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Biden, South Korean President Moon Jae-in meet on North Korean diplomacy

WASHINGTON (AP) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in is hoping Friday's White House meeting with President Joe Biden will lead to renewed diplomatic urgency by the U.S. on curbing North Korea’s nuclear program.

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Biden awards Medal of Honor to 94-year-old Korean War veteran

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will award his first Medal of Honor this week to a retired colonel for acts of bravery during the Korean War, the White House announced Wednesday.Biden will bestow the nation's most prestigious military honor on retired Col. Ralph Puckett Jr., who held Hill 205, a strategic position near Unsan, over two days in November 1950 while fighting off numerous attacks during the battle in which he endured multiple wounds.South Korean President Moon Jae-in will attend the ceremony, the White House said.

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South Korea’s fix for Covid-19 vaccine shortages: Ask U.S. for a swap

SEOUL: South Korea has a wealthy-country solution to alleviate its delayed rollout of Covid-19 vaccines: propose a swap with the U.S., which has one of the world’s biggest supplies.With its president visiting the White House on Friday, South Korea is expected to suggest an exchange of millions of doses on a one-for-one basis: The U.S. provides vaccinations now from its growing pile of unused shots.

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South Korea's Moon to nudge Biden on North Korea diplomacy

South Korean President Moon Jae-in is hoping Friday's White House meeting with President Joe Biden will lead to renewed diplomatic urgency by the U.S. on curbing North Korea’s nuclear program. The White House, however, is signaling that it is taking a longer view on one of the most difficult foreign policy challenges Biden faces.

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Samsung thrives as Seoul mulls pardon of corporate heir

SEOUL – Pressure is mounting on South Korean President Moon Jae-in to pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, who is back in prison after his conviction in a massive corruption scandal, even though business has rarely looked better at South Korea’s largest company.

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Biden to host South Korea's president in late May

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will host South Korean President Moon Jae-in for meetings in the second half of May, the White House announced Thursday.

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North Korea will not go to Olympics over Covid-19 fears

North Korea will not attend this year's Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pyongyang's sports ministry has said.

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Moon: South Korea, Japan must look to future to improve ties

SEOUL – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that his government is eager for talks with Japan to improve relations following years of bitter feuding over historical grievances, adding that those unresolved issues should not stand in the way of developing “future-oriented” ties.

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S. Korean sexual slavery survivor wants UN court judgment

SEOUL – A South Korean woman who was sexually enslaved by Japan’s World War II military called for the leaders of both countries to settle an impasse over the issue by seeking judgment from the International Court of Justice.

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Moon, Biden agree to work on joint North Korea strategy

SEOUL – The South Korean and U.S. presidents agreed on the need for a comprehensive strategy on North Korea as they push to work together to achieve denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, officials said.

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Moon urges Biden to learn from Trump's N. Korea diplomacy

SEOUL – South Korea's president on Monday urged the incoming Biden administration to build upon the achievements and learn from the failures of President Donald Trump's diplomatic engagement with North Korea.A dovish liberal and the son of northern war refugees, Moon Jae-in had lobbied hard to help set up Trump’s three summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but their diplomacy stalemated over disagreements over easing crippling U.S.-led sanctions for the North’s disarmament.Biden has accused Trump of chasing the spectacle of summits rather than meaningful curbs on the North’s nuclear capabilities. North Korea has a history of staging weapons tests and other provocations to test new U.S.

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South Korea among several nations eyeing lockdowns

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea has been hailed as a model for other countries, using extensive testing and tracing to keep COVID-19 cases low.

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World leaders talking to Biden about the virus, other issues

World leaders spoke to President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday about cooperating on the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and other issues, even as President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede complicates the U.S. post-election transition.In his conversations with key Asian allies, Biden seemed intent on easing their uncertainties about a less-engaged Washington, which built up during the four years of Trump’s “America First” approach.A look at their conversations:SOUTH KOREA: The office of South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Biden during their 14-minute call reaffirmed the U.S.

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North Korea ‘greatly sorry’ for killing South Korean over coronavirus concerns

North Korea expressed regret on Friday over the death of a missing South Korean, saying it shot him as part of measures to battle the coronavirus, the South’s national security adviser said.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in saying the incident should not have happened, the official told a briefing.

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The Republic of Korea and WHO sign new Memorandum of Understanding, committing US$ 6 million in COVID-19 PCR test kits for 24 countries in the African region

On 14 August Korean Ambassador, Ms Ji-ah Paik and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with WHO in support of the Organization’s COVID-19 response efforts in the African region. The new MoU follows a recent call between Dr Tedros and Mr Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea, during which WHO Director-General expressed the need for additional support to scale up the COVID-19 response in the African region.

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Coronavirus: Thousands in South Korea protest against leader despite COVID-19 warning

Thousands of demonstrators in Seoul protested against South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s policies on Saturday, after a spike in new COVID-19 cases prompted authorities to re-impose tighter social distancing restrictions in the city.

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Bill Gates sees South Korea covid vaccine promise

coronavirus vaccine kits by next June, the Microsoft Corp. co-founder said in a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in.Gates is seeking to cooperate closely with South Korea, the presidential office in Seoul said Sunday, citing the July 20 letter.

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South's unification minister resigns as Korean tensions rise

SEOUL – South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday accepted the resignation of his point man on North Korea, who had asked to quit after the North destroyed a liaison office while ramping up pressure against Seoul amid stalled nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration. Kim Yeon-chul, whom Moon appointed as unification minister in April last year as talks between the Trump administration and Pyongyang began falling apart, leaves the job without having a single meeting with the North Koreans.

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S Korea's leader calls on North to stop raising tensions

SEOUL – South Korea’s president called on North Korea to stop raising animosities and return to talks, saying Monday the rivals must not reverse the peace deals that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reached during 2018 summits. President Moon Jae-in’s efforts to defuse rising animosities came as North Korea threatened Friday to destroy a liaison office and take unspecified military steps against South Korea.

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South Korea’s coronavirus success story threatened by surge of new infections

South Korea was celebrating its hard-won gains against the coronavirus, easing social distancing, reopening schools and promoting a tech-driven anti- virus campaign President Moon Jae-in has called “K-quarantine.”But a resurgence of infections in the Seoul region where half of South Korea’s 51 million people live is threatening the country’s success story and prompting health authorities to warn that action must be taken now to stop a second wave.South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday reported 45 new cases, a daily rise that has been fairly consistent since late May.

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Resurgence of virus threatens South Korea's success story

SEOUL – Just weeks ago, South Korea was celebrating its hard-won gains against the coronavirus, easing social distancing, reopening schools and promoting a tech-driven anti-virus campaign President Moon Jae-in has called “K-quarantine.”But a resurgence of infections in the Seoul region where half of South Korea’s 51 million people live is threatening the country’s success story and prompting health authorities to warn that action must be taken now to stop a second wave.South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday reported 45 fresh cases of infection, a daily rise that has been fairly consistent since late May.

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South Korea's Moon warns of covid-19 second wave as cases rebound

SEOUL : South Korea warned of a second wave of the new coronavirus on Sunday as infections rebounded to a one-month high, just as the authorities were starting to ease some pandemic restrictions.

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The Latest: South Korea reiterates proposal to North Korea

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

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Asia Today: South Korea, China report rise in infections

SEOUL – South Korea on Sunday reported 34 additional cases of the coronavirus amid a spate of infections linked to clubgoers, as President Moon Jae-in urged calm saying “there’s no reason to stand still out of fear."

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North Korea's Kim 'alive and well': Seoul

Conjecture about Kim's health has grown since his conspicuous absence from the April 15 celebrations for the birthday of his grandfather Kim Il Sung, the North's founder -- the most important day in the country's political calendar

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Kim Jong-un ‘alive and well’ claims South Korean official hours after death rumours

A South Korean official has today claimed Kim Jong-un is "alive and well" amid rumours that the North Korean leader might be gravely ill, incapacitated or even dead.

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Kim Jong-un ‘alive, well and staying at holiday resort’ claims South Korean official

Kim Jong-un is ‘alive, well and staying at holiday resort’, a South Korean official has said following rumours of his death.

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Coronavirus: Japan sees rise in infections as new cases drop in South Korea

South Korea reported just eight more cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, the first time a daily increase has dropped to single digits in about two months.

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For 1st time in 2 months, South Korea’s new coronavirus cases drop to single digits

South Korea on Sunday reported single digit new coronavirus cases for the first day in two months with eight new infections.

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South Korean ruling party wins vote held amid virus fears

SEOUL – The ruling liberal party secured a resounding victory in South Korea’s parliamentary elections, which had the highest turnout in nearly three decades despite the coronavirus sickening thousands and forcing social distancing at polling places.

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South Korea’s COVID-19 measures land president Moon’s party a massive election victory

South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s ruling party won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections, results on Thursday showed, a landslide victory propelled by successes in the country’s efforts to contain the new coronavirus.

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South Koreans vote in national elections amid virus fears

SEOUL – South Korean voters wore masks and moved slowly between lines of tape at polling stations on Wednesday to elect lawmakers in the shadows of the spreading coronavirus.

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Bono Working To Obtain COVID-19 Medical Supplies For Ireland: ‘A Time For Action Rather Than Words’

Bono is reaching out to some of the world’s most powerful people as he mobilizes against COVID-19.

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Bono helps Ireland to obtain urgent coronavirus medical supplies

"It feels like a time for action rather than words"

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Bono asks South Korean President for PPE and medical equipment for Ireland

U2 frontman Bono has written to South Korean President Moon Jae-in asking for assistance with tackling the Covid-19 outbreak in Ireland, according to the president's office.

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Bono begs South Korea President Moon Jae-in to help Ireland overcome coronavirus

Bono has pleaded with South Korea President Moon Jae-in to support Irleand as they battle to beat the coronavirus

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0