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# South Korea

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# jo song gil
North Korean diplomat in Italy 'in hiding', says South's intelligence officials
Jo Song Gil, 48, has been acting ambassador in Rome since October 2017.
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Jan 3rd 2019, 9:48 AM
# Blow
Tottenham sad to lose on-fire star once more
Son Heung-min has scored five goals in his last three games, but is set to compete in the Asian Cup next month.
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Dec 27th 2018, 2:51 PM
# cult
South Korean mega-church leader guilty of raping followers who believed he was God
Lee Jae-rock led a sprawling church that some had denounced as a cult.
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Nov 22nd 2018, 7:28 AM
# Mountain Climbing
Nine climbers killed in freak accident on rarely climbed Himalayan mountain
It is the deadliest incident to hit Nepal’s mountaineering industry since 2014.
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Oct 14th 2018, 7:52 AM
# Mount Gurja
Snowstorm kills nine climbers on Nepal peak
The bodies of four South Koreans and four Nepali guides were spotted among the wreckage of their camp.
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Oct 13th 2018, 10:33 AM
# elation once again
North and South Korea will bid to host the Olympic Games together
It’s an unprecedented plan that would have been unthinkable not long ago.
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Sep 19th 2018, 8:38 AM
# Gold medal
Son thanks 'special' Spurs as Asian Games gold medal spares forward two years of military duty
Son Heung-Min will join back up with his Tottenham team-mates after winning gold at the Asian Games.
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Sep 2nd 2018, 1:36 PM
# Exempt
Spurs forward Son Heung-min avoids military service as South Korea claim Asian Games gold
The Spurs star provided the assists for both South Korea’s goals as they defeated Japan in a tense final.
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Sep 1st 2018, 3:23 PM
# Last Four
Tottenham forward can still avoid military service as South Korea reach Asian Games semi-finals
Son Heung-Min helped South Korea win 4-3 against Uzbekistan today.
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Aug 27th 2018, 6:09 PM
# Reunited
'I never imagined this day would come': South Koreans meet relatives in North after decades apart
The three-day reunion is the first for three years and follows a diplomatic thaw on the peninsula.
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Aug 20th 2018, 8:14 AM
# not nice
South Korean swaps bitcoins for €2 million in fake notes
Once the transaction was completed in a hotel in the city of Nice, the South Korean realised the 500-euro notes he had been handed were photocopied fakes.
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Aug 19th 2018, 4:55 PM
# public anger
Secretly filmed 'spycam porn' sparks record protests in South Korea
The number of spycam crimes in the country surged to 6,500 last year.
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Aug 4th 2018, 7:00 AM
# Reaction
'That's not the real Ozil!' - Wenger on why Arsenal star flopped for Germany
The attacking midfielder was largely anonymous in Russia as the world champions crashed out in the group stages.
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Jul 10th 2018, 10:37 PM
# Failure
'We did not have the leaders' - Former star savages Germany flops
Lothar Matthaus was left unimpressed by Joachim Low’s team.
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Jun 28th 2018, 5:22 PM
# Apology
'We did not play like world champions. Therefore, we deserved to be eliminated'
The German Football Association has apologised to the nation.
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Jun 28th 2018, 10:01 AM
# Ignorance is bliss
South Korea celebrated like they had qualified for last 16 as players weren't told Sweden were cruising
Cho Hyun-woo says the players didn’t know the score in the other Group F game this afternoon.
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Jun 27th 2018, 7:27 PM
# The Little Pea
Chicharito and Vela on the scoresheet as impressive Mexico make it two wins from two
Javier Hernandez scored his 50th international goal as Mexico defeated South Korea 2-1 on Saturday.
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Jun 23rd 2018, 5:55 PM
# Pentagon
US suspends military training exercises with South Korea
The move comes in a bid to support diplomatic negotiations with North Korea.
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Jun 23rd 2018, 12:15 PM
# World Cup 2018
VAR proves spot on for Swedes as they make strong start in Group F against South Korea
Veteran Swedish skipper Andreas Granqvist scored the only goal of the game.
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Jun 18th 2018, 3:26 PM
# spygate
South Korean players swapped shirt numbers to try to confuse opposition scouts
“It’s very difficult for Westerners to distinguish between Asians,” Shin Tae-yong said.
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Jun 17th 2018, 10:23 PM
# snooze button
Sleeping too much or not enough may have bad effects on health
Fewer than six and more than 10 hours of sleep per day are associated with conditions such as increased blood pressure.
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Jun 16th 2018, 8:15 AM
# South Korea
'We can actually be one nation again' - For Koreans in Ireland the Singapore summit is not about Trump
It’s more about the personal than the politics.
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Jun 15th 2018, 12:03 AM
# Summit
Trump says he'll know 'within a minute' if Kim is serious
The US President is finally set to meet Kim Jong Un this week.
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Jun 9th 2018, 4:07 PM
# Nuclear Weapons
Trump says meeting with North Korea is back on after Kim's 'very nice' letter
The announcement came after unprecedented Oval Office talks with a top envoy from Pyongyang.
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Jun 1st 2018, 10:40 PM
# Start spreading the news
Summit back on? Kim Jong Un's right-hand man is heading for New York
General Kim Yong Chol is a controversial figure and some South Koreans blames him for war crimes.
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May 29th 2018, 7:29 AM
It's looking very likely that Trump and Kim Jong Un will end up meeting after all
Donald Trump seemed to have put an end to the meeting planned for 12 June last Thursday. But now the situation has flipped once more.
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May 27th 2018, 8:38 AM
# North Korea
Trump to meet South Korean leader in Washington as Kim Jong Un summit hangs in the balance
Moon Jae-in jets into Washington on a mission to salvage a rare diplomatic opening.
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May 22nd 2018, 7:50 AM
# Nuclear Weapons
US and South Korea to 'work closely' after North Korea threatens to pull out of summit
North Korea’s sudden shift in attitude followed a weeks-long charm offensive.
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May 20th 2018, 6:27 PM
# military exercises
White House reacts to threats by North Korea to cancel summit - but no word yet from Trump
Pyongyang has cancelled high-level talks due with Seoul over military exercises.
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May 16th 2018, 7:45 AM
# Progress
North Korea promises to shut nuclear test site next month
Kim Jong Un said he “would soon invite experts of South Korea and the US as well as journalists”.
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Apr 29th 2018, 9:43 AM
# Diplomacy
North Korea says 'historic meeting' with the South opens 'new era for peace'
Tweeting today, Trump said he had had a “very good talk” with South Korea president Moon Jae-in.
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Apr 28th 2018, 3:15 PM
# Good Neighbours?
'No more war' - North and South Korean leaders commit to complete denuclearisation
Kim was flanked by his sister and close adviser Kim Yo Jong.
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Apr 27th 2018, 10:40 AM
# tired mountain syndrome
North Korean nuclear test site has 'partially collapsed' after massive bomb blast last year
Researchers have said the site is now unusable.
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Apr 26th 2018, 8:21 AM
# choi eun hee
South Korean actress kidnapped by Kim Jong-Il dies aged 91
Jong-Il forced Choi Eun-hee to make movies for the North Korean regime.
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Apr 17th 2018, 10:29 AM
# Jailed
Disgraced former South Korea president jailed for 24 years for corruption
The trial lasted more than 10 months and highlighted shady links between big business and politics in South Korea.
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Apr 6th 2018, 12:47 PM
# Charm Offensive
Kim Jong-un was treated to some K-pop during a rare concert in Pyongyang
It was the first concert by South Korean performers in North Korea for more than a decade.
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Apr 2nd 2018, 11:00 AM
# new hero
Dream debut for 18-year-old supersub as Northern Ireland snatch late victory over Korea
As international debuts go…
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Mar 24th 2018, 4:10 PM
# Pyongyang
North and South to hold inter-Korean summit - only the 3rd of its kind since 1950s conflict
South Korea also claims that Pyongyang said it would consider abandoning nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees.
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Mar 6th 2018, 12:36 PM
# Dinner Host
North Korea's Kim Jong-un plays host to South Korean envoys for historic talks
It is the first time the North Korean leader has met with officials from the South since taking office in 2011.
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Mar 5th 2018, 10:29 AM
# Closing Ceremony
North Korean general should be 'hanged in the streets' not going to Olympics, says S. Korean politician
Kim Yong Chol is heading to the closing ceremony but is accused of war crimes.
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Feb 23rd 2018, 6:28 PM
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