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Seventeen people are killed and 11 others are missing in torrential rains in South Korea.
2025-07-20

South Korea says that its forces fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the demarcation line in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. South Korean authorities state that they believe the intrusion, which occurred in a densely forested area, was accidental.
2024-06-11

South Korea resumes the issuance of short-term travel visas to Chinese citizens following a one-month suspension due to China's COVID-19 surge.
2023-02-9

China suspends the issuance of short-term travel visas to Japanese and South Korean citizens in order to reciprocate the two countries' imposition of travel restrictions on Chinese citizens in response to China's recent COVID-19 surge.
2023-01-10

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

South Korea orders schools in the Seoul Capital Area to close from tomorrow until the end of the month due to an increase in new COVID-19 cases, which has broken records not seen since the pandemic began.
2020-12-14

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte suspends the war on drugs so resources can focus on ridding “corrupt” officers from the Philippine National Police. The "cause célèbre" is the kidnapping and strangulation of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo last October.
2017-01-30

A Mongolian-flagged cargo ship sinks off the coast of South Korea, with most of the 16 North Korean crew members reported missing.
2014-04-4

South Korea´s Ministry of Unification allows humanitarian aid shipments to North Korea despite recent military tensions.
2013-03-22