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The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported that 861 people were admitted to 220 hospitals nationwide for Covid-19 during the first week of August, the highest number since early February, according to Yonhap news agency.

Says new launchers will give frontline units 'overwhelming' firepower over South, calls for his country to brace for prolonged confrontation with US

Team headed by Chief Minster Revanth Reddy, Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu leaves for US, South Korea to attract investments

Indian pair defeated South Koreans 16-10 to earn the country its second medal at quadrennial showpiece

Raises worries about security of key Seoul facilities

This comes two days after the South restarted blaring anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border

Ri's defection is the latest in a series of defections by North Korean diplomats in South Korea in recent years

Warning comes after Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, claims "dirty leaflets and things" discovered in border region

South Korea conducts live-fire drills along its disputed western sea boundary — its first since it suspended a 2018 agreement with North aimed at reducing frontline military tensions in early June

Fire began after batteries exploded as workers were examining and packaging them, says official

Putin, who will be making his first visit to North Korea in 24 years, said he highly appreciates its firm support of his invasion of Ukraine

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said around 20 to 30 North Korean soldiers crossed the military demarcation line that bisects countries

Rivals embroiled in Cold War-style campaigns such as balloon launches and propaganda broadcasts

Comes after Kim Jong Un's influential sister, Kim Yo Jong warned Seoul to halt propaganda broadcasts across their tense border

Statement by Kim Yo-jong came after the South resumed propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts toward the North for the first time in six years

Move is certain to anger North Korea, potentially prompt it to take retaliatory military steps

Alliance launched in response to drug supply shortages experienced during Covid-19 pandemic

This comes after Pyongyang launched hundreds of large balloons filled with trash and manure into South Korea and days after an unsuccessful military spy satellite rocket launch by the North Korean capital.

Hyderabad tennis player Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty recorded an upset victory over sixth-seed Ya-Hsuan Lee of Taiwan in the first round singles event of the ITF Women World Tennis Tour W35 ($25000) tennis tournament.

Instant noodle exports, or "ramyeon," hit $108.6 million in April, a 46.8 percent increase from the previous year, marking the fastest growth since May 2022, according to the Korea Customs Service (KCS).