North Korean authorities have issued an extreme cold weather warning across the entire country, on Tuesday (January 24), as the temperatures in the region are expected to drop as low as -30 degrees Celsius in the northern regions, reported the state radio broadcaster. The regions in question include Ryanggang, North Hamgyong and South Hamgyong which […]
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday that two North Korean hacker groups were behind the $100 million heist at crypto firm Harmony’s Horizon bridge that took place last June. The investigative body named the groups as Lazarus Group and APT38. The two groups laundered over $60 million worth of ethereum stolen during the theft […]
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South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on Friday (January 20) that the government will lift the face mask mandate for most indoor public places from January 30, becoming the latest step to ease Covid rules in the country. However, Prime Minister Duck-soo still recommended that people should keep their faces covered and pointed out […]
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The South Korean Police on Friday (January 13) blamed negligence and planning failures for the Halloween Stampede in the Itaewon neighbourhood of Seoul on October 29 last year that killed 159 people. A special investigation team, which spent months combing through evidence and interviewing officials, said there were massive planning and response failures, a report […]
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In light of the COVID-19 pandemic’s rapid spread in nearby nations including South Korea and China, North Korea has called for stringent quarantine precautions, its state media reported on Monday. Due to the fast growth of omicron subvariants, viral cases spiked during the winter in South, China, and Japan, a report by the state-run Korean Central […]
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The South Korean authorities on Wednesday (Jan 04) said that they are tracking a Chinese national, who tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival but went missing while waiting at a quarantine facility. Kim Joo-young, a health official said that the Chinese passenger tested positive after his arrival at the Icheon International Airport near Seoul on […]
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The US and South Korea are planning an “effective coordinated” response if North Korea led by Kim Jong-un uses nuclear weapons, the White House said on Tuesday. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and US President Joe Biden have “tasked their teams to plan for an effective coordinated response to a range of scenarios, including nuclear […]
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an “exponential increase” in the country’s nuclear arsenal, reported North Korea’s state-run television KRT on Sunday (January 1). The state media said that Kim batted for new powerful missiles for “nuclear counterstrikes” Another state-run news outlet KCNA said that Kim called for development of another ICBM […]
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North Korea fired three ballistic missiles towards the eastern waters on Saturday morning, South Korea’s military said. It comes five days after Pyongyang flew five drones into the South’s airspace, stoking further tensions in the peninsula. The missile landed in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean military said, but did not give further details […]
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At least five people have been killed and dozens of others injured, after a bus and truck crash on a South Korean expressway tunnel caused by a massive fire on the outskirts of the capital city, Seoul, reported AFP. The incident took place on Thursday, on the Second Gyeongin Expressway, at around 1:50 pm (local […]
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