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SOUTH KOREA

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2020
Billionaires of South Korea's beauty industry see fortunes reverse
Changes to women's daily routines amid the pandemic have halted the rising wealth of those who tapped the popularity of South Korean beauty brands in a deal-making frenzy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 27, 2020
South Korea extends social distancing steps as cases skirt record highs
The country reported 970 new coronavirus cases for Saturday, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said earlier on Sunday, bringing the national tally to 56,872 cases.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 26, 2020
South Korea logs second-highest daily COVID-19 tally
South Korea posted its second-highest daily number of coronavirus cases on Saturday as outbreaks at a prison, nursing homes and churches continued to grow, prompting authorities to plead for a halt to all year-end gatherings.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2020
What is driving Asia’s technological rise?
India alone produced three-quarters of the world's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates between 2016 and 2018.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 23, 2020
‘Each day is critical’: South Korea’s 11th-hour battle with COVID-19
In several provinces across South Korea, there are no ICU beds available to treat the rapidly rising number of COVID-19 patients. As of Monday, the government confirmed that there were only 42 beds available nationwide. In the Seoul metropolitan area, home to half of the country’s population and the...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2020
'Little ghosts': Hundreds of Thai migrants have died in South Korea, investigation finds
Advocates say migrants are overworked, unable to access health care and unlikely to report exploitation for fear of being deported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2020
Fierce coronavirus wave tests South Korea’s no-lockdown strategy
The surge in cases has alarmed a country that's drawn pride from being globally lauded for its COVID-19 response.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 20, 2020
South Korea sets record COVID-19 cases as prison reports major outbreak
With daily infections over 1,000 for a fifth consecutive day, some medical experts and politicians criticized the government for being too loose with social distancing rules.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 19, 2020
South Korea fears for COVID-19 patients rise amid sickbed shortage
South Korea's COVID-19 surge continued on Saturday, with a lack of hospital beds raising concerns in a country that has kept fatalities low despite a third wave of the disease.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2020
Bed shortage looms as South Korea reports record new coronavirus cases
South Korea's highest priority is securing more hospital beds to handle a record surge in coronavirus cases and blunt a corresponding spike in deaths, the country's prime minister said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2020
South Korean couriers die of overwork as pandemic spurs surge in deliveries
A string of deaths among couriers this year has caused a national uproar, drawing attention to unevenly distributed worker protections.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 15, 2020
South Korea bans anti-North leaflets, but one defector says he won't stop
South Korea on Monday banned the launching of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, drawing the criticism of rights activists and defiance from a prominent North Korean defector who said he would not stop sending messages to his homeland.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 11, 2020
Cases surge in South Korea with COVID-19 vaccine still months away
South Korea's daily number of new cases was once as low as two per day. That number soared tou200b 682 on Thursday, with health officials warning it could reach record highs in coming days.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 7, 2020
South Korea reports 615 new coronavirus cases as third wave grows
South Korea reported 615 new coronavirus cases on Monday, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said, capping a month of triple-digit daily increases that have driven the nation's largest wave of infections in nine months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 6, 2020
Biden officials to look to repair alliances and help mend Tokyo-Seoul ties
Trump's 'America First' moves have left something of a leadership vacuum that Beijing has been more than willing to attempt to fill — one of Japan's biggest fears.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 6, 2020
South Korea clamps down as virus cases surge to nine-month high
South Korea imposed stricter social-distancing measures, including a ban on gatherings at high-risk venues such as karaoke bars, as the nation that was lauded for its initial coronavirus containment strategy faces one of its worst resurgences.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 5, 2020
South Korea reports 583 coronavirus cases one day after posting nine-month high
South Korea reported 583 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, down from the previous day's 629, which was the highest since a first wave peaked in February and early March.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2020
South Korea considers tighter restrictions as coronavirus cases hit nine-month high
South Korea said it is considering tightening its social distancing rules as it reported 629 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the most since the first wave of infections in the country peaked in late February.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 2, 2020
Is China laying claim to kimchi, too? Some South Koreans think so.
A spat is raging this week over a Chinese state tabloid's claim that China had 'led” the development of an international standard for paocai, or pickled vegetables.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 30, 2020
The implausibility of the ‘Vietnam model’ for North Korea: The security factor
Kim Jong Un cannot decentralize the economy regardless of how external conditions develop as fear of losing control would render such reforms impossible.
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
Ishiba clings to leadership after election setback
“As the first party in parliament, we have to fulfill our responsibility with the public so as to prevent politics from stagnating or drifting away,” Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at a news conference at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Induction of Ichiro has Cooperstown fretfully preparing
Ichiro Suzuki will soon become the first Japanese player to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Ishiba clings to leadership after election setback
“As the first party in parliament, we have to fulfill our responsibility with the public so as to prevent politics from stagnating or drifting away,” Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at a news conference at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.

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