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Over 150 killed in South Korea Halloween crush
South Korea is in mourning after more than 150 people were killed – many in their teens and early 20s – when they were crushed during last night’s Halloween celebrations in the capital, Seoul.
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South Korea virus response held up as model for world
South Korea has managed to return to relative normality – the success of its track, trace and contain effort held up as a model for the rest of the world.
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North and South Korea exchange fire as Kim Jong-un resurfaces
South Korean military officials have confirmed that their troops exchanged fire earlier today with North Korean soldiers across the world’s most heavily fortified border.
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FactCheck: government’s South Korea testing claim needs context
We may be carrying out more tests than South Korea, but experts say our testing needs are very different.
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How South Korea became the ‘model’ for beating the coronavirus
A month ago, South Korea suffered what was far-and-away the biggest coronavirus outbreak outside China.
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Trump meets South Korean leader ahead of Kim Jong-un summit.
“It may not work out for June 12” – President Trump warns of delays for his upcoming summit with Kim Jong-un, as he meets the South Korean leader Moon Jae-in in the White House. President Moon declared the “fate and future” of the entire Korean peninsula depended on it.
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History made as North and South Korean leaders pledge to end war
A moment in history captured in a handshake, as the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un grasped hands with South Korea’s Moon Jae-in, and they walked together across the border in scenes unimaginable just a few months ago. The two leaders agreed to work towards ridding the entire peninsula of nuclear weapons, along with a peace…
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Kim Jong-un calls for ‘livening up’ of relationship with South Korea
North Korea’s leader has called for a “further livening up” of the “warm climate of reconciliation” with the South that appears to have been created at the Winter Olympics. According to the North Korean state news agency, Kim Jong-un also praised the South for hosting a North Korean delegation at the Pyeongchang Games, where his…
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North Korea invites South Korean president to visit
North Korea has invited South Korean leader President Moon Jae-in to visit Pyongyang. It would be the first summit between the leaders of the two Koreas in more than a decade. The invite came as North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s younger sister visited the Winter Olympics, where today a joint Korean Ice Hockey team turned…
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Christopher Hill on Winter Olympics: North Korea ‘trying to decouple US from South Korea’
Former US Ambassador to South Korea, Christopher Hill. discusses the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, where North and South Korea marched together under a single flag.
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Jean Lee on North and South Korea’s Olympics rapprochement
North and South Korea have agreed that their athletes will march together under one flag at the opening ceremony of next month’s Winter Olympics. It’s a remarkable development as the two countries have been at loggerheads over the North’s nuclear weapons programme, and after the ferocious war of words between President Trump and Kim Jong-un.…
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North Korea to send delegation to Winter Games in South Korea
North Korea have said they will send a delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea. As the countries met for their first high-level talks for almost two years, it was agreed that athletes, high-ranking officials and even cheerleaders will attend next month’s Games. But do the discussions, held in a tiny village in the demilitarised zone, also…
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South Korea offer to enter talks with North Korea
South Korea has offered to enter talks with North Korea – after Kim Jong Un indicated he would be open to negotiations. And the reason the nuclear standoff suddenly looks less intractable? Pyongyang wants to take part in the Winter Olympics – which open next month in South Korea. But could it all be an…
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US and South Korea carry out war game exercises
US and South Korean troops have begun their annual war game exercises at a time of rising tension with Pyongyang. The mostly computer-simulated drills are held every summer, but North Korea has called them a “reckless” move, warning they could trigger “the uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war”.
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South Korea elects liberal who wants closer links with North
A liberal candidate who favours closer ties with North Korea has claimed victory in South Korea’s Presidential election.
