Rescuers battled on Sunday to reach people trapped in a flooded tunnel in South Korea, where at least 37 people have died and nine are missing after heavy rains caused…
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China warned Washington and Seoul against “provoking confrontation” with North Korea on Thursday, after President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart said Pyongyang would face the “end” of its…
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North Korea has decided to take “important practical” war deterrence measures, state media reported Sunday, a day before Seoul and Washington begin their largest joint military drills in five years.…
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South Korea said Thursday it had staged joint air drills with the United States featuring strategic bombers and stealth fighters, prompting Pyongyang to warn that such exercises could “ignite an…
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to invest $30 billion in South Korea’s industries, South Korea’s presidential office said on Sunday, as the two countries seek to expand economic…
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South Korea called for joint nuclear exercises with the US on Monday, following another round of North Korean ballistic missile tests that capped a record-breaking 2022. Will tensions between the…
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The United States is not discussing joint nuclear exercises with South Korea, President Joe Biden said on Monday, contradicting remarks by his South Korean counterpart as tensions flare with North…
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North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast on Sunday, South Korea’s military said. Japanese public broadcaster NHK said the North Korean-fired ballistic…
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The United States and South Korea began one of their largest combined military air drills on Monday (Oct 31), with hundreds of warplanes from both sides staging mock attacks 24…
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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday expressed his grief over the tragic death of 146 people in a stampede in Seoul, South Korea. The prime minister also expressed condolences…
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More than 150 people were killed and scores more were injured in a deadly stampede at a packed Halloween event in central Seoul late Saturday, officials said, in one of…
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North Korea on Wednesday fired an artillery barrage into waters off its coast for the second day in a row, targeting a maritime “buffer zone” set up in 2018 to…
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North Korea flew 12 warplanes near its border with South Korea on Thursday, prompting the South to scramble 30 military planes in response, Seoul officials said. The highly unusual incident…
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The South Korean and US militaries fired a volley of missiles into the sea in response to North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan, Seoul said Wednesday. Nuclear-armed North…
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Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, prompting a warning for residents to take cover and a temporary suspension…
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South Korea’s first lunar orbiter successfully launched on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, Seoul said Friday, with the payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from…
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The United States and South Korea warned Monday of a swift response if North Korea conducts a nuclear test, including US military “adjustments,” but again offered talks as a way…
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Japanese and South Korean counterparts Saturday in Hawaii to discuss the threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea after Pyongyang began the year…
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South Korea will soon roll out a pilot project to use artificial intelligence, facial recognition and thousands of CCTV cameras to track the movement of people infected with the coronavirus,…
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The fertilizer policy announced by the government has increased its domestic production capacity by approximately 2 million tons and helped Pakistan to attain self-sufficiency in urea production. “The excess capacity…