SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's health authorities said Monday that it will administer Covid-19 vaccines to children aged 5-11 later this month to tackle the spread of the Omicron variant. The two-dose vaccine, developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, will be given to the minors from March 31, with a...
The Department of National Defense (DND) is coordinating with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in case the government needs the military’s help in the repatriation of overseas Filipinos in Ukraine and North Korea. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (File photo)...
Three members of K-pop girl group Red Velvet have been diagnosed with Covid-19 while two more members of boy band Seventeen have fully recovered. SM Entertainment announced on March 14 that Red Velvet members Irene, Joy and Yeri tested positive for Covid-19 over the weekend. (Clockwise from top...
A member of K-pop boy band The Boyz has tested positive for Covid-19 amid a surge in Omicron variant cases in South Korea. IST Entertainment, The Boyz’s agency, announced on March 13 that member New has been diagnosed with the disease. The Boyz member New (Instagram) It said on March 12, The...
Aside from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the Philippine government has to be "vigilant and prepared" over the situation in North Korea, presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said. Lacson, who chairs the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, is reacting to...
Amid the continuing surge in Covid-19 cases in South Korea, two more K-pop stars have tested positive for the virus. K-pop boy band TOMORROW X TOGETHER member Soobin, 21, and girl group Brave Girls’ Minyoung, 31, have been diagnosed with Covid-19 on March 12. TXT's Soobin (left) and Brave Girls'...
K-pop artists under Pledis Entertainment have fully recovered from Covid-19 as South Korea recorded nearly 384,000 new cases in one day. On March 12, the agency announced that K-pop boy band Seventeen’s The 8 and Seungkwan “have made full recoveries from Covid-19 and their quarantine has...
Three members of K-pop boy band BTOB and a member of girl group STAYC have tested positive for Covid-19 while members of Seventeen and Fromis 9 have recovered. Cube Entertainment announced that on March 10, “Lee Changsub, Peniel, and Yook Sungjae tested positive while Lee Minhyuk and Seo Eunkwang...
WASHINGTON, United States – Two recent missile tests conducted by North Korea were of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system, the Pentagon said Thursday, marking what one US official called a "serious escalation" that will be punished with fresh sanctions. According to North...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea reported 327,549 new Covid-19 cases as of midnight Wednesday, raising the total number of infections to 5,539,650, the health authorities said Thursday. The daily caseload was slightly down from a record high of 342,438 in the previous day, but it stayed above...
SEOUL, South Korea – Threatening a pre-emptive strike, swiftly responding to missile tests, and telling "rude boy" leader Kim Jong Un to behave: South Korea's next president looks set to get tough on the nuclear-armed North, analysts say. For the last five years Seoul has pursued a policy of...
K-pop boy band NU’EST member Minhyun has tested positive for Covid-19 as South Korea recorded more than 300,000 new cases in one day. “Minhyun experienced a mild fever and a sore throat and was tested negative on a self-test he took on Tuesday, March 8. However, he took a rapid antigen test as...
