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Thousands of Samsung Electronics workers begin a three-day strike in South Korea over demands for better pay and more annual leave.
2024-07-8

South Korea reports a record for the second consecutive day of 3,273 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 298,402.
2021-09-25

South Korea reports a record for the third consecutive day of 1,378 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 166,722.
2021-07-10

South Korea eases COVID-19-related restrictions at large concerts and sports events, with up to 4,000 people allowed to attend K-pop concerts and other cultural shows, as well as allowing sport stadiums to operate at 30% to 50% capacity depending on the district as the country continues its vaccination campaign.
2021-06-14

North and South Korea prepare to receive Typhoon Bavi which is already lashing the South Korean island of Jeju flooding roads, toppling trees, ripping off signboards and knocking down lampposts as it passed over waters off the island’s western shores. No casualties are reported.
2020-08-26

The Kyodo news agency reports that the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo that could complicate relations with China and South Korea.
2014-10-17

In Illinois, United States, 2-year-old Korean-Canadian Hannah Warren, who was born without a trachea, becomes the youngest patient to receive a bioengineered organ made from stem cells.
2013-04-30

Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, Rwanda and South Korea join the UN Security Council.
2013-01-1

South Korea announces plans to submit a claim to the United Nations to a larger portion of the East China Sea in a move which is likely to be disputed by the People's Republic of China and Japan.
2011-07-3

The People's Liberation Army Navy commences artillery exercises in the Yellow Sea in response to those being conducted by South Korea and the United States against North Korea.
2010-09-1