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North Korea’s Kim rides car given by Putin, oversees drills
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un publicly rode in a car given to him by Russian President Vladimir Putin in “clear proof” of the strengthening friendship between the...
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Kimchi: a fermented feast from Korea
At the heart of Korean cuisine is Kimchi, where cabbage meets spice in a fermented marriage that has stood the test of time. In the annals of Korean history, Kimchi...
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Wargaming opens brand new office in Korea
Wargaming, the Cyprus-based award-winning online game developer and publisher, has announced the opening of Wargaming Korea's brand-new office in the heart of Gangnam....
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South Korea: Hyper-Competitive and Childless
There are enough people to go around: eight billion now, compared to two billion less than a hundred years ago. Fifty-one million in South Korea, compared to only twelve...
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South Korea says to start legal action against doctors over walkout
South Korea’s health minister said on Monday authorities will start inspecting hospitals in order to take legal action against trainee doctors who have ignored an...
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European countries eye reopening embassies in North Korea after pandemic closures
A German delegation visited the North Korean capital of Pyongyang for the first time since its embassy was shuttered during the pandemic, as other European countries...
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South Korea to send military doctors to hospitals amid doctors’ protest
South Korea will send its military and community doctors to hospitals within the next few days as part of emergency measures to support the healthcare system after a...
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North Korea’s first spy satellite is ‘alive’, can manoeuvre, expert says
North Korea’s first spy satellite is “alive,” a Netherlands-based space expert said on Tuesday, after detecting changes in its orbit that suggest Pyongyang is...
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In South Korea, world’s lowest fertility rate plunges again in 2023
South Korea’s fertility rate, already the world’s lowest, continued its dramatic decline in 2023, as women concerned about their career advancement and the financial...
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South Korea nurses to take on more medical work due to doctor walkout
South Korean nurses have been given legal protection to perform some medical procedures normally conducted by doctors, the health minister said on Tuesday, as...
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South Korea gives protesting doctors end-Feb deadline to return to work
South Korea’s government on Monday told young doctors they had until the end of February to return to work or risk being punished for staging a week-long protest that...
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Overworked and unheard, South Korean doctors on mass walkout say
Ryu Ok Hada always wanted to help people, but now the South Korean trainee doctor has walked off the job and stands outside the hospital where he worked, holding his...
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South Korea raises health alert to ‘severe’ over protest by doctors
South Korea has raised its health alert as of Friday morning after thousands of doctors walked off the job this week to protest against a government plan to raise the...
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South Korean hospitals extend working hours to tackle doctors’ protest
Public hospitals in South Korea will extend working hours, the prime minister said on Friday, while expanding use of telemedicine to alleviate growing strain on...
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Dismayed South Korean patients urge resolution of doctors’ protest
Three days into a mass walkout by trainee doctors, patients in South Korea expressed growing worry and frustration on Thursday as hospitals nationwide delayed surgeries...
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South Korea doctors to keep up protests as hospitals turn patients away
The emergency departments at three of South Korea’s biggest hospitals were on red alert on Thursday as trainee doctors vowed to stay off the job in protest at...
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South Korea emergency units turn back patients as doctors protest
South Korea’s biggest hospitals cancelled procedures and turned away patients seeking emergency care on Wednesday after thousands of trainee doctors walked off the job...
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Sydney martial arts instructor arrested for alleged murder of South Korean family
A Sydney martial arts instructor has been arrested for the alleged triple murder of a South Korean family living in the city after a child and woman were found dead...
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S.Korea forced labour victim receives “compensation” from Japanese firm, family lawyer says
The family of a South Korean man forced to work for a Japanese company during Japan’s 1910-1945 occupation has received money from the Japanese firm he worked for,...
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South Korea trainee doctors stage walkout against medical school quotas
More than 1,600 trainee doctors in South Korea’s major hospitals staged a walkout on Tuesday to protest against a government plan to admit more students to medical...
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un receives car as gift from Putin – KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has received a car from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as a gift “for his personal use”, official media reported on Tuesday, in what...
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Son injured finger in a quarrel with South Korea team mates
Tottenham Hotspur and South Korea captain Son Heung-min injured his finger in an altercation with team mates on the eve of the country’s exit from the Asian Cup....
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North Korea develops new rocket launcher controller – state media
North Korea has successfully developed a new ballistic control system for a multiple rocket launcher along with controllable shells, state media KCNA reported on...
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MATA, Cyprus' first Korean restaurant has opened at Limassol Marina (pics)
Limassol Marina has announced the arrival of MATA, described as the first and only Korean restaurant in Cyprus. "Prepare your taste buds for an extraordinary journey...
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Russians enter North Korea in first foreign tour group since COVID-19 pandemic
About 100 Russians flew to North Korea on Friday for a private tour, becoming the first foreign group to visit the reclusive state following the COVID-19 pandemic in...