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South Korea extends its current social distancing measures aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 until January 3, as record numbers of new cases are being reported.
2020-12-27

The South Korean military claims that North Korean military has launched an "unidentified projectile" into the sea, marking the second time North Korea has conducted a weapons test in a single week.
2019-05-9

The Blackstone Group, a multinational private equity and asset management firm, has agreed to buy Geo-Young, a wholesale drug distributor in South Korea, in a deal that will retain Geo-Young's CEO, Cho Sun-hae, in her leadership role.
2019-04-30

South Korean shipbuilding firm Sungdong collapses into receivership after surviving on government aid for eight years.
2018-04-20

An earthquake is detected in North Korea that China's earthquake authority believes is due to a North Korean nuclear test. South Korea states that it could be a natural earthquake.
2017-09-23

Typhoon Nepartak hits eastern Taiwan causing three deaths so far, 124 injuries, thousands of people to be evacuated, disrupting transport and power supplies.
2016-07-8

A gas explosion at a subway construction site near the South Korean capital Seoul kills four workers and injures ten more.
2016-06-1

A South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff official reports North Korea launched five short-range missiles from the eastern city of Hamhung into the Sea of Japan.
2016-03-21

South Korean author Shin Kyung-sook admits to plagiarising a short story from Japanese author Yukio Mishima.
2015-06-23

Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, Rwanda, and South Korea are elected to the United Nations Security Council for two-year terms starting in 2013.
2012-10-18