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Military reports 14 new COVID-19 cases
Defense
Oct 7, 2021
Twelve service members and two civilian workers for the military have tested positive for COVID-19, the defense ministry said Thursday, the latest in a series of infections at barracks across South Korea. Ten Army members, two Navy officers, and the civilian employees were confirmed to have been infected either following their recent vacation or after coming into contact with individuals who had tested positive, according to the ministry. Of them, nine were "breakthrough infections,"
Yoon accused of ties to anal acupuncture specialist
Politics
Oct 7, 2021
Yoon Seok-youl, the leading opposition presidential candidate, has increasingly faced questions about superstitious or unscientific beliefs, this time over his alleged ties to an anal acupuncture specialist that he claims to have no knowledge of. The allegation surfaced Tuesday during the sixth TV debate among presidential contenders of the main opposition People Power Party, when one of Yoon's competitors, former Rep. Yoo Seong-min, asked him if he has met someone "known to perform acupun
WHO says it began shipment of COVID-19 medical supplies to N. Korea
North Korea
Oct 7, 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it has begun the shipment of COVID-19 medical supplies to North Korea through the Chinese port of Dalian, raising the possibility that the North might be easing its long-enforced tight border controls amid the global pandemic. North Korea has tightened border controls since the outbreak of the coronavirus in China, which has meant key materials and medical supplies could not be shipped to the North. The North closed off a major shipping route linkin
New cases in 2,000s for 2nd day, resurgence in wider Seoul worrisome
Social affairs
Oct 7, 2021
South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases remained in the 2,000s for a second day in a row Thursday following a long weekend, amid concerns over the spread of the pandemic ahead of another extended weekend. The country added 2,427 more COVID-19 cases, including 2,400 local infections, raising the total caseload to 325,804, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Daily infections rebounded to over 2,000 again Wednesday after falling below the 2,000 mark Monday and T
Car accidents involving unlicensed teenagers rise by 34%: data
Social affairs
Oct 7, 2021
Car accidents involving unlicensed teenagers soared by 34 percent between 2018 and 2020, road traffic data showed Thursday. According to a Korea Road Traffic Authority report submitted to Rep. Kang Deuk-gu of the ruling Democratic Party, teenagers caused 833 accidents last year while driving without a license, a sharp jump from 618 and 689 accidents in 2018 and 2019, respectively. More than 3,100 people suffered injuries and 63 died in the total of 2,140 accidents involving unlicensed teenage
[Graphic News] Traffic accidents involving personal mobility devices soar fourfold from 2018 to 2020
National
Oct 7, 2021
Traffic accidents involving personal mobility devices, such as electric scooters, quadrupled from 2018 to 2020, government data showed, raising alarm over the safety of riders. According to the data from the National Police Agency, disclosed by Rep. Huh Young of the Democratic Party, the number of traffic accidents involving electric scooters and other personal mobility devices came to 897 in 2020, up nearly fourfold from 225 in 2018. During the same time period, the annual number of in
Intelligence chief booked for election meddling
Politics
Oct 6, 2021
Anti-corruption agency raids Rep. Chung Jeom-sik on allegations over Yoon’s political plot
Moon takes Hyundai Casper for a spin
Politics
Oct 6, 2021
President purchased the micro SUV for his own use to add weight to a new private-public job creation project
Delta variant cases account for almost all new variant cases in S. Korea
Social affairs
Oct 6, 2021
South Korea has confirmed 3,213 more cases of four major contagious variants of the new coronavirus over the past week, including 3,209 of the highly transmissible delta variant, health authorities said Wednesday. The number of new delta variant cases accounted for 99.9 percent of new variant cases reported last week, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The tally indicates the delta variant is the dominant strain of coronavirus in South Korea, making it more diff
Land development scandal takes center stage in Labor Ministry audit
Social affairs
Oct 6, 2021
Lawmakers question validity of 5 billion-won severance pay to representative’s son
Daily cases again exceed 2,000, with breakthrough infections 20% of total
Social affairs
Oct 6, 2021
Disease prevention agency’s data suggests number could soar to 5,000 in November
FM Chung stresses end-of-war declaration in talks with Blinken
North Korea
Oct 6, 2021
South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong stressed the need to declare an official end to the Korean War in his talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, amid recent signs of potential discrepancies between Seoul and Washington in their approaches to Pyongyang. The two envoys held a pull-aside meeting Tuesday on the margins of a meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. Chung told Blinken that President Moon Jae-in’s recent proposal to
Once tight-lipped Yoon talks self into trouble
Politics
Oct 6, 2021
Seeking to explain “King” character on hand, opposition presidential candidate associates Korean women with fortunetellers
Vice FM calls for Koreas to build lasting peace with end-of-war declaration
Politics
Oct 6, 2021
First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun called Wednesday for the two Koreas to work together to build a "future order of peace" on the Korean Peninsula, starting with the proposed declaration of a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War. President Moon Jae-in again proposed the declaration during the U.N. General Assembly last month, in an effort to bring North Korea back to dialogue and revive his stalled drive for peace. "The share of the task to build step by step a future order
DP presidential front-runner Lee projected to step down as Gyeonggi governor in late Oct.
Politics
Oct 6, 2021
Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung, the front-runner in the presidential primary of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), is expected to resign from his governorship late this month to focus on campaigning for next year's presidential election if nominated as the party candidate. According to sources, Lee's team has determined that it would be best for Lee to step down as soon as the parliamentary audit wraps up later this month or no later than Nov. 5, when the main opposition People Power Party
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