreaJul 14, 2020

North Korea took a positive tone in reports about South Korean Unification Minister nominee Lee In-young and about the country’s new special adviser to the president on foreign affairs and national s...
MeToo takes toll on liberal local government heads

Social affairsJul 10, 2020

Sexual misconduct allegations against the recently deceased Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon mark the third such case involving a local government chief affiliated with the ruling Democratic Party of Korea....