North Korea threatens to send army into border zone
North Korea’s army has warned it is ready to enter the demilitarised zone dividing the two Koreas. The threat is partly in response to defector groups in the South sending propaganda material north. Over the weekend, Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said she’d ordered the army to prepare for the […]
What you need to know: More than 4 million Covid-19 cases recorded worldwide
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The numbers: More than 4 million cases of coronavirus have been recorded worldwide, including at least 279,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. US advisers quarantine: CDC director Robert Redfield and top US advisor Anthony Fauci are self-isolating after two White House staffers tested positive for coronavirus disease. UK lockdown: Prime Minister Boris Johnson will […]
North and South Korea exchange gunfire after Kim Jong-un reappears
Such incidents across the world’s most heavily fortified border are rare – the last occurred in 2017. It is not clear what led the North to open fire.
North Korea’s Kim ‘alive and well’: Seoul
Kim has not made a public appearance since presiding over a Workers’ Party politburo meeting on April 11, 2020.
While the rest of the world is panic-buying tissue paper, South Koreans just want potatoes
Craze started in Gangwon where rural farmers were struggling to sell their crops over social distancing policy during coronavirus outbreak.
WHO warns ‘we are in uncharted territory’ as number of coronavirus cases passes 90,000
WHO warns ‘we are in uncharted territory’ as number of coronavirus cases passes 90,000
Coronavirus: S.Korea raises alert to its ‘highest level’ as infections tripled
South Korea went on high alert Sunday following a sharp jump in coronavirus cases, and Italy and Iran took their own drastic containment steps as an epidemic that has killed nearly 2,500 people in China continued a relentless global expansion. The World Health Organization (WHO) also warned that Africa’s poor health systems left it vulnerable […]