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South Korea reported a record 800 new cases of coronavirus in a single day - and the vast majority are linked to a religious cult
The KCDC believe that a 61-year-old member of the sect, known as "Patient 31," triggered a "supersp…
Tom Murray
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Korean Air is not offering refunds on flights to South Korea as customers desperately try to cancel trips because of coronavirus
"It is impossible to get connected to your service representative! I was waiting on hold forever th…
Kate Taylor
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South Korea just flexed its contact-tracing power: After partiers with coronavirus went to nightclubs, it found and tested 46,000 exposed people
After partygoers at Seoul nightclubs seeded a coronavirus outbreak, South Korea tested roughly 46,0…
Aylin Woodward
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South Korea lost 195,000 jobs in March, highest since 2009
South Korea reported its first on-year job loss since 2009 in March as the coronavirus pandemic b…
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One chart shows how the coronavirus is more deadly than the flu even in South Korea, where the COVID-19 death rate is low
The overall death rate in the US from last year's flu season was about 0.1%, about 8.5 times lower …
Andy Kiersz
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South Korea controlled its coronavirus outbreak in just 20 days. Here are the highlights from its 90-page playbook for flattening the curve.
South Korea successfully got its coronavirus outbreak under control in three weeks without enforcin…
Aylin Woodward
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US Army soldier tested positive for coronavirus in South Korea, marking the first time a US service member is confirmed to have the disease
"[United States Forces Korea] is implementing all appropriate control measures to help control the …
David Choi
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A 'runaway' to South Korea is suspected of bringing a coronavirus case back to North Korea after swimming across the border
North Korea reportedly had cases as far back as March, but Kim Jung Un hasn't acknowledged coronavi…
Rhea Mahbubani
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One chart shows how South Korea got its coronavirus outbreak under control in less than a month
The US, by contrast, had tested about 47,000 people as of Monday, according to the COVID Tracking P…
Aylin Woodward,Ruobing Su,Ruo…
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Trump's surgeon general got dragged for suggesting South Korea is an 'authoritarian nation' while discussing coronavirus
Adams defended the moves being taken during this "unprecedented" situation, stating the US is at a …
John Haltiwanger
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Trump suggests without evidence that South Korea falsifies its coronavirus statistics after being confronted about how much higher the US death rate is
Trump claimed he couldn't explain why the statistics can't be trusted because he didn't want to dam…
Eliza Relman
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Flattening the curve: How China, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore brought Coronavirus under control
The Coronavirus pandemic is running amok across the world right now, dealing a disastrous blow to c…
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China is recording so few new coronavirus infections that South Korea looks like the new center of the epidemic
He also apologized for a shortage in face masks, and said: "An explosion in the number of confirmed…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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South Korea recorded a new spike in COVID-19 cases after a man attended three night clubs in the capital's gay district. Now the local LGBTQ community fears discrimination
On Saturday, South Korea confirmed 18 new coronavirus cases — the first time in five days that the …
Sophia Ankel
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Kim Jong Un says he is 'very sorry' after North Korean soldiers shot dead a South Korean man and allegedly set his body on fire as a precaution against coronavirus
South Korea says the man was doused in oil and then set on fire by the North Koreans in a bid to pr…
Thomas Colson
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A South Korean doomsday church linked to thousands of coronavirus cases is being sued for $82 million in damages
Over 5,000 of South Korea's recorded coronavirus cases have been linked to the Shincheonji Church o…