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South Korea reports its first local case of the Omicron BA.2.75 Centaurus variant in a person from North Chungcheong Province.
2022-07-25

South Korea reports a record for the third consecutive day of 16,096 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 793,582.
2022-01-28

South Korea reports its highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases since early March, with 297 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours. Nearly 90% of the new cases appeared in Seoul Capital Area, where 166 of them are linked to the Sarang Jeil Church.
2020-08-19

South Korea reports 113 new cases of COVID-19. This is the largest one-day increase since March. Of these new cases, 86 were imported and 27 were locally transmitted.
2020-07-25

North Korea accepts South Korea's proposal to hold high-level inter-Korean talks, scheduled to take place on March 29.
2018-03-24

A Korean People's Army soldier defects to South Korea via the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). He was shot and injured by fellow North Korean soldiers as he crossed to the South Korean side at Panmunjom, and has been taken to hospital.
2017-11-13

Activists descend on the city of Paju to float 50,000 propaganda leaflets on balloons into North Korea, despite protests from local South Korean residents concerned at provoking a military response.
2012-10-29

The South Korean military resumes building a naval base on the island of Jeju-do after police clear the site of protesters.
2011-09-2

South Korea issues a report into the sinking of the ROKS "Cheonan" criticising the readiness of the Navy.
2011-03-24

Large parts of northern China and South Korea are affected by the heaviest snowfall in 60 years, causing widespread disruption.
2010-01-4