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FDA issues norovirus warning on frozen oysters from South Korea
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that certain half-shell oysters that are frozen and raw harvested in South ...
North Korean leader furious over failed destroyer launch, vows to arrest those responsible
A statement from North Korea on its handling of the botched launch came after leader Kim Jong Un expressed fury over the ...
She found her daughter after 44 years. Now she's suing Korea's government
The last memory Han Tae-soon has of her daughter as a child is in May 1975, at their home in Seoul. "I was going to the ...
Inside South Korea’s secretive air defence hub that aims to scramble jets in 2 minutes
On Wednesday, local media were given access to the Korea Air and Space Operations Center (KAOC), a highly secured command ...
South Korea vows more policy support, including for drugmakers, as US tariffs weigh
China's CMOC Group , the world's top cobalt mining company, called on Democratic Republic of Congo last week to lift a ban on ...
On This Day: South Korean president dies amid corruption probe
On May 23, 2009, police said South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, 62, linked to a corruption investigation, died in a leap ...
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The US and South Korea just rewrote the rulebook on salvaging a downed F-35
When an F-35A belly-landed in South Korea in 2022, engineers wrote it off. But a novel plan to remove and reattach its wings ...
South Korean shares rise 1% as pharmaceutical stocks jump
South Korea pledged on Wednesday more support measures for key export industries such as biopharmaceuticals and autos, as U.S ...
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South Korea's Female Free Divers May Have Evolved to Thrive Underwater, Study Finds
On Jeju Island, 50 miles south of the Korean peninsula, senior women regularly dive up to 60 feet beneath the ocean’s surface ...