Israel will deliver about 700,000 expiring doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine to South Korea later this month, and South Korea will give Israel back the same number, already on order from Pfizer, in September and October, Trend reports citi…
SEOUL– Colin Crooks, the British ambassador to North Korea, has been appointed to serve as South Korea’s top envoy from next year, the British foreign office said Tuesday.Crooks will replace Simon Smith, who will retire from the diplomatic service, in…
SEOUL– South Korea will receive 700,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine by Pfizer Inc. from Israel under an exchange deal, health authorities here said Tuesday.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said the expiring COVID-19 vaccine …
SEOUL– The Seoul metropolitan government said Tuesday it will ban drinking at Han River parks every night between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. starting the next day.The ban was announced Sunday as part of the central government’s toughened social distancing gui…
SEOUL– South Korea’s ICT ministry said Tuesday the country reported 78 ransomware attacks in the first half of the year in the latest sign of growing cyberattacks.Ransomware is a type of malware that holds a target’s data hostage or locks up its syste…
SEOUL– The South Korean baseball club Hanwha Eagles announced Tuesday they’ve acquired former major league hitter Hernan Perez, hoping the versatile player can inject some energy into the last-place team.Perez has signed for US$300,000 in guaranteed s…
SEOUL– A group of Russians left North Korea en masse last week after living in the country for the past several years, Russia’s Embassy in Pyongyang said.Photos released on the embassy’s Facebook page on Tuesday showed dozens of Russians waving as the…
SEOUL– The South Korean football club Jeju United said Tuesday one of their players has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.The K League 1 club said the player received his test on Monday after showing related symptoms, and the result came back …