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Iran frees 5 American prisoners after $6 billion unfrozen
Five Americans were freed from Iran after some $6 billion once frozen in South Korea reached Qatar.
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6 ‘Soldiers of Christ' members charged with murder after woman's ‘starved' body found in car trunk
The victim, according to arrest warrants, was starved and beaten for weeks before she eventually died. Her identity has not been released.
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South Korea expresses ‘concern and regret' over military cooperation talks between Kim and Putin
South Korea has expressed “deep concern and regret” over a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Japan begins release of 1.3 million metric tons of radioactive water into ocean
Japan began releasing more than 1 million metric tons of radioactive water into the ocean on Thursday as part of its plan to decommission the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
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Biden will use Camp David backdrop hoping to broker a breakthrough in Japan-South Korea relations
President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Japan and South Korea at Camp David to encourage the U.S. allies, who have been thawing their frosty relationship, to cooperate more given their shared concerns about aggression from China and North Korea.
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North Korea's Kim orders sharp increase in missile production, days before US-South Korea drills
North Korean state media say leader Kim Jong Un has again toured munitions factories and has ordered a drastic increase in production of missiles and other weapons.
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Lioness shot dead after escaping from South Korean farm, officials say
A lioness escaped from a farm in South Korea, touching off an emergency search before she was killed by a hunter Monday.
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North Korea's Kin Jong Un orders military to bolster war plans amid US and South Korean drills
Condemning the allies’ expanding drills as invasion rehearsals, Kim has used them as a pretext to further accelerate his weapons demonstrations, which have included the testing-firings of more than 100 missiles since the start of 2022
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K-pop star Suga becomes the third BTS member to join military service in South Korea
Suga, the K-pop superstar rapper/singer/songwriter, has become the third member of BTS to begin South Korea’s compulsory military service.
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Thousands of young scouts to leave South Korea jamboree due to a tropical storm
South Korea is preparing to evacuate tens of thousands of scouts from a coastal jamboree site as Tropical Storm Khanun looms, scouting officials said Monday.
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South Korean court overturns impeachment of minister ousted over deadly crowd crush
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has overturned the impeachment of the public safety minister ousted over a Halloween crowd surge that killed nearly 160 people last October at a nightlife district in the capital, Seoul.
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Tourist describes moment US soldier ran across the North Korean border
A New Zealand tourist remembers the moment an American soldier ran across the heavily-fortified border between South Korea and North Korea.
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North Korea fires two missiles into the sea after US nuclear submarine arrives in South Korea
The launches came as the U.S.-led United Nations Command tries to secure the release of a U.S. soldier who fled to North Korea from the South Korean side of a border village Tuesday afternoon.
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Aww! Panda twins born at South Korean Zoo
Congratulations– or chughahaeyo– are in order for a panda mother at the Everland Zoo in South Korea, after she gave birth to twins on July 7.
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One of the world's richest self-made men started as a motel janitor—now he has a net worth of $1.2 billion
Before he founded booking platform Yanolja, Lee Su Jin started his hospitality career as a “love hotel” janitor. Now, he has a net worth of $1.2 billion.
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Bilateral South Korea and US consulting group meets in response to North Korean nuclear threats
A bilateral consulting group of South Korean and U.S. officials has met in Seoul to discuss strengthening their nations’ deterrence capabilities against North Korea’s evolving nuclear threats.
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9 bodies pulled from a flooded road tunnel in South Korea as rains cause flash floods and landslides
South Korean rescuers have pulled nine bodies from a flooded tunnel where around 15 vehicles were trapped in muddy water, as days of heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides and destroyed homes across the country.
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Landslides and floods kill at least seven, force thousands to evacuate as heavy rains slam South Korea
Three people were killed Saturday after landslides caused by torrential downpours buried their houses in two central towns, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said in a report.
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Giant panda gives birth to squirming, squealing healthy twin girls at South Korean theme park
Ai Bao gave birth to her healthy cubs last Friday at Everland park near Seoul.
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North Korea conducts ballistic missile test after making threat over alleged US spy flights
South Korea says North Korea has launched a long-range ballistic missile toward the North’s eastern waters.