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Tottenham's Son to lead South Korea in World Cup qualifiers
Fixtures in Asia's eight qualifying groups for the 2022 finals in Qatar will be completed at centralised venues next month because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Day after new US chart record, BTS granted military call-up delay
'Life Goes On', sung predominantly in Korean, topped the US Hot 100 in its debut week, Billboard said Monday, the first foreign-language song to do so in the chart's 62-year history.
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South Korea eases COVID-19 curbs in Seoul region
The country largely overcame an early COVID-19 surge with extensive tracing and testing, but has battled several spikes in recent weeks raising concerns of a second wave of infections.
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BTS hit 'Dynamite' worth $1.4 billion to South Korea: govt
The trailblazing septet cemented their prominence in the world's biggest music market last week, when the all-English track debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Typhoon Haishen threatens Korea after battering Japan
In Japan, around 440,000 homes in the southwestern Kyushu region remained without power on Monday morning after the storm passed through, public broadcaster NHK reported.
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Older patients drive South Korean surge in critical COVID-19 cases
South Korea is battling a second wave of infection, centred in the capital Seoul and surrounding areas that are home to 25 million people.
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South Korea reports 441 new coronavirus cases, most since March: KCDC
Some 434 of the new cases were locally transmitted, bringing the total tally to 18,706 infections, with 313 deaths.
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South Korea closes most schools in Seoul area to battle resurgent coronavirus
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 280 new coronavirus cases as of midnight Monday, bringing the country’s total to 17,945 with 310 deaths.
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N Korean leader's sister is 'de facto second-in-command' - S Korean lawmaker
Kim Yo Jong is the leader’s only close relative with a public role in politics, recently spearheading a new, tougher campaign to put pressure on South Korea.
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South Korea warns of COVID spread as church outbreaks threaten capital
The 297 new infections mark the sixth straight day of triple-digit increases in a country that has managed to blunt several previous outbreaks.
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South Korea battles worst coronavirus outbreak in months, warns of crisis
The outbreak linked to the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul is the country’s biggest in nearly six months and led to a tightening of social distancing rules on Sunday.
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Cows on a wet tin roof: South Korea floods leave animals stranded
The cattle floated upwards as floodwaters mounted at the weekend in Gurye, a farming town in the country's south, and scrambled to safety on the roofs of several houses and other buildings.
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South Korean city returns to tighter social distancing as COVID-19 cases spike
South Korea was praised for containing its first outbreak of COVID-19 but Asia’s fourth-largest economy has experienced persistent outbreaks in recent weeks, mostly in the capital.
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S. Korea, US mark 70th anniversary of Korean War
The anniversary comes as inter-Korean ties remain in a deep freeze following a rapid rapprochement in 2018 that brought three summits between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in.
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North Korea's Kim suspends military plans against South: KCNA
The apparently conciliatory moves by Pyongyang are unusual, and come after analysts said it was seeking to manufacture a crisis on the peninsula in an effort to extract concessions.
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Kim Yo Jong: North Korean leader's increasingly powerful sister
Kim Yo Jong is one of her brother's most trusted advisers and among the most powerful women in the isolated regime.
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North Korea blows up liaison office on its side of border with South
This comes after Pyongyang threatened to take action if defector groups push ahead with their campaign to send propaganda leaflets into North Korea.
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Masked against coronavirus, South Korean students return to school
The beginning of the spring semester has been postponed several times since March as South Korea battled the first large coronavirus outbreak outside China, with classes held online.
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North and South Korea exchange gunfire at border: Seoul
A South Korean guard post was hit by several shots from the North, the joint chiefs of staff (JCS) said in a statement.
