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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....
NK facility suspected of building nuclear warheads active: report

North KoreaJul 9, 2020

New satellite images show recent activity at a previously undeclared facility near Pyongyang that US researchers suspect is being used to build nuclear warheads, CNN reported Wednesday. The US news ...
Leader of missile development rises to NK’s No. 5

North KoreaJul 8, 2020

A septuagenarian former North Korean Air Force general credited for the country’s rapid missile development in recent years has risen to the regime’s No. 5 status, showed a photo released by Pyongyan...
Moon calls for full probe, proper punishment in case of violence against triathletes

Social affairsJul 7, 2020

President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday stressed the need for a thorough investigation and proper punishment of the perpetrators in the case of a triathlete who was found dead after claiming she had been ab...
NK leader warns against complacency in COVID-19 prevention

North KoreaJul 3, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un convened a Workers’ Party Politburo meeting on COVID-19 for the first time in three months, and called for strengthened efforts to contain the epidemic, the North’s st...
NK named 39th most dangerous country in world

North KoreaJul 2, 2020

North Korea was named the 39th most dangerous country in the world, according to a risk management report published by the European Commission on Thursday. In the Index for Risk Management 2020 repo...
Korea’s first lung transplant to COVID-19 patient successful

Social affairsJul 2, 2020

Korea’s first lung transplant to a COVID-19 patient was successfully conducted last month at Hallym University Medical Center, the hospital said Thursday. It was the ninth lung transplant for a COVI...