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Yoon to watch live broadcast of space rocket launch

Korea's homegrown space rocket, Nuri, is transported to a launch pad at Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, southwestern Korea, one day before the country is expected to launch the rocket, also known as the KSLV-II, for the third time, in this photo provided by the state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute, May 23. YonhapPresident Yoon Suk Yeol will watch a live broadcast of the launch of Korea's homegrown space rocket Nuri on Wednesday, his office said.Yoon will watch the launch from the presidential office together with his aides, officials from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and students interested in space science.The 200-ton Nuri is set to blast off from Naro Space Center in the country's southern coastal village of Goheung at around 6:24 p.m. to put eight satellites into orbit. (Yonhap)

May 24, 2023
Yoon to watch live broadcast of space rocket launch
  • Nuri space rocket ready for third launch

Korean space rocket positioned on launch pad on eve of liftoff

Korea's space rocket Nuri is erected at the launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, May 23, in this photo provided by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute. YonhapKorea on Tuesday positioned its homegrown space rocket Nuri on the launch pad at the Naro Space Center, a day ahead of its liftoff to send multiple satellites into orbit.Nuri, also known as KSLV-II, reached the launch pad about an hour and a half after it left an assembly building at 7:20 a.m. and was erected at the launch pad at the space center in the southern coastal village of Goheung, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).They said officials will undergo prelaunch checks in the afternoon and wrap up the process around 7 p.m.The science ministry and KARI will hold a launch management committee meeting later in the day to decide whether to proceed with Wednesday's scheduled launch.The liftoff ― Nuri's third launch ― is likely to take place at 6:24 p.m. Wednesday, but the time could change, the ministry said.In June last year, Korea s

May 23, 2023
Korean space rocket positioned on launch pad on eve of liftoff

Korea to raise number of quarantinable diseases from 11 to 20

Visitors arriving from the Chinese city of Shenyang are guided toward a PCR test center at Incheon International Airport in this Jan. 6 photo. NewsisNew measures seek to stem influx of infectious diseases By Jun Ji-hyeThe government will nearly double the number of infectious diseases subject to quarantine at airports and seaports and enhance monitoring to increase its ability to stem the spread of contagious illnesses.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced, Monday, that it will gradually increase the number of quarantinable infectious diseases to about 20 from the current 11 by adding some 10 new illnesses, including dengue fever and measles. The current list includes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and the Ebola virus. The government will also expand infrastructure to house and monitor suspected cases, and secure relevant manpower operating year-round. These are a part of the government's new quarantine measures that will be in effect until 2027. The measures come as the number of arrivals per day has sharply increased to 79,391 on average this yea

May 22, 2023By Jun Ji-hye
Korea to raise number of quarantinable diseases from 11 to 20

Korea toughens quarantine inspections on US beef following mad cow case

This photo shows U.S. beef at a discount store in Seoul, May 18. YonhapKorea on Monday began strengthening quarantine checks on U.S. beef imports following a report of a mad cow disease case, the agriculture ministry said.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it increased sampling inspections carried out on American beef from the previous 3 percent to 10 percent, after the United States announced an atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, in a beef cow at a plant in South Carolina last week.It was the seventh detection of BSE in the U.S. since 2003, according to foreign media reports.The Seoul government has asked for additional information regarding the case from the U.S. to come up with necessary quarantine measures further in consultation with related authorities and experts.The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the animal never entered slaughter channels and it did not expect any trade impacts as a result.The U.S. was the largest beef exporter to Korea last year, with U.S. beef accounting for 54.1 percent of

May 22, 2023
Korea toughens quarantine inspections on US beef following mad cow case

Korean experts to inspect radioactive water storage tanks, purification system at Fukushima plant

Yoo Guk-hee, center, head of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, speaks to reporters at the Japanese foreign ministry building in Tokyo before a meeting with Japanese officials to discuss a safety inspection of a nuclear power plant damaged by a 2011 earthquake, May 22. YonhapA team of Korean experts will focus on examining storage tanks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant and its treatment system, the team's chief said Monday, amid lingering concerns about the safety of the water.Nuclear Safety and Security Commission Chairperson Yoo Guk-hee, who heads the 21-member inspection team, made the remarks before his meeting with Japanese officials from Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the wrecked power plant, at Tokyo's foreign ministry.He added that the experts will check with their "own eyes" the K4 tanks, designed to store and conduct measurements of radioactive substance, and "request required data" from the Japanese authorities.Yoo told reporters that his team will "ensure that the inspection is substantial and sufficient." It will al

May 22, 2023
Korean experts to inspect radioactive water storage tanks, purification system at Fukushima plant

Korea to complete assembly of homegrown space rocket Nuri for this week's launch

This photo, provided by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, shows the country's first homegrown space rocket, Nuri, being assembled at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, 328 kilometers south of Seoul, eight days ahead of its third launch, May 16. YonhapKorea will wrap up the assembly of its homegrown space rocket Nuri on Sunday, with three days to go before the planned third launch, coming about a year after its successful test launch, the science ministry said.Nuri, or KSLV-II, is set to lift off from the Naro Space Center in the country's southern coastal village of Goheung on Wednesday, and officials will complete its assembly and make final inspections Sunday, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).The process for the assembly and other preparations has been progressing without a hitch, they added.Nuri is the core part of Korea's 1.9 trillion-won ($1.44 billion) project to launch 1.5-ton satellites into a low Earth orbit by its own space rocket between 2010-2023.In 2021, Nuri successfully flew to its target altitude of 70

May 21, 2023
Korea to complete assembly of homegrown space rocket Nuri for this week's launch

Korean support 'crucial' to Sri Lanka's recovery from food crisis: WFP official

This photo provided by the World Food Programme's Seoul office shows Abdur Rahim Siddiqui, Sri Lankan representative for WFP, May 21. YonhapWith Sri Lanka mired in a severe food crisis, support from Korea is "crucial," the South Asian country's representative for the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) has said.In an interview at WFP's Seoul office Thursday, Abdur Rahim Siddiqui thanked Korea and noted WFP's "meaningful partnership" with the country through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)."Sri Lanka has been the recipient of considerable investment from Korea, with $81 million provided in 2022-2023 to date," Siddiqui said. "WFP, too, has engaged in a meaningful partnership with Korea since 2019, and has received $11 million, through KOICA, towards its programs to enhance smallholder farmers' resilience to climate change. This support has been instrumental in promoting self-reliance among climate-vulnerable farming communities while shielding them from the full effects of the country's economic crisis."Siddiqui said nearly three in 10 households were noted as food insecur

May 21, 2023
Korean support 'crucial' to Sri Lanka's recovery from food crisis: WFP official

Nurses protest presidential veto

Members of the Korean Nurses Association stage a rally in downtown Seoul, Friday, to protest against President Yoon Suk Yeol's veto of the controversial opposition-initiated Nursing Act, Tuesday. Yonhap

May 19, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Nurses protest presidential veto

Unprecedented heat wave likely to hit Korea this summer

gettyimagesbankBy Jun Ji-hyeA scorching heat wave is likely to hit the Korean Peninsula this summer beginning next month, the state weather agency forecast on Friday. The possibility of unprecedented heat is due to high-pressure systems and the return of a stronger El Nino.According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), the probability of higher temperatures than average in mid-June and late June stood at 40 percent and 50 percent, respectively.The figures are compared to the probability of lower-than-average temperatures during the cited periods, which stood at only 20 percent and 10 percent, respectively.The weather agency attributed the hotter summer to an eastern Pacific subtropical anticyclone affecting the peninsula.The return of El Nino ― as its cooler counterpart La Nina retreats ― is also expected to contribute to the increased likelihood of an unprecedented heat wave during summer. El Nino events start with the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean and occur in cycles of about three to five years. The phenomenon creates a dom

May 19, 2023By Jun Ji-hye
Unprecedented heat wave likely to hit Korea this summer

Korea wary of opioid abuse among teens, its deadly consequences

Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon, center, chairman of the ruling People Power Party, speaks during a meeting with dug experts to curtail juvenile drug crimes at the Center for Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration run by Korea Association Against Drug Use in western Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap Senior citizens and teens responsible for most opioid-related crimes in Korea This is the second in a two-part series about controlled substance overdoes and its fatal consequences on public health―ED. By Kang Hyun-kyungThe 2022 Crime White Paper released in April by the Institute of Justice, a research arm of the Ministry of Justice, sheds light on the unique nature of drug crimes in Korea. In 2021, 16,153 people were arrested in Korea for drug crimes and those who were caught for possessing, using, selling or distributing psychostimulants accounted for the lion's share at 10,631, followed by abusers of cannabis (3,777) and opioids (1,745).In Korea, drugs are classified into three categorie

May 19, 2023By Kang Hyun-kyung
Korea wary of opioid abuse among teens, its deadly consequences
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