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Seoul, South Korea (AFP) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent his “warmest congratulations” to Chinese President Xi Jinping on securing a third term as head of China’s ruling Communist Party, state media reported Sunday. The unusually prompt report from Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency came after the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee elected Xi as its general secretary for another five-year term. “Please accept my warmest congratulations to you upon the glad […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Manny Pacquiao called an exhibition fight in December against a South Korean YouTuber “my comeback to the ring,” saying he wants to show he “is still there in boxing.” The 43-year-old boxing legend retired last year from the sport to make a failed crack at the presidency of his country and is now following in the footsteps of his old rival, Floyd Mayweather, in staging an exhibition bout. The […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – US Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone on a trip to South Korea later this week, the White House said Tuesday. Harris, who is currently in Tokyo to attend the state funeral of assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, will go to the DMZ on Thursday, a White House official said. The move is likely to spark an angry reaction from North Korea, which denounced […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — South Korean K-pop sensations BTS didn’t sing a word but in a White House visit Tuesday to meet President Joe Biden the supergroup’s message against anti-Asian racism came loud and clear. The seven stars, dressed in matching dark suits and ties, with white shirts, joined White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the briefing room podium — a tiny, but powerful stage. The […]
North Korea carried out “another important test” towards the development of a reconnaissance satellite, state media said Sunday, but analysts warned it was a thinly-veiled ballistic missile launch, just days before South Korea elects a new president. From hypersonic to medium-range ballistic missiles, Pyongyang test-fired a string of banned weaponry in January and last week launched what it claimed was a component of a “reconnaissance satellite” — although Seoul described it as another ballistic missile. […]
South Korea on Wednesday reported its first cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant and tightened travel restrictions as fears grew about the strain’s impact on the country’s ongoing Covid surge. Health authorities said Omicron was detected in five people, including a fully vaccinated couple who had visited Nigeria from November 14 to 23, returning two days before the variant was officially reported by South Africa. They tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, and subsequent […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) – UNESCO on Wednesday added 20 new sites in 21 countries to its global network of biosphere reserves, the UN agency’s designation for specially protected regions. New biosphere reserves are designated each year to promote sustainable development, protect terrestrial, marine and coastal ecosystems and encourage conservation. For the first time, Lesotho, Libya and Saudi Arabia joined the list. In Lesotho, the Matseng Biosphere Reserve covers an area of 112,033 hectares in the northern […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Friday, Aug. 20, announced the arrest of two Korean fugitives in Boracay. In a statement, the bureau said Kwon Yongtae, 58 and Im Seung Il, 39 were nabbed in an operation in Barangay Balabag on Aug. 13. The bureau said Kwon has a warrant of arrest issued against him by the Seoul Bukbu District Court in 2012 for fraud. Im, on the other hand, has a standing […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities arrested on Wednesday a Korean national wanted in his country, the Bureau of Immigration said. According to bureau commissioner Jaime Morente, Seo Jungnam, 41, was nabbed in Amor Riverside Anunas, Angeles City, Pampanga by operatives of the bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit. The operation was organized upon receipt of information that Seo was the subject of an Interpol Seoul Notice issued this December. Bureau FSU Chief Bobby Raquepo said Seo was a […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has recently assisted over 100 Filipinos stranded in Korea and brought them back to the Philippines. In a statement, the DFA said the 148 Filipinos stranded due to the “intermittent schedule and frequent cancellation of international flights to Manila” departed from Incheon International Airport via special Korean Air flight KE 623 on June 7 at 6:45 p.m. According to Charge d’Affaires Christian de Jesus, many “finished their employment contracts […]
by Ivan Couronne Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) — Taiwan and South Korea have led the world in digital contact tracing for the COVID-19 pandemic — an example the US with its emphasis on personal privacy and decentralized system of government is unlikely to be able to follow. Instead, states and cities are opting to hire thousands of public health workers who will have to carry out the laborious task of phoning everyone with […]
(Eagle News) — At least 11 South Korean tourists from Daegu City who came to Boracay island are now being monitored by local health officials. The tourists arrived at the Kalibo International Airport on Feb. 25, a day before the Philippine government announced the travel restrictions on certain parts of South Korea due to the rising number of virus infections there. Aside from them, there are 26 Korean tourists from Daegu City who are […]
