Tag: South Korea

Nearly 90 percent of the new cases appeared in the capital, Seoul

South Korea was one of the world's coronavirus mitigation success stories but it has now suffered repeated spikes in infections

North Korean defectors have for years sent anti-North Korea leaflets, along with food, medicine, $1 bills, mini radios and other items into North Korea

Defector groups have complained that Moon's administration has suppressed anti-Pyongyang activism while pursuing reconciliation with the Kim regime

World Health Organization warns of price gouging for protective equipment and asks for an increase production as death toll from virus mounts

Move follows outbreak at branch of the secretive Shincheonji Church of Jesus

Fears of the spread of coronavirus led church leaders across the region to suspend Ash Wednesday rituals

Some 60 percent of cases in South Korea have been linked to the outbreak at a branch of the church in the city of Daegu

Outside mainland China where it originated late last year, the outbreak has spread to some 28 other countries and territories, with a death toll of around two dozen

The church at the centre of the outbreak is a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a religious movement founded in 1984 by South Korean Lee Man-hee, who has about 500,000 followers