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By Hyonhee Shin and Sangmi ChaSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired two short-range missiles off the east coast into the sea on Monday, resuming testing after a three-month pause, South Korea's military said.The missiles were launched from the eastern coastal city of Wonsan and flew 240 km (149 miles) and…

Seoul (AFP) - South Korea reported its biggest surge in new coronavirus cases on Saturday as concerns grew of a possible epidemic in the United States and the World Health Organization raised its risk alert to its highest level.The virus has rapidly spread across the world in the past week,…

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw military drills on Friday, state media KCNA said, a rare public outing amid efforts to prevent an outbreak of the coronavirus in the isolated country. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a drill by a unit of the Korean…

Bernie Sanders heads into Tuesday night's debate as the current frontrunner in hte Democratic primary, his rivals are stepping up their attacks against the Vermont senator. "We've trained our eyes on him," one Michael Bloomberg campaign aide told POLITICO.On Monday, his opponents released a barrage of criticism in the form…

Key point: The need to properly secure the country’s weapons of mass destruction will necessitate an invasion of North Korea, much of which will come by sea.In the event of a conflict on the Korean Peninsula, U.S. and South Korean forces will root and and destroy the regime of Kim Jong-un.…

Thae Yong-ho has declared a run for a seat in South Korea’s National Assembly.February 19, 2020, 3:53 PM7 min readSEOUL, South Korea -- A high-level North Korean official who defected to South Korea in 2016 plans to run for a seat in South Korea’s National Assembly elections this April. If…

By Sangmi ChaSEOUL (Reuters) - A group of North Korean refugees launched a political party in South Korea on Tuesday, aiming to give a voice to the 33,500 defectors living in the South and oppose conciliation with Pyongyang."We were always considered minorities and aliens," said Kim Joo-il, secretary-general of the…

Pyongyang claims that North Korea has no cases of coronavirus, having closed its border with China and suspended all tourism. Experts are skeptical, reports the Daily Mirror, and South Korean media claims that an official returning from China was executed on the spot after it was learned he visited a…

Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg pauses as he speaks during the New Hampshire Youth Climate and Clean Energy Town Hall, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Associated PressFormer Mayor Pete Buttigieg declined to answer numerous questions about his positions on leading foreign…

Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg pauses as he speaks during the New Hampshire Youth Climate and Clean Energy Town Hall, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Associated Press Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg declined to answer numerous questions about his positions on…