Sources: Yonhap
South Korea and the Japan Coast Guard both accuse North Korea of firing a ballistic missile from Sunan-guyok into the Sea of Japan. 2022-05-4
South Korean health authorities announce that they are searching for around 50 foreign nationals who may have been in contact with the recently confirmed MERS patient, including those who arrived in Incheon Airport from Dubai on the same flight last Friday. 2018-09-11
A South Korean man is diagnosed with the potentially deadly MERS virus and is being treated at a hospital in Seoul, the first such case in three years. 2018-09-8
The governments of the United States and South Korea begin their Foal Eagle and Key Resolve military drills. 2018-04-1
South Korean prosecutors raid the offices of Samsung Electronics as part of a ongoing probe into President Park Geun-hye's controversial association with Choi Soon-sil. Yonhap News Agency reports prosecutors are investigating whether Samsung improperly provided financial assistance to Choi's daughter, Chung Yoo-ra. 2016-11-8
South Korea announces an end to the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak that has killed 36 people since May 2015. The virus infected 186 people, with nearly 17,000 people confined to their homes and thousands of schools temporarily closing at the peak of the largest MERS outbreak outside Saudi Arabia, where it first appeared in 2012. 2015-12-23
South Korea reports three more deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome bringing the death toll to 19 with 154 people diagnosed with the disease. 2015-06-16
Health officials in the United States are advising doctors to be on the lookout for MERS following an outbreak in South Korea. 2015-06-11
Four people have now died of MERS in South Korea with five new cases reported. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-583563-fourth-korean-dies-in-mers-outbreak (AFP via "Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2015-06-5
The number of cases in an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea rises to 12. 2015-05-29