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South Korean team in Vienna for talks on debt to Iran
Jan 05, 2022 12:30South Korea says it has sent a delegation to Vienna to hold talks with Iran and other countries over how to resolve the issue of frozen Iranian assets held in the Asian country.
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South Korea seriously harmed by Iran sanctions: Envoy
Dec 21, 2021 06:31South Korea’s ambassador to Iran says the country has suffered badly from more than three years of US sanctions on Iran as he insists that Seoul has been working hard to maintain its trade and energy ties with Iran despite excessive US pressure.
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Hundreds queue for virus tests in South Korea as cases reach record levels
Dec 06, 2021 07:39Hundreds form long lines waiting to be tested for coronavirus as cases reach record highs of more than 5,000 infections daily.
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South Korea reports 3 more Omicron cases
Dec 05, 2021 15:45South Korea on Sunday reported three more Omicron coronavirus variant cases, bringing its total confirmed so far to 12, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.
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Joint US-South Korea-Japan presser cancelled over disputed islands
Nov 18, 2021 12:48A joint press conference in Washington by the deputy foreign ministers of Japan, South Korea, and the US has been canceled over a territorial dispute, with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman being left to answer questions on her own.
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South Korean workers defy ban, rally for fair jobs
Nov 14, 2021 09:14Tens of thousands of workers belonging to South Korea’s largest umbrella labor union rallied on the streets of downtown Seoul, defying a city government ban on their gathering.
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North Korea conducts artillery fire drill after US-South joint exercise
Nov 07, 2021 09:34North Korea has conducted an artillery fire drill to bolster its defense capabilities days after Washington and Seoul kicked off their latest joint military aerial exercise.
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South Korean embassy’s mask donation enrages Iranians as Seoul refuses to release frozen assets
Nov 01, 2021 12:35Iranian social media users have sharply rebuked the South Korean embassy in Tehran over the donation of merely 2,000 face masks to a private Iranian hospital to help protect health personnel and patients against COVID-19, pointing out that the move comes whilst billions of dollars of the Islamic Republic’s funds remain frozen in the East Asian nation’s banks.
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South Korea's launch of first space rocket fails
Oct 22, 2021 09:06President Moon Jae-in has stressed that his administration would press ahead with space projects after South Korea's first domestically built rocket failed to fully place a dummy satellite into orbit.
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North Korea launches new ballistic missile after US-S Korea talks: Seoul
Oct 19, 2021 13:06Seoul says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile off its east coast, shortly after the US and South Korean envoys met in Washington to discuss Pyongyang’s nuclear program.