SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea recorded 151,792 new Covid-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, taking the total number of infections to 20,845,973, the health authorities said Wednesday. The daily caseload was up from 149,897 in the previous day as a highly transmissible...
SEOUL, South Korea -- At least nine people were killed and seven others missing in South Korea after record downpours flooded major roads, metro stations and homes, officials said Wednesday. People walk across a street during heavy rainfall in the Gangbuk district of Seoul on August 8, 2022. YONHAP...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Saturday slammed US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her recent visit to the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone, calling her the "worst destroyer of international peace". In this handout photo from the Speakers Office, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a...
Liza Soberano made fans giddy posting on social media a photo of her with Momoland’s Nancy McDonnie. The actress uploaded the photo on Instagram along with others taken during her recent South Korean sojourn. She captioned it simply, “Korea dump pt. 2”...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea reported zero fever cases Friday for a seventh straight day, state media said, adding that everyone who had fallen sick since the country confirmed its first Covid-19 infections had recovered. The isolated country, which has maintained a rigid coronavirus blockade...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's first lunar orbiter successfully launched on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, Seoul said Friday, with the payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space. This screen grab made from SpaceX footage shows the Falcon 9 launch...
Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick” and Chris Hemsworth’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” topped the monthly box office in South Korea for July with a combined gross of $62.26 million. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), which tracks box office receipts, “Top Gun: Maverick,”...
SEOUL, South Korea -- After her high-profile trip to Taiwan, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in South Korea Thursday where her agenda included a visit to the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) -- but not a meeting with the country's president. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and South...
SEOUL, South Korea -- After her high-profile trip to Taiwan, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in South Korea Thursday where her agenda included a visit to the border with the nuclear-armed North, an official told AFP. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) poses with South Korean National Assembly...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea reported 119,922 new Covid-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 20,052,305, the health authorities said Wednesday. Passengers are seen at the Jeju International Airport in Jeju, South Korea, July 17,...
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea on Wednesday slammed what it called the United States' "impudent interference" in China's internal affairs over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, state media reported. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (AFP/File) Pelosi, second in line to the...
After two years of the pandemic, more Korean air carriers have now resumed their direct flights to Korea from the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA). However, MCIA's international traffic which has ramped up since May, is expected to achieve its pre-pandemic levels by end of the second...