South Korea
Hair loss treatment for votes? South Korea’s hairy debate
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's ruling party presidential candidate ignited a debate this week after he proposed...
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North Korea fires missile as S.Korea breaks ground for ‘peace’ railway
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired what the United States said was a ballistic missile...
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S.Korea to appeal court order exempting private schools from vaccine passes
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The South Korean government said on Wednesday it will appeal against a court order...
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Japan, U.S. ministers to hold ‘two-plus-two’ talks on Friday
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's foreign and defence ministers will hold talks with their U.S. counterparts in a "two-plus-two" format on...
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S.Korean minister heads to Vienna for talks on Iranian frozen assets
PARIS (Reuters) - A senior South Korean diplomat will hold talks in Vienna this week with Iran and world powers...
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S.Korea court exempts private schools from vaccine passes
SEOUL (Reuters) -A South Korean court ordered that private educational facilities, including cram schools, should be temporarily excluded from government...
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Returned N.Korea defector struggled to resettle in South, lived meagre life
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - A former North Korean defector who made a risky and rare cross-border return home...
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S.Korea’s conservatives falter in election race over blunders, internal strife
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Deepening internal strife and a series of political blunders are throwing the campaign of...
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Man who crossed DMZ was previous defector from N.Korea, South says
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -A man observed crossing the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea last...
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S.Korea’s Moon promises final push for N.Korea peace
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed on Monday to use his last months in...
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South Korean crosses armed border in rare defection to North
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean has crossed the heavily fortified border in a rare defection to...
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N.Korea’s Kim talks food not nukes for 2022
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un capped off his 10th year in power with...
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New Year celebrations muted by Omicron, but South Africa offers hope
By Renju Jose and Sisipho Skweyiya SYDNEY (Reuters) - Although farewell celebrations to the pandemic year of 2021 were almost...
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S.Korea’s disgraced ex-president Park freed after nearly 5 years in prison
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was released from prison on Friday nearly five...
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S.Korea to extend curbs amid Omicron surge, serious COVID-19 cases
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Friday it will extend stricter social distancing rules for two...
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S.Korea’s ruling party presidential candidate pushes for nuclear-powered submarines
By Hyonhee Shin and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's ruling party presidential candidate said he will seek U.S....
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Japan maps out action plan for disposal of Fukushima water
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Tuesday mapped out a plan for releasing contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear...
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N.Korea’s Kim convenes major party meeting with 2021 policy on agenda -KCNA
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week opened a key ruling party meeting,...
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Two more members of K-pop group BTS test positive for COVID-19
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - Two more members of the K-pop group BTS on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19...
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S.Korea’s Moon pardons disgraced Park amid tight presidential race
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's President Moon Jae-in granted a pardon to former President Park...
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