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South Korea chooses site of US missile system amid protests INTERNATIONAL

South Korea chooses site of US missile system amid protests

South Korea announced on Wednesday the site where a US THAAD anti-missile defence unit will be deployed against North Korea's missile and nuclear threats, a plan that has angered China.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
How one man spread a killer virus in hospital INTERNATIONAL

How one man spread a killer virus in hospital

A single patient infected 82 people with the deadly Mers virus in an overcrowded South Korean emergency room in 2015, according to a scientific investigation released on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
North Korea test-fires submarine-launched missile, says Seoul INTERNATIONAL

North Korea test-fires submarine-launched missile, says Seoul

North Korea appeared to have test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile, Seoul's defence ministry said, a day after the US and South Korea decided to deploy an advanced missile defence system in the South.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
North Korea missile reaches new heights; Japan threat 'intensifies' INTERNATIONAL

North Korea missile reaches new heights; Japan threat 'intensifies'

North Korea launched what appeared to be an intermediate-range missile on Wednesday to a high altitude in the direction of Japan before it plunged into the sea, military officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
South Korea says North fails with attempted missile launch INTERNATIONAL

South Korea says North fails with attempted missile launch

North Korea apparently failed with an attempted missile launch on Tuesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for a ballistic weapons programme that aspires to threaten the US mainland.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
North Korea fires submarine-launched missile, says South INTERNATIONAL

North Korea fires submarine-launched missile, says South

North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile off its east coast, South Korea said, amid concerns that the isolated state might conduct a nuclear test or a missile launch.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
North Korea fires five short-range missiles into sea INTERNATIONAL

North Korea fires five short-range missiles into sea

North Korea on Monday fired five short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast - the latest in a series of missile launches ordered by leader Kim Jong-Un amid rising military tensions.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea: Seoul INTERNATIONAL

North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea: Seoul

North Korea fired what appeared to be a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea on Friday, just days after leader Kim Jong Un ordered further nuclear warhead and missile tests, South Korea's defence ministry said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
N Korea issues new threats as US-South stages military drill INTERNATIONAL

N Korea issues new threats as US-South stages military drill

North Korea hit out at Washington and Seoul Saturday, pledging to launch a blitzkrieg in the Korean peninsula, as the United States and South Korea launched their largest-ever joint landing drill.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
South Korean president says North must 'pay price' for nuclear test INTERNATIONAL

South Korean president says North must 'pay price' for nuclear test

North Korea must pay the price for its latest nuclear test and rocket launch, South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said, vowing to pressure Pyongyang into accepting denuclearisation.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
S Korea dismisses China warning on US missile system INTERNATIONAL

S Korea dismisses China warning on US missile system

South Korea Wednesday dismissed China's warning that the planned deployment of a US missile defence system could damage ties, stressing that it was to counter ‘growing threats’ from North Korea.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
3,000 couples marry in mass ceremony in South Korea INTERNATIONAL

3,000 couples marry in mass ceremony in South Korea

Thousands of couples took part in a mass wedding Saturday by South Korea's Unification Church, with the widow of church founder Sun Myung Moon presiding over the event at a giant stadium.

4:45 AM November 25 2016