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S. Korea halts overseas absentee ballot processes in 17 countriesPoliticsMar 26, 2020South Korea's election watchdog said Thursday that it has decided to stop the absentee ballot process for next month's general elections for citizens living in Italy and 16 other countries due to the... -
Italy swiftly approves evacuation flights for S. KoreansForeign AffairsMar 26, 2020Italian authorities swiftly approved two evacuation flights for South Koreans living in the European country, sources here said Thursday, as the government here takes further steps to protect its cit... -
S. Korea raises concerns over Japan's plan to release contaminated waterForeign AffairsMar 26, 2020South Korea on Thursday renewed its concerns about Japan's plan to release contaminated water from its disabled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. South Korea's Office for Government Policy... -
Seoul City launches English webpage on COVID-19Social affairsMar 26, 2020The Seoul City government said Thursday that it had launched an English webpage to make it easier for foreign residents in the capital to access key information on the novel coronavirus. The webpage... -
Candidate registration for general election beginsPoliticsMar 26, 2020Candidate registration for the April 15 elections began Thursday -- at stake are 300 seats in the 21st National Assembly. Largely overshadowed by the coronavirus outbreak, the poll outcome will shap... -
Operator of Telegram child sex abuse ring is 16 years old: policeSocial affairsMar 26, 2020South Korean police said Thursday a teenage boy suspected of being behind a second online child sexual abuse ring has been sent to prosecutors. Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said its cybercrime u... -
Seoul to launch 10-minute contact tracing programSocial affairsMar 26, 2020The government has started running a program from Thursday that takes just 10 minutes to trace people who may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus, in the latest technology adopted to combat th... -
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[Newsmaker] ‘Walk-through’ coronavirus testing begins at airportSocial affairsMar 26, 2020104 new COVID-19 cases were reported in South Korea, with recovery rates standing at 45 percent -
NK’s latest missiles large enough to carry nuclear deviceNorth KoreaMar 26, 2020A pair of missiles North Korea fired Saturday had a payload capacity sufficient to carry nuclear warheads, Washington-based website 38 North said Wednesday. The firings on March 21 marked Pyongyang’... -
Moon’s steps up summit diplomacy over COVID-19Foreign AffairsMar 26, 2020President Moon Jae-in on Thursday held a telephone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussing the pandemic and their governments’ responses, continuing his COVID-19 diplomacy... -
97-year-old woman fully recovers from new coronavirusSocial affairsMar 26, 2020A 97-year-old South Korean woman infected with the novel coronavirus has fully recovered and been released from quarantine, making her the country's oldest fully recovered virus patient, officials sa... -
Govt. explores ways to support Korean USFK employees facing furloughs next weekForeign AffairsMar 26, 2020The government is weighing the possibility of low-interest loans and other options to support South Korean employees in the US Forces Korea (USFK) who face furloughs next week in the absence of a dea... -
Sex abuse ring investigation goes publicSocial affairsMar 26, 2020Star prosecutor behind Korea’s #MeToo movement joins probe squad -
Celebrities join hands to bring hopeful messages amid COVID-19Social affairsMar 26, 2020Content creators and celebrities including football player Son Heung-min joined forces to bring positive messages amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Korea Multi-channel Network Association, said Thusrday. ... -
Leaders of S. Korea, Mongolia exchange letters to mark establishment of diplomatic tiesForeign AffairsMar 26, 2020The leaders of South Korea and Mongolia exchanged letters Thursday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations this year, the foreign ministry in Seoul said. In ...
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