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  • S. Korea pushes to embrace cohabiting couples, non-traditional families
  • Lunar New Year travel plans pose new challenge in COVID-19 fight
  • COVID-19 deals blow to S. Korea's indie, arthouse film scene
  • Imported commercial car sales fall 6.9% in 2020
  • BMW Korea to spend W60b on logistics center
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  • Ex-ambassador to S. Korea Sung Kim appointed acting assistant secretary of state

    Jan 22, 2021

    Ex-ambassador to S. Korea Sung Kim appointed acting assistant secretary of state

    Former US ambassador to South Korea Sung Kim has been appointed acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. The Korea American diplomat was appointed to the post as of Wednesday, according to information available on the website of the State Department. Up until then, Kim had served as the US ambassador to Indonesia. Still, it was not clear whether Kim would be formally nominated to become the assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs, which requires S

  • [Newsmaker] Japan privately concludes Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled due to coronavirus: The Times

    [Newsmaker] Japan privately concludes Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled due to coronavirus: The Times

    TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's government has privately concluded the Tokyo Olympics will have to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Times reported, citing an unnamed senior member of the ruling coalition. The government's focus is now on securing the Games for Tokyo in the next available year, 2032, the newspaper said. Japan has been hit less severely by the pandemic than many other advanced economies, but a recent surge in cases has spurred it to close its borders to non-reside

    Jan 22, 2021

  • Biden urges Americans to 'mask up,' says visitors will need to quarantine

    Biden urges Americans to 'mask up,' says visitors will need to quarantine

    US President Joe Biden on Thursday reaffirmed his plan to get up to 100 million Americans vaccinated over the next 100 days as part of his strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic that he said is based on science and not politics. Biden also urged the people to "mask up" until they get vaccinated, insisting the act of wearing a mask alone can save tens of thousands of lives over the next few months. "Well, one of our 100 day challenges is asking the American people to mask up fo

    Jan 22, 2021

  • Immigrants cheered by possible citizenship path under Biden

    Immigrants cheered by possible citizenship path under Biden

    HOMESTEAD (AP) -- Immigrants cheered President Joe Biden’s plan to provide a path to US citizenship for about 11 million people without legal status, mixing hope with guarded optimism Wednesday amid a seismic shift in how the American government views and treats them. The newly inaugurated president moved to reverse four years of harsh restrictions and mass deportation with a plan for sweeping legislation on citizenship. Biden also issued executive orders reversing some of former Pre

    Jan 21, 2021

  • Trump bids farewell to Washington, hints of comeback

    Trump bids farewell to Washington, hints of comeback

    WEST PALM BEACH (AP) -- His presidency over, Donald Trump bid farewell to Washington on Wednesday but also hinted at a comeback despite a legacy of chaos, tumult and bitter division in the country he led for four years. "Goodbye. We love you. We will be back in some form," Trump told supporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland where he received a 21-gun salute as part of a military send-off before boarding Air Force One for his last time as president. Trump was already in Flori

    Jan 21, 2021

  • [Newsmaker] Vice President Harris: A new chapter opens in US politics

    [Newsmaker] Vice President Harris: A new chapter opens in US politics

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath Wednesday to hold the nation’s second-highest office. Harris was sworn in as the first female US vice president -- and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to hold the position -- in front of the US Capitol by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Later, she presided as Senate president

    Jan 21, 2021

  • Biden takes office with pledge to repair alliance, US leadership

    Biden takes office with pledge to repair alliance, US leadership

    WASHINGTON -- Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, promising to repair the country's global leadership, as well as its relationship with allies. The former vice president took the oath of office on the steps of the Capitol in an inauguration ceremony with only a few participants and nearly no spectators. Biden and his transition team had noted the need to keep this year's ceremony at a minimum, stressing the need for people to keep social distance as a way of

    Jan 21, 2021

  • Biden says will 'repair alliance,' lead world by power of example

    Biden says will 'repair alliance,' lead world by power of example

    WASHINGTON -- US President Joe Biden promised efforts to repair his country's relationship with its allies on Wednesday, also promising to bolster its global leadership by the "power of example. Biden made the pledge shortly after he took office as president, ending Donald Trump's term and "America First" policy. "We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again, not to meet yesterday's challenges but today's and tomorrow's challenges," Biden said in h

    Jan 21, 2021

  • Biden takes office as 46th president of the US

    Biden takes office as 46th president of the US

    Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that "democracy has prevailed," according to the AP. He swore the oath of office to take the helm of a deeply divided nation and inheriting a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors. Biden's inauguration came at a time of national tumult and uncertainty, a ceremony of resilience as the hallowed American democratic rite unfurled at a US Capitol battered by an insurrectioni

    Jan 21, 2021

  • Biden arrives at US Capitol for inauguration as 46th president

    Biden arrives at US Capitol for inauguration as 46th president

    WASHINGTON (AFP) -- President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris arrived at the US Capitol on Wednesday for their official inauguration ceremony. Biden, 78, is to be sworn in at noon (1700 GMT) by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as the 46th president of the United States. Harris, 56, will be the first woman to become vice president. Donald Trump left Washington three hours before Biden's swearing-in, the first American president to skip the inauguration of his succ

    Jan 21, 2021

  • Biden's top diplomat vows US will lead but restore alliances

    Biden's top diplomat vows US will lead but restore alliances

    WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden's choice to be secretary of state, will vow Tuesday that the United States will "outcompete" a rising China while reviving frayed alliances, in a sea change from Donald Trump's go-it-alone "America First" approach. On the eve of Biden's inauguration, Blinken was set to say at his confirmation hearing that the United States will seek to remain the pre-eminent global power but renew cooperation on common challenges

    Jan 19, 2021

  • [Newsmaker] Biden to be inaugurated amid pandemic, worst political turmoil

    [Newsmaker] Biden to be inaugurated amid pandemic, worst political turmoil

    WASHINGTON -- Joe Biden is set to be inaugurated as the next US president this week in probably a never-before-seen ceremony that will highlight the dangers from the worst pandemic and a political divide facing the United States. Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the US on Wednesday. As is customary, the inauguration ceremony will be held at around noon on the steps of the US Capitol, administered by the chief justice of the US Supreme Court. The ceremony, however, will be diffe

    Jan 19, 2021

  • 2020 records one of three warmest years ever: WMO

    2020 records one of three warmest years ever: WMO

    World facing catastrophic temperature rises this century, UN chief says

    Jan 15, 2021

  • First US federal execution of woman in decades

    First US federal execution of woman in decades

    An American woman was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday, becoming the first female to be executed by US federal authorities in nearly seven decades. Lisa Montgomery's execution came in the final days of the government of US President Donald Trump, which pushed forward with her execution despite a legal battle that the Supreme Court ended with a ruling in the early hours of Wednesday. Montgomery, 52, murdered an expectant mother to steal her baby, though she had sought a stay of execut

    Jan 13, 2021

  • Astronomers find oldest, most distant quasar and black hole in universe

    Astronomers find oldest, most distant quasar and black hole in universe

    At more than 13 billion light-years away, quasar and black hole formed 670 million years after Big Bang

    Jan 13, 2021

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