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North Korea's acting envoy to Kuwait has defected to South Korea: lawmaker
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's acting ambassador to Kuwait has defected to South Korea, the latest in a recent string of high-profile escapes from the isolated country, a South Korean lawmaker said on Monday.
Exclusive: WHO plans slew of COVID-19 vaccine approvals for global rollout - document
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to approve several COVID-19 vaccines from Western and Chinese manufacturers in the coming weeks and months, an internal document seen by Reuters shows, as it aims for rapid rollouts in poorer countries.
North Korea cracks down on foreign media, speaking styles
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is imposing stiff fines or prison for anyone caught enjoying South Korean entertainment or copying the way South Koreans speak as leader Kim Jong Un steps up a war on outside influences and calls for better homegrown entertainment.
South Korea may secure additional COVID-19 vaccines from Novavax, Moon says
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea may secure additional coronavirus vaccines for 20 million people from U.S. drugmaker Novavax Inc, President Moon Jae-in said, according to a statement from the presidential office on Wednesday.
South Korea's Moon taps ex-adviser as foreign minister in bid to revive North Korea talks
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's president on Wednesday nominated a former national security adviser who played a bridging role in an unprecedented summit between North Korea and the United States in 2018 as the country's next foreign minister.
Doctors cast doubt on South Korea's coronavirus herd immunity goal
SEOUL (Reuters) - Medical experts say the South Korea governent is not taking the steps necessary to achieve its goal of reaching herd immunity to the coronavirus through mass vaccinations by November.
South Korea's Moon urges Biden admin to follow up on Kim, Trump summit
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden should hold talks with North Korea to build on progress that President Donald Trump had made with leader Kim Jong Un.
Japan PM Suga: Will exhaust all means to protect pandemic-hit medical system
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday his government will take all possible measures to protect the country's medical system, as hospitals creak under the strain of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two U.S. military bases in South Korea shelter in place as coronavirus curbs extended nationwide
SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. Forces in Korea (USFK) said on Saturday it has imposed a shelter-in-place order on two of its largest bases - U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan and Camp Humphreys - until Tuesday after a cluster of coronavirus infections.
Over 160 Mongolian nationals return home from S. Korea amid pandemic
ULAN BATOR, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- A passenger plane chartered by the Mongolian government to repatriate its nationals from South Korea amid the COVID-19 pandemic arrived on Friday, according to Mongolia's State Emergency Commission (SEC).
