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South Korea reports a record 109,831 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.75 million.
2022-02-18

South Korea says it has scrambled fighter jets after four Chinese and fifteen Russian military aircraft entered its air defense identification zone. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says that it was notified in advance by China of a joint military exercise between China and Russia.
2020-12-22

The number of new confirmed cases in South Korea reaches a three-month high of 363 cases. The country now has more than 30,000 total cases, according to data from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
2020-11-20

South Korean boy band BTS become the first all-South Korean act to top the United States record chart, after their single "Dynamite" debuted at number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart.
2020-08-31

A campsite tent fire on Ganghwa Island in the South Korean city of Incheon kills five people and seriously injures two others. [http:--english.yonhapnews.co.kr-news-2015-03-22-0200000000AEN20150322000200320.html?input=www.tweeter.com (Yonhap)]date=August 2019
2015-03-22

A firefighting helicopter searching for missing people from the sinking of the MV "Sewol" in April crashes in the South Korean city of Gwangju with five people aboard.
2014-07-17

South Korea dismisses an offer of unconditional talks by North Korea, saying the offer was part of a propaganda campaign.
2011-01-6

North Korea shells Yeonpyeong island, South Korea at 14:34 local time in response to South Korean shelling close to the North Korean border during military drills. The North's shelling kills two marines and prompts a military response by the South in one of the most serious clashes since the 1953 armistice of the Korean War.
2010-11-23

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

The South Korean government calls an emergency security meeting to investigate yesterday's ship sinking near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea as a rescue operation continues to retrieve 46 missing sailors.
2010-03-27