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South Korean activist group floats anti-Kim leaflets to North amid rising tensions

June 23, 2020

South Korean activist group floats anti-Kim leaflets to North amid rising tensions

South Korean activists say they launched balloons carrying hundreds of thousands of leaflets across the border with North Korea on Tuesday amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Trump explains rally comment on slowing down COVID-19 testing in Fox News interview

June 23, 2020

Trump explains rally comment on slowing down COVID-19 testing in Fox News interview

In an expansion of what became a highly controversial comment at President Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa, Ok. on Saturday, Trump explained in an interview airing Tuesday that he had been hyperbolically jesting about a COVID-19 testing "slow down."

South Korea's unification minister resigns amid rising tensions with North

June 19, 2020

South Korea's unification minister resigns amid rising tensions with North

The minister resigns as relations between the two countries continue to collapse.

North Korea: Redeploying troops, resuming military exercises at inter-Korean cooperation sites

June 17, 2020

North Korea: Redeploying troops, resuming military exercises at inter-Korean cooperation sites

North Korea said Wednesday it will redeploy troops to now-shuttered inter-Korean cooperation sites, reinstall guard posts and resume military exercises at front-line areas, nullifying the landmark tension-reducing deals reached with South Korea just two years ago.

Chris Wallace says North Korea's destruction of liason office indicates nuke talks 'have basically collapsed'

June 16, 2020

Chris Wallace says North Korea's destruction of liason office indicates nuke talks 'have basically collapsed'

"Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace told "Your World" Tuesday that negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea over the status of the totalitarian regime's nuclear program "seem to have basically collapsed."

North Korea blows up South Korea liaison office: Seoul

June 16, 2020

North Korea blows up South Korea liaison office: Seoul

South Korea said Tuesday that North Korea’s military demolished an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the tense Korean border, only days after the Hermit Kingdom threatened a "tragic scene" at the site.

Black Lives Matter banner hung at US Embassy in South Korea ordered down

June 15, 2020

Black Lives Matter banner hung at US Embassy in South Korea ordered down

A massive "Black Lives Matter" banner that had been draped on the outside of the U.S. embassy in South Korea since Saturday was removed Monday after President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo purportedly complained about it, multiple news outlets reported.

Passengers with COVID-19 flew on flights to LAX, public not warned: report

June 15, 2020

Passengers with COVID-19 flew on flights to LAX, public not warned: report

A Manhattan surgeon infected with the coronavirus reportedly flew on a cross-country flight from New York to Los Angeles back in mid-March, resulting in the virus unknowingly spreading to others, who later died, according to a report.

US Embassy in Seoul supports protests with Black Lives Matter banner

June 14, 2020

US Embassy in Seoul supports protests with Black Lives Matter banner

The banner is another rare form of social support from the embassy.

South Korea study finds coronavirus risk factors for severe disease

June 11, 2020

South Korea study finds coronavirus risk factors for severe disease

Risk factors included diabetes, high body temperature and cardiac injury, among others, study authors wrote.