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Japan and Korea try to settle wartime labour issue

TOKYO: Japan plans to make clear it will uphold an apology to its neighbours over past aggressions, as part of efforts to improve ties with South Korea, if Seoul finalises a solution to compensation for forced wartime labour, a government source said on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

South Korea to double energy vouchers amid soaring bills, cold wave

South Korea plans to double energy vouchers and a discount of gas prices for underprivileged families to cope with spiralling heating bills amid a prolonged cold wave, officials said on Thursday.

Reuters

South Korea's capital region weathers snowstorm

Cars slowed and stopped on icy roads and bundled-up commuters gingerly navigated snow-covered sidewalks as a snowstorm swept through the South Korean capital of Seoul and nearby regions, extending a frigid cold spell that has the country in its grip

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North Korea Locks Down Capital City Over ‘Respiratory Illness'

Authorities in the North Korean capital Pyongyang have ordered a five-day lockdown due to rising cases of an unspecified respiratory illness, Seoul-based NK News reported on Wednesday, citing a government notice. The notice did not mentioned COVID-19, but said that residents in the city are required to stay in their…

Asharq Al-Awsat

AP PHOTOS: East Asia marks Lunar New Year of the Rabbit

From Jakarta to Seoul, Bangkok to Beijing, people in Asia have been celebrating the Lunar New Year marking the start of the Year of the Rabbit.

The Independent UK

Major fire in Seoul’s Gangnam neighbourhood destroys 60 homes

SEOUL: A blaze destroyed at least 60 homes in one of Seoul’s last remaining shantytowns on Friday, forcing the evacuation of about 500 people just before Lunar New Year, South Korea’s biggest holiday.

Bangkok Post

Hundreds flee after fire spreads through Seoul neighborhood

About 500 South Koreans were forced to flee their homes after a fire spread through a low-income neighborhood in southern Seoul and destroyed at least 60 homes

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Hundreds evacuated as blaze erupts in slum next to Seoul's posh Gangnam district

Fire swept through part of a shanty town in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Friday, destroying 60 homes, many constructed from cardboard and wood, and forcing the evacuation of around 500 people.

Reuters

Iran, South Korea summon each other’s envoys amid row over Yoon’s comments

‘The enemy of the UAE, its most-threatening nation, is Iran, and our enemy is North Korea’

The Independent UK

South Korea, Iran summon each other’s envoys over ‘enemy’ comment

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s description of Iran as an ‘enemy’ of the United Arab Emirates has angered Tehran.

Al Jazeera

S Korean spy agency raids unions over suspected North Korea link

The National Intelligence Service and police raided the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and an affiliate in Seoul.

Al Jazeera

Why South Korea’s President Is Talking About Nuclear Weapons

Yoon could be using the issue to send a tough message to North Korea, but it could be counterproductive, analysts say.

The News Lens

South Korea president, in UAE, backs return to nuclear power

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says his nation’s efforts to be carbon neutral by 2050 would rely in part on returning to nuclear power, even though his predecessor had tried to move away from atomic power

The Independent UK

S. Korea considers Japan relations in new proposal on compensation

SEOUL -- In an open forum on one of the most contentious issues between Japan and South Korea, a high-ranking South Korean government official laid out the details on Thursday for a plan to resolve the conflict over compensation for wartime requisitioned workers from the Korean Peninsula.

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Deadly Seoul crush blamed on ‘negligence’

SEOUL: South Korean police on Friday blamed negligence and planning failures for the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul that killed more than 150 people.

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S Korea police seek to charge officials over 159 killed in crush

Inquiry finds officials in Seoul had failed to employ adequate crowd control for an expected Halloween crowd of 100,000.

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South Korean police seek manslaughter charges over deadly crowd surge

Among those recommended for indictment include the mayor of Seoul's Yongsan district, and the district's former police chief — two of the six who have been arrested.

Reuters

South Korean police blame fatal Halloween crush on lack of preparation, poor response

South Korea's police on Friday said a lack of preparations and an inadequate response were the main causes of the deadly Halloween crush in Seoul last year, wrapping up a monthslong investigation into the tragedy that killed 159 people.

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Al Jazeera

South Korea mulls compensating forced labourers via a public fund

Some victims of forced labour under the Japanese during World War II denounced the plan as ‘humiliating’.

The Independent UK

South Korea plans fund to compensate forced labor victims

South Korean officials are considering creating a domestic fund to compensate Koreans who were enslaved by Japanese companies before the end of World War II, as they desperately try to repair relations with Tokyo that have deteriorated in recent years over historical grievances

The Japan News/Yomiuri

China halts visa issuance for Japanese and S. Koreans

In retaliation for Tokyo and Seoul heightening border controls for arrivals from China, Beijing on Tuesday stopped issuing visas to Japanese and South Korean nationals.

Reuters

China imposes transit curbs for S.Korea, Japan; WHO voices concern over data

The World Health Organisation said a lack of data was making it challenging to help China manage the risks of a COVID-19 surge over the Lunar New Year holiday, as the world's second-largest economy reopens after three years of isolation.

Al Jazeera

China halts travel visas for South Korea, Japan over COVID curbs

The move came after Seoul and Tokyo introduced measures for visitors from China last month, including visa restrictions.

The Conversation

North Korea: record number of missile tests in 2022 has raised fears of nuclear confrontation with the South

North Korea began 2023 as it had ended 2022 – with some characteristic sabre-rattling in the form of missile tests. Having launched more missiles in 2022 than in any other year, on the morning of January 1 this year, North Korea tested a large new multiple launch rocket system that,…

Al Jazeera

China suspends short-term visas for S Koreans over COVID curbs

Beijing takes first move against countries that have introduced new measures as a result of China’s surging cases.

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