Tag: South Korea
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S/Korea confirms missing official killed by N/Korea – Report
A South Korean ministry official who has been missing since Monday was shot dead by North Korea, the Defence Ministry in Seoul said on Thursday. Yonhap news agency cited a ministry statement as saying: “North Korea found the man in its waters and committed an act of brutality by shooting at him and burning his…
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North Korea says it won’t sit down with U.S. as envoy due in South Korea
North Korea has no intention to sit down with the United States and urged South Korea to “stop meddling,” a senior diplomat said on Tuesday. Kwon Jong Gun, director general for U.S. affairs at Pyongyang’s foreign ministry, noted as a U.S. envoy was due to visit Seoul in an effort to renew stalled nuclear talks…
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South Korea to launch mass coronavirus testing, U.S. pledges $1bn for vaccine
South Korea aims to test over 200,000 members of a church at the centre of a surge in coronavirus cases, as countries stepped up efforts to stop a pandemic of the virus. ARG hammers on grading of Kwara Yoruba monarchs The virus emerged in China and is now spreading in Europe and the Middle East.…