March 18, 2021 Scientists in US, Canada gear up for battle against murder hornets Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are opening new fronts in the war against so-called murder hornets as the giant insects begin establishing nests this spring.
March 18, 2021 Biden defense secretary warns US forces ready to 'fight tonight' after North Korea warning Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday warned North Korea that U.S. forces are ready to "fight tonight" after the dictatorship condemned military drills taking place in South Korea.
March 8, 2021 South Korea finds no ties between COVID-19 vaccine and deaths: report South Korea on Monday announced it found no association between eight recent deaths and the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, according to a report.
March 8, 2021 Harvard professor ignites uproar over 'comfort women' claims Hundreds of scholars have condemned the article, with both North and South Korea expressing outrage at the claims.
March 8, 2021 Rep. Michelle Steel: International Women’s Day – Rewriting ‘comfort women' history worsens horrors of abuse Harvard Professor J. Mark Ramseyer wrote an article – “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War” – about Korean comfort women that was criticized by individuals, organizations and groups around the world as factually inaccurate and misleading
February 22, 2021 Harvard Medical School study claims slavery reparations would have mitigated coronavirus spread Researchers from Harvard Medical School are claiming that slavery reparations would have helped limit the spread of COVID-19 for Black people in the U.S.
February 19, 2021 South Korea hotel apologizes for exposing nude sauna guests to outside world The operators of a hotel on South Korea’s Jeju Island are apologizing to guests after a honeymooning couple discovered that the windows in its second-floor sauna facilities — which were advertised as having mirrored, one-way glass— did not have mirrored, one-way glass at all.
February 17, 2021 North Korean defector in diving gear swims to South Korea, military says A North Korean man in diving gear swam to South Korea on Tuesday in an apparent bid to defect from Kim Jong Un's Hermit Kingdom, the South Korean military said Wednesday.
February 16, 2021 North Korea attempted to hack Pfizer for coronavirus vaccine information: report North Korean hackers tried breaking into the computer systems of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to access information on a coronavirus vaccine, South Korea's spy agency said Tuesday, according to a South Korean lawmaker and multiple reports.
February 3, 2021 Georgia couple reunited with pet cat lost in South Korea for months A U.S. Army medic and his wife were able to find the cat thanks to Facebook groups for the Camp Humphreys community.
