Health Feb 25 In effort to stop virus’ spread, countries limit travel Police manned checkpoints in quarantined towns, governments issued travel warnings and more flights were suspended Tuesday as officials desperately sought to stop the seemingly inevitable spread of a new virus.
Health Feb 24 WATCH: WHO addresses spread of COVID-19 in Europe, Mideast The number of people sickened by the novel coronavirus has topped 79,000 globally.
Health Feb 22 Infections climb in South Korea as world fights virus South Korea reported an eight-fold jump in viral infections Saturday with more than 400 cases mostly linked to a church and a hospital, and the death toll in Iran climbed to six in the wake of a new virus that…
Health Feb 20 South Korea reports 1st virus death The death was the ninth confirmed from the virus outside mainland China. Other deaths have occurred in France, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan.
Arts Feb 19 ‘Parasite’ director says he’s happy that a story about wealth inequality found fans Bong told reporters that the movie's story has not only "funny, comic" elements but also "bitter, painful natures" of the disparity between the haves and have-nots in modern society.
Health Feb 05 Novel coronavirus unknowns complicate quarantines around the world With important details about the illness and how it spreads still unknown, officials and medical personnel are struggling.
World Dec 31 North Korea leader promises look at new weapon soon Kim Jong Un has accused the Trump administration of dragging its feet in nuclear negotiations and warned that his country will soon show a new strategic weapon to the world as its bolsters its nuclear deterrent in face of “gangster-like”…
World Dec 14 North Korea conducts another test at long-range rocket site North Korea said Saturday that it successfully performed another “crucial test” at its long-range rocket launch site that will further strengthen its nuclear deterrent.
World Dec 09 North Korea calls Trump ‘erratic old man’ over tweets about Kim Jong Un A senior North Korean official said in a statement that his country wouldn’t cave in to U.S. pressure because it has nothing to lose and accused the Trump administration of attempting to buy time ahead of an end-of-year deadline set…
World Oct 02 North Korea fires missile days before resuming talks with U.S. Japan lodged an immediate protest, saying the missile landed inside its exclusive economic zone.