Coronavirus infections growing exponentially, deaths near 50,000: WHO
GENEVA, Apr 2, 2020, AFP. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday (April 1)…
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K-Pop star sorry for coronavirus April fool’s joke
SEOUL, Apr 2, 2020, BBC. K-pop star Kim Jaejoong has apologised for posting on Instagram…
Campaigning for April 15 parliamentary elections begins amid virus outbreak in South Korea
SEOUL, Apr 2, 2020, Yonhap. Official campaigning for the April 15 parliamentary elections kicked off…
Seoul’s ultrafine dust density drops 20 per cent this winter
SEOUL, Apr 1, 2020, Yonhap. Seoul’s ultrafine dust particles decreased 20 percent this winter, thanks…
Indonesia’s migrant workers urged not to return home as Widodo declares state of emergency
JAKARTA, Mar 31, 2020, SCMP. Migrant workers from West Java, Indonesia’s most populous province, have…
US spies find coronavirus spread in China, North Korea, Russia and Iran hard to chart
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 31, 2020, Reuters. As US spy agencies seek to assemble a precise…
S. Korea to begin new school year with online classes on Apr 9
SEOUL, Mar 31, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea said Tuesday it will begin the new school…
Pandemic may see 11 million driven into poverty in East Asia and Pacific: World Bank
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 31, 2020, The Straits Times. In a bad case scenario, East Asia…
[Analytics] G20 leaders fail to step up
A US$1 trillion increase in the IMF’s crisis-fighting war chest, US$5 trillion in coordinated fiscal…
N. Korea fired missiles from launcher similar to one unveiled last year: S. Korea’s military
SEOUL, Mar 30, 2020, Yonhap. A super-large multiple rocket launcher that North Korea claimed to…
Japan to ban arrivals from US, China, S. Korea, most of Europe
TOKYO, Mar 30, 2020, Kyodo. Japan is planning to place an entry ban on foreigners…
N. Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles into East Sea
SEOUL, Mar 29, 2020, Yonhap. North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic…