Military reports 1,760 more COVID-19 cases
South Korea's military reported 1,760 additional COVID-19 cases Saturday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 250,014, the defense ministry said.The new cases, tallied as of 2 p.m.,…
August 20, 2022
S. Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fall below 130,000; death toll hits 3-month high
South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 130,000 Saturday, but the daily number of deaths reached a three-month high amid the continued virus wave driven by a highly contagious omicron…
S. Korean lawmakers leave for U.S. visit
A group of lawmakers from South Korea's rival parties departed for Washington, D.C., Saturday for a weeklong visit at the invitation of the U.S. State Department.National Assembly Vice Speaker Chung…
Chinese Farmers Struggle as Scorching Drought Wilts Crops
LONGQUAN, CHINA — Hundreds of persimmon trees that should be loaded with yellow fruit lie wilted in Gan Bingdong’s greenhouse in southwestern China, adding to mounting farm losses in a…
U.N. special rapporteur for N. Korea human rights to visit S. Korea this month
Elizabeth Salmon, newly appointed U.N. special rapporteur for North Korea's human rights, will make her first official visit to South Korea this month, a U.N. office said Saturday.Salmon will be…
IMF Fees on War-Torn Countries Closer to Elimination
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund is facing pressure to reevaluate how it imposes fees on loans it disperses to needy countries like war-torn Ukraine — which is one of…