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Thu, April 2, 2020 | 13:00

[Reporter's notebook] Defense cost-sharing talks forgotten amid virus fear

[Reporter's notebook] Defense cost-sharing talks forgotten amid virus fear

A year has passed since South Korea and the United States agreed on their defense cost-sharing for 2019. But talks for this year's cost-sharing that were supposed to be finished before 2020 started, show no end in sight with the two sides failing to narrow their difference during the past six rounds of negotiations.

Jung Da-min | 2020-02-10 16:33

2 income families left scrambling over daycare shutdown

2 income families left scrambling over daycare shutdown

Working parents, who send their children to daycare centers or kindergartens before beginning their workday, have met problems as an increasing number of childcare institutes have been closed amid public fears over the spread of the new coronavirus.

Jun Ji-hye | 2020-02-09 17:26

Korea to send third evacuation flight for Wuhan residents

S. Korea pushes to send 3rd evacuation plane to Wuhan

South Korea is pushing to send its third chartered flight to the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan to bring home its citizens from the locked-down city, government sources said Friday.

2020-02-07 21:33

S. Korea confirms 24th case of coronavirus

'Xi's visit remains unchanged'

'Xi's visit remains unchanged'

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Korea in the first half of 2020 is still expected to go ahead despite the outbreak of a new coronavirus in China.

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-02-06 17:24

Moon's distress deepens over 'China dilemma'

China can bring coronavirus under control 'in 10 days,' Chinese envoy says

China can bring coronavirus under control 'in 10 days,' Chinese envoy says

Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming claims the Chinese government can bring the deadly new coronavirus under control in 10 days. Citing “the best scientists responding to the virus in China,” Xing told reporters Thursday that the situation will improve “in seven to 10 days,” before meeting high-ranking foreign ministry officials at the government complex in Seoul, ...

Jung Min-ho | 2020-02-06 15:36

Moon's distress deepens over 'China dilemma'

Moon's distress deepens over 'China dilemma'

The spread of the new coronavirus from Hubei Province, China, is posing a possible hindrance to bilateral relations between Seoul and Beijing.

Do Je-hae | 2020-02-05 17:02

Chinese envoy calls for mutual cooperation on coronavirus

Chinese envoy calls for mutual cooperation on coronavirus

The new Chinese ambassador to Korea said Tuesday Korea and China need to understand and help each other to tackle the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak. However, he indirectly criticized the Korean government's decision to ban the entry of foreign nationals who have traveled to China's Hubei Province within the past 14 days, stressing that an entry ban should be based on sc...

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-02-04 16:57

Coronavirus: Expert urges gov't to close border with China immediately

Chinese envoy: Korea should listen to WHO in fight against coronavirus

Chinese envoy: Korea should listen to WHO in fight against coronavirus

New Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming called Tuesday for countries to make a "scientific" decision to fight a deadly new coronavirus in line with the U.N. health agency's recommendations against unnecessary travel restrictions. Stressing Beijing's "capability and resolve" to combat the virus that emerged late last year in the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei Provin...

2020-02-04 11:40

Coronavirus: Expert urges gov't to close border with China immediately

Moon reaffirms support for China in epidemic

Moon reaffirms support for China in epidemic

President Moon Jae-in has reaffirmed the need for close cooperation with China to overcome the coronavirus outbreak which started in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The President also explained that Seoul's entry ban of people who have visited Hubei Province was an “inevitable measure” amid the mounting public concern here about the spread of the epidemic.

Do Je-hae | 2020-02-03 17:19

New Chinese ambassador wearing mask arrives in Seoul

New Chinese ambassador wearing mask arrives in Seoul

New Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming pledged Thursday to strive hard for the "great" development of relations between the two countries amid their efforts to address lingering tensions over the installation of a U.S. missile defense system here. Xing, a former Chinese ambassador to Mongolia, made the remarks upon arriving in South Korea to fill the ambassadorial...

2020-01-31 10:31

368 Korean evacuees from Wuhan sent to two state-run facilities

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