The 6 largest coronavirus outbreaks outside of China
More new coronavirus cases were reported outside of China than inside the country on Wednesday — the first time since global health officials began tracking the virus.
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Coronavirus affecting festivities in Italy; South Korea on "red" alert
Authorities in Italy announced that all Carnival events had been called off as the region tries to contain the outbreak. In China, more than 2,400 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
South Korea reports an eight-fold jump in viral infections
Most of them are linked to a church and a hospital in and around the nation's fourth-largest city.
"Parasite" director greeted by applause in return to South Korea
Bong Joon Ho, who directed the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture, smiled and waved at a crowd as he arrived at Incheon International Airport.
European Union criticizes Trump's change to U.S. landmine policy
EU foreign policy chief calls the move "a direct contradiction" to other U.S. policy, and says it "negatively affects the international rules-based order."
U.S. military might furlough 9,000 Korean employees amid funding row
American force warns South Korean workers it "will soon exhaust programmed funds available to pay their salaries and wages."
HBO to develop "Parasite" limited series
The acclaimed filmmaker will team up with "Succession" director Adam McKay to adapt the movie.
Trump wishes Kim Jong Un happy birthday, via South Korea
South Korean official says Trump asked him to convey the message during a meeting in Washington. U.S.-North Korean nuclear talks have been stalled for months.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warns of new strategic weapon
Kim also said that the nation would no longer be "unilaterally bound" to a moratorium on tests of nuclear bombs and intercontinental ballistic missiles, according to state media.
North Korea says it conducted "crucial test" at long-range rocket site
The announcement comes as North Korea continues to pressure the Trump administration for major concessions.
North Korea warns U.S. must choose its own "Christmas gift"
Kim Jong Un's regime has warned it will chose a "new path" if the U.S. doesn't offer new terms for a nuclear disarmament deal by the end of the year.
2 K-pop stars convicted of rape and sentenced to prison
Singer-song writer Jung Joon-young received a 5-year prison term and former boy band member Choi Jong-hoon got 5 years.
North Korea carries out another apparent missile test
South Korean officials say 2 projectiles were launched, apparently the latest in a series of weapons tests as Kim Jong Un threatens to abandon diplomacy entirely.
No pass on military service for South Korean boy band BTS
The group of 7 young men has achieved rare global stardom, but the military has ruled that a very different job beckons
U.S. envoy cuts short troop funding negotiations in South Korea
With Kim Jong Un's deadline for diplomacy looming, the U.S. and its close ally South Korea can't agree on who is paying to keep 28,000 American boots on the ground
Esper pushes South Korea for "substantial increase" in troop funding
Reports the Trump administration is seeking a 5-fold increase in Seoul's defense contribution have drawn a harsh rebuke from South Koreans
South Korea sends 2 North Koreans home for killing 16 in defection bid
Government official says "it was judged they would pose a threat to the lives and safety of the people" if allowed into South Korea
N. Korea confirms 3rd test of "super-large" multiple rocket launcher
Launch extends series of weapons tests during standstill in nuclear talks with U.S. designed to advance North's military capabilities while pressuring Washington for concessions.
North Korea fires two more projectiles, South says
They're the latest in a recent series of launches; Pentagon says they appeared to be missiles and Tokyo says they landed in the sea between Japan and the Koreas
Amid push to restart U.S. talks, Kim Jong Un gets confrontational
North Korean leader orders destruction of South Korean-built infrastructure at mountain resort, an ominous sign as Sweden pushes for resumption of talks with U.S.
University students break into U.S. ambassador's residence in Seoul
They used ladders to climb over the compound's wall
Probe into child porn site leads to 337 arrests in 38 countries
The Justice Department indicted the site's alleged operator, identified as a 23-year-old South Korean national
North Korea says onus on U.S. after "sickening" nuke talks fall apart
Pyongyang says breakdown of meeting in Stockholm left North Korea thinking U.S. "may be abusing the bilateral relations for their own partisan interests"
North Korea test fires missile designed to launch from submarine
Latest test of a missile that would give Kim Jong Un a worrying new capability comes just days before U.S. and North Korean officials are expected to resume talks
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