The fourth case of a Zika virus infection in South Korea has been found in a 25-year-old woman who recently came back from a trip to Vietnam, local health authorities said Saturday.The unmarried woman, whose identity was withheld, worked in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam from April 10-30 and entered South Korea on May 1, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.She visited a hospital in the western port city of Incheon on May 4 to treat a chronic thyroid gland problem after having

Hundreds of leaflets praising North Korea were found in Seoul Saturday, police said, as the communist country held a major political event in defense of its monolithic regime.The leaflets, which were discovered by a passerby in the western Yangcheon Ward earlier in the day, contained text that hailed North Korea's nuclear weapons development and criticized South Korean President Park Geun-hye, according to the police.Police said they immediately gathered the leaflets, of which there were about 3

North Korea may be preparing for a nuclear test in the near future, a U.S. website that monitors the isolated nation said Friday.The website 38 North said commercial satellite imagery taken Thursday shows vehicles at a command center believed to control the underground explosions, which could be sign that a test is imminent.The center lies nearly four miles from the test site at Punggye-ri. The website said the level of activity at the test site continues to be low, but vehicles are not often se

The White House on Friday urged North Korea to "come out of the wilderness" by giving up nuclear ambitions as Pyongyang's leader, Kim Jong-un, hailed the country's nuclear and missile tests during a rare congress of the Workers' Party.Kim's address at the first party congress in 36 years showed that despite international pressure, he is determined to forge ahead with nuclear and missile programs under his trademark "byeongjin" policy of simultaneously pursuing economic and nuclear development. "