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A new coronavirus study conducted in Korea suggests that those who test positive for coronavirus after recovering from the initial onset of the virus are no longer infectious. The study, released by the Korean CDC on Monday night, showed that 285 patients who still tested positive for the coronavirus despite apparently recovering were unable to …

Homophobia has surged in South Korea after a coronavirus outbreak in the country’s capital was linked to ‘gay clubs’. A 29-year-old man thought to be at the epicentre of the latest cluster was tracked by authorities after going to a number of nightclubs in Itaewon, Seoul. He went out on Friday, May 1, and tested positive for the Covid-19 …

Amid speculation about his three-week absence from public life, South Korea said Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not undergo surgery or another medical procedure over that period. “Our assessment is that (Kim) did not undergo surgery,” a South Korean official told reporters. North Korean state media released footage of Kim, 36, …

No one knows. There are unconfirmed media reports that the North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un may be incapacitated or even dead following a medical emergency, possibly heart surgery. Both the South Korean and U.S. governments have said they do not believe anything is amiss, but Kim’s failure to appear in public since April 11 …

South Korea is confident that “there is nothing unusual” about the situation in North Korea, following reports that its leader Kim Jong-un is dead or gravely ill, a senior South Korean official said Sunday. “Our government has enough information-gathering capabilities to say confidently that there is nothing unusual” about Kim’s status, Kim Yeon-chul, South Korea’s …

China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader. Reuters was unable to immediately determine what …

Exhibition games begin Tuesday — in South Korea. There will be no spectators. Umpires will be wearing masks. Players will have their temperatures taken as they enter the stadiums. There even are supposed to be rules forbidding spitting and licking fingers. But the third-best league in the world after MLB and Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball …

A man watches footage of a news report on North Korea firing an unidentified projectile, in Seoul, South Korea, March 9, 2020. South Korea said its northern neighbor launched cruise missiles and conducted training exercises with fighter jets on Tuesday — North Korea’s first use of cruise missiles since June 2017 and a significant military …

Hapless trolls learned the hard way not to trash the multi-Oscar-winning movie “Parasite” with their complaints about it being a Korean language film with subtitles. The streaming service Hulu, which made “Parasite” available to stream on Wednesday, crafted the perfect clapback to critics who slammed the darkly comic tale of class conflict, directed by Bong …

K-pop star Jaejoong is facing the music online after a tone-deaf April Fools’ Day prank. The JYJ band member apologized Wednesday for an egregious gag on Instagram in which he falsely claimed that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, much to the chagrin of his devastated fans. He characterized the harebrained stunt as a …