Author: Hyung-Jin Kim
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North Korea launches ballistic missile and other weapons over the sea in latest show of force
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched a close-range ballistic missile and other weapons toward the sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, days after the leaders of Russia and China voiced their opposition to Western pressures on North Korea. The missile fired from Jongju, a city near the North’s west coast, flew about…
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K-pop sensation BTS returns with a comeback concert in Seoul after a 4-year hiatus
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After a four-year break, K-pop supergroup BTS returned Saturday with a massive, free comeback concert in Seoul, where thousands of police locked down a central boulevard for the Netflix-exclusive spectacle that drew tens of thousands of fans. “Annyeonghaseyo! We’re back,” RM, the band’s leader, told the crowd, using the Korean…
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North Korea launches ballistic missiles toward sea ahead of South Korean leader’s visit to China
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Sunday, its neighbors said, just hours before South Korea’s president left for China for talks expected to cover North Korea’s nuclear program. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement it detected several ballistic missile launches from North…
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North Korea’s Kim calls for stronger war fighting capabilities against the US and South Korea
North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has called for greater war fighting capabilities against the United States and South Korea
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South Korea’s president vows not to tolerate walkouts by junior doctors
South Korea’s president vows that he won’t tolerate the prolonged walkouts by junior doctors, calling them “an illegal collective action” that threatens public health
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Thousands of Korean doctors face license suspensions as Seoul moves to prosecute strike leaders
Thousands of striking junior doctors in South Korea are facing proceedings to suspend their medical licenses
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North Korea threatens to take military moves in response to US-South Korean drills
North Korea has called the ongoing South Korean-U.S. military drills a plot to invade the country, as it threatens to take unspecified “responsible” military steps in response
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What’s next for South Korean doctors who face license suspensions because of walkouts
South Korea’s government is pressing ahead with its vow to suspend the licenses of thousands of junior doctors who ignore its repeated demands to end their collective walkouts
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South Korea takes steps to suspend licenses of striking doctors after they refuse to end walkouts
South Korea’s government has begun steps to suspend the medical licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors, days after they missed a government-set deadline to end their joint walkouts, which have disrupted hospital operations
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South Korean doctors hold massive anti-government rally over medical school recruitment plan
Thousands of senior doctors have rallied in the South Korean capital to express their support for junior doctors who have been on strike for nearly two weeks over a government plan to sharply increase the number of medical school admissions