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North Korea claims to be virus-free: report

North Korea continues to insist it has no confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, despite mounting skepticism while the global pandemic is spreading. The reclusive nation has tested 709 people ...

Seoul to suspend visa waivers for countries that ban entry on South Koreans

South Korea will temporarily stop visa waiver programs for countries that bar entry to Koreans, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun announced Wednesday, amid concerns over a growing number of coronavirus i...

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Foreign Affairs
Defense ministers of Seoul, Washington discuss defense cost-sharing deal

Amid drawn-out negotiations on military cost-sharing between South Korea and the US, the defense chiefs of both countries spoke by phone and discussed the importance of reaching an “equitable” agreem...

April 7, 2020
Defense
N. Korea to convene parliamentary meeting Friday amid coronavirus outbreak

North Korea is set to convene a session of the Supreme People’s Assembly, the country’s rubber-stamp parliament, on Friday, spawning speculation about what message it will deliver amid the global nov...

April 7, 2020
North Korea
Chinese visitors avoid South Korea amid virus crisis

Chinese travelers were totally absent from South Korean airports Saturday, amid toughened entry restrictions due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. According to immigration data released by the J...

April 6, 2020
Foreign Affairs
Defense cost-sharing deal still ongoing: US official

Despite earlier reports that a defense cost-sharing deal between South Korea and the US was imminent, a senior US official said Friday the negotiations are still ongoing and reiterated a call for an ...

April 3, 2020
Foreign Affairs
[Herald Interview] Young NK defectors’ school hopes dashed

Yeomyung, whose name means “dawn” in Korean and which has around 80 students and 13 faculty members, is the only alternative school in Seoul certified by the Education Ministry to award a high school...

April 2, 2020
North Korea
8 foreigners denied entry after refusing 14-day quarantine

South Korea’s Ministry of Justice on Thursday said it denied entry to eight foreign nationals who refused to quarantine themselves for two weeks upon arrival here. “The quarantine office determined ...

April 2, 2020
Foreign Affairs
Seoul says it deported NK fishermen for ‘disingenuous intention’ to defect

South Korea has deported two North Korean fishermen accused of killing 16 crew members in November, after concluding that their intentions to defect were disingenuous, according to local news reports...

April 1, 2020
North Korea
S. Korea provided $125m in loans to Hungary in 1989 for diplomatic relations

South Korea provided a massive bank loan to establish diplomatic relations with Hungary in 1989, a declassified diplomatic document revealed Tuesday. Seoul pledged Budapest an economic cooperatio...

March 31, 2020
Foreign Affairs
S. Korea to impose two-week quarantine on all overseas arrivals

All overseas arrivals to South Korea -- Korean nationals and foreigners alike -- will be subject to a mandatory two-week quarantine starting Wednesday, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun announced Sunday,...

March 29, 2020
Social affairs
Amid surge in demand for Korean-made test kits, Seoul mulls who to help first

Just last month when South Korea was enduring an explosion of novel coronavirus infections prior to many other areas, it seemed as though the entire world was shutting its door to the country. The Fo...

March 29, 2020
Social affairs
Seoul to evacuate 581 S. Koreans from Italy next week

Around 600 South Korean nationals in Italy are set to be evacuated on government charter flights home next week, as the grim tally of coronavirus cases and deaths continues to surge. There are 15...

March 25, 2020
Foreign Affairs
S. Koreans stranded in Peru to be evacuated this week

Around 200 South Korean nationals stranded in Peru after the country sealed its borders and halted all flights amid the global coronavirus pandemic will be able to return home on a charter flight thi...

March 23, 2020
Foreign Affairs
S. Korea starts coronavirus tests on all European arrivals

South Korea began mandating novel coronavirus testing for all arrivals from Europe -- citizens and foreigners alike -- on Sunday amid concerns about the growing number of imported cases of COVID-19, ...

March 22, 2020
Social affairs

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