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South Korean President’s Meeting with UAE’s Crown Prince
The president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, has departed from Dubai to arrive in Saudi Arabia after wrapping up a 4-day trip to the UAE that included the agreement between the countries where the Gulf nation would sell midrange surface-to-air missiles to South Korea.
The deal was signed ...
South Korea and North Korea restore communication almost after a year
According to the President’s office in South Korea, both the leaders have agreed to rebuild their relations and improve trust. The Blue House also said that both the leaders have been exchanging letters since April.
South Korea’s Ministry of Unification informed that the rep...
SOUTH KOREA SUMMONS JAPANESE ENVOY OVER UNDIPLOMATIC MARKS ABOUT PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN
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• Recently a senior Japanese diplomat had reportedly ridiculed South Korean President's desire to meet Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
According to the South Korean foreign ministry, the Seoul government summoned the Japanese ambassador on Saturday o...
IN WAKE OF COVID-19 CASES ON ANTI-PIRACY SHIP, SOUTH KOREA SENDS A MEDICAL TEAM TO MIDDLE EAST
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• After the months of almost zero cases of coronavirus, South Korea is once again impacted by the pandemic primarily because of its sluggish vaccination rate
In order to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak on one of its ships deployed to keep a check on pirates, the c...
IN WAKE OF RISING CASES, SOUTH KOREA LIKELY TO REIMPOSE COVID CURBS
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• The Prime Minister of South Korea, Kim Boo-kyum said the country's fourth wave of the virus, was spreading rapidly, especially in the people ageing between 20 and 30, and are unvaccinated
Immediately after reading the social distancing curbs, the county o...
TOP LEADERS OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA EXCHANGE LETTERS
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• The newspaper citing a source has said that Moon has sent a letter to the North Korean leader to seek more ways to hold a summit
According to South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo, the President of South Korea Moon Jae-in has exchanged letters with North Korea...
EVERYTHING ABOUT THE NEW $29 BN COVID-19 RELIEF PACKAGE ANNOUNCED BY SOUTH KOREA
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• Of these 29.13 billion, around one third of it will be sent directly to the citizens in form of cash handouts
• The South Korean Ministry of Finance said that the budget was drafted to help those left behind in the recovery from the pandemic
In...
FORMER MAYOR OF BUSAN SENTENCED FOR THREE YEARS OVER CHARGES OF SEXUAL ABUSE
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• The ex mayor of Busan was ruled guilty by the Busan’s district court which also ordered him to receive counseling
• Oh had resigned from the post of mayor in April 2020 after he had admitted of having “unnecessary physical contact” with...
JAPAN, S. KOREA HAS NO PLANS TO MEET SEPARATELY DURING G-7 SUMMIT
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- Japan, S. Korea has no plan to meet separately during G-7 summit.
- Yoshihide Suga is set to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden during a G-7 summit.
- G-7 host Britain has invited Moon Jae In as a guest to the in-person summi...
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS U.S. COULD PRODUCE ONE BILLION DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE BY YEAR-END
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• Biden said “hope and expectation" is for the remainder of 2021, the US will “be able to vaccinate every American.”
• States of New York, Ohio, Maryland and Kentucky are also offering lottery prizes or tickets in an attempt to encou...
ALL SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIERS WILL BE VACCINATED BY THE US SAYS PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
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• The South Korean President welcomed this gesture by the US as he said the vaccine partnership would contribute to boosting supplies in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond
• Apart from these global issues, the US President also expressed his love for K-Pop...
US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MEETS HIS SOUTH KOREAN COUNTERPART MOON JAE-IN
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• The US President also announced that he has appointed a special envoy to engage North Korea in dialogue, and he would be meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
• President Biden said that his ultimate goal was the complete denuclearisation of the Korean...
S. KOREAN PRESIDENT ASKS NOT TO “POLITICIZE” COVID-19 VACCINE ISSUE
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- S. Korean President asks not to “politicize” COVID-19 vaccine issue.
- So far around 2.2 million, South Koreans have received coronavirus vaccine shots.
- The govt. announced a contract with Pfizer to purchas...
MOON JAE IN TO HOLD A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMY
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- Moon Jae In to hold a meeting to discuss the country’s economy.
- The Blue House is said to have also invited several South Korean business leaders.
- Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki, Industry Minister Sung Yun-mo is to at...
KARI CONDUCTED ITS FINAL COMBUSTION TESTS ON HOMEGROWN ‘NURI’ ROCKET
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- KARI conducted its final combustion tests on homegrown ‘Nuri’ rocket.
- The rocket is aimed for launch later this year.
- This will be Nuri’s second launch; it aims to carry a 1.5-ton satellite slated for Ma...
OH SE-HOON BECOMES SINGLE OPPOSITION CANDIDATE FOR MAYORSHIP IN SEOUL
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- Oh Se-Hoon becomes single opposition candidate for mayorship in Seoul.
- The ex-Seoul Mayor beat software mogul-turned-politician Ahn Cheol-Soo.
- Oh Se-Hoon is running on the ticket from the main opposition People Power...
KOREA LH OFFICIALS TO BE SUMMONED FOR ALLEGATIONS OF LAND SPECULATIONS
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- Korea LH officials to be summoned for allegations of land speculations.
- Around 20 employees of Korea LH are currently under investigation.
- LH employees are said to have used insider information to purchase land in two cit...
S. KOREAN PRESIDENT INSPECTS SPECIAL SYRINGES FOR COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
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- S. Korean President inspects special syringes for COVID-19 vaccinations.
- The President also conducted a roundtable meeting with representatives of PoongLim Pharmatech Inc.
- PoongLim produces special “low dead space&r...
US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, MOON JAE-IN AGREE TO BOLSTER US-SOUTH KOREA ALLIANCE
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• Joe Biden and Moon Jae-in have agreed to boost the alliance of two countries and work hand-in-hand to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula
• Moon Jae-in said that he and the US President pledged to further upgrade the ROK-US alliance
• Mo...
S. KOREA AND U.S PRESIDENT’S DISCUSSED ABOUT NORTH KOREA AND MORE
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- S. Korea and U.S President’s discussed about North Korea and more.
- The leaders of the country decided to draw up a joint "comprehensive" strategy on North Korea.
- The leaders shared the view of improved Seo...