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South Korea seeks Chinese national missing from COVID-19 quarantine

South Korea authorities said on Wednesday they were trying to track down a Chinese national who tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival but went missing while waiting at a quarantine facility.

Reuters · Jan 4, 2023

North Korea fires ballistic missiles, denies supplying arms to Russia

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles in the latest in a flurry of sanctions-busting weapons tests, South Korean officials said Friday, hours after Washington accused Pyongyang of delivering arms to the Russian private military group Wagner.

France 24 · Dec 23, 2022

From president on down, France revels before World Cup final

‘I’m backing the France team, and I think that the French are too,’ President Emmanuel Macron said.

Al Jazeera · Dec 18, 2022

Factbox-Some of the world's worst stampedes

At least 151 people were killed in a crush during a Halloween celebration in South Korea's capital Seoul late on Saturday.

Reuters · Oct 29, 2022

Reports shed new light on last hours of S.Korean slain by North in 2020

An investigation by the government of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is raising fresh questions about the death of a South Korean official in 2020, which the previous administration wrote off as a failed defection attempt.

Reuters · Oct 20, 2022

U.S., S.Korean troops stage river-crossing drills as North Korea protests

South Korean and American troops practiced building floating bridges to ferry tanks and other armoured vehicles across rivers on Wednesday, part of a larger joint military exercise that has angered North Korea.

Reuters · Oct 19, 2022

Explainer-When will North Korea test a nuclear weapon?

North Korea's recent flurry of missile launches has raised expectations that it could soon test a nuclear device for the first time since 2017.

Reuters · Oct 13, 2022

U.S. targets Singapore, Marshall Islands firms in new North Korea sanctions

The United States on Friday imposed new sanctions following North Korea's latest missile launches this week, targeting a fuel procurement network that Washington said supports Pyongyang's weapons programs and its military.

Reuters · Oct 7, 2022

Residents near fiery South Korean missile crash 'thought it was a war'

Hours after North Korea flew a ballistic missile over neighbouring Japan on Tuesday, residents in a South Korean seaside town were startled to see flames leaping from a nearby military base and missiles soaring into the sky.

Reuters · Oct 5, 2022

South Korea sees Oct.16-Nov.7 window for N.Korea nuclear test

North Korea has completed preparations for a nuclear test and a possible window for carrying it out could be between Oct. 16 and Nov. 7, South Korean lawmakers briefed by its spy agency said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Sep 28, 2022