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North Korea blows up liaison office on its side of border...

Inter-Korean liaison office was established in 2018 as part of a series of projects aimed at reducing tensions between the two Koreas

North Korea warns of retaliatory actions over defectors in South

Pyongyang is manufacturing a crisis and bullying Seoul to get what it wants, says senior International Crisis Group advisor

Gangnam smile: North Korean defector wins South Korea’s swankiest seat

Defector groups have complained that Moon's administration has suppressed anti-Pyongyang activism while pursuing reconciliation with the Kim regime

World faces shortage of medical equipment to fight coronavirus

World Health Organization warns of price gouging for protective equipment and asks for an increase production as death toll from virus mounts

Coronavirus prompts Church in South Korea to suspend Mass for first...

Move follows outbreak at branch of the secretive Shincheonji Church of Jesus

Ash Wednesday observance in Asia spooked by coronavirus

Fears of the spread of coronavirus led church leaders across the region to suspend Ash Wednesday rituals

South Korea to test all members of Shincheonji Church at center...

Some 60 percent of cases in South Korea have been linked to the outbreak at a branch of the church in the city of Daegu

Global spread of coronavirus raises pandemic fears

Outside mainland China where it originated late last year, the outbreak has spread to some 28 other countries and territories, with a death toll of around two dozen

South Korea coronavirus cases surge, majority linked to Daegu church

The church at the centre of the outbreak is a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a religious movement founded in 1984 by South Korean Lee Man-hee, who has about 500,000 followers

Branch of Shincheonji Church at center of virus outbreak in South...

Hundreds of people are believed to have attended church services with ‘Patient 31’ in recent weeks

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