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South Korean Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum announces that South Korea will lift their COVID-19 social distancing requirements beginning on April 18. The mask mandate, however, will remain in place.
2022-04-15

South Korea reports a record 342,446 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 Hours.
2022-03-9

A South Korean court sentences Kim Han-sik, the chief executive of Chonghaejin Marine, operator of the Sewol, to ten years in jail for negligence and embezzlement.
2014-11-20

North Korea fires two mid-range ballistic missiles as the leaders of the United States, Japan and South Korea meet to discuss the security threat it poses to the region.
2014-03-26

Nine North Korean defectors arrive in South Korea after staying in Japan for three weeks.
2011-10-4

The Prime Minister of South Korea, Kim Hwang-sik, calls for an overhaul of disaster management following the death of 59 people in floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in recent days.
2011-07-29

South Korean media report that two North Koreans have been executed in front of 500 spectators for handling propaganda leaflets floated across the border from South Korea, apparently as part of a campaign by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il to tighten ideological control as he grooms his youngest son as eventual successor.
2011-01-24

The South Korean navy directs an operation against Somali pirates who hijacked a South Korean ship, rescuing all 21 hostages, while eight pirates are killed and five are captured.
2011-01-21

North Korea proposes the resumption of family reunions with South Korea.
2010-09-11

North Korea executes by firing squad Kwon Ho Ung, a former cabinet official who led talks with South Korea from 2004 until 2007.
2010-07-20