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East Asia
4 killed, 2 missing as Typhoon Mitag makes landfall in South Korea
Seoul: Four people were killed and two others went missing as Typhoon Mitag lashed the southern and eastern regions of South Korea with heavy rain and strong winds, the authorities said Thursday. The season’s 18th typhoon landed on the coast of the small southwestern fishing county of Haenam on Wednesday…
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Typhoon Mitag likely to hit South Korea’s southern coast this week
Seoul: Typhoon Mitag is expected to make landfall on South Korea’s southwest coast on Thursday but its strength may be weaker than anticipated after passing through Taiwan and the Chinese mainland, the local meteorological agency said. Mitag, the season’s 18th typhoon and the seventh to affect the Korean Peninsula this…
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18 people injured in cargo ship fire at Ulsan port
Ulsan: Eighteen people were injured after a fire broke out on a cargo ship and spread to another vessel following an explosion in the southeastern port city of Ulsan, authorities said Saturday. The 25,881-ton vessel for transporting petroleum products from the Cayman Islands caught fire following the explosion at around…
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Typhoon Tapah lashes South Korea with strong winds, heavy rains
Seoul: Typhoon Tapah lashed southern parts of South Korea on Sunday, with strong winds and heavy rains blamed for the death of at least one person and two injuries, as well as the cancellation of hundreds of flights. The powerful typhoon, packing wind gusts of 126 kph with an atmospheric…
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Typhoon Tapah forecast to bring heavy rain to southern South Korea
Seoul: The southern part of South Korea is expected to experience downpours and strong winds over the weekend as a small slow-moving typhoon is approaching from the south, the state-run weather agency said Friday. Typhoon Tapah, this year’s 17th, took shape 470 kilometers south of Japan’s Okinawa in the western…
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Seoul exhibition offers peek into life in Pyongyang
Seoul: An architectural exhibition taking place in Seoul will offer glimpses into life in the North Korean capital through media art and an imaginary supermarket selling goods from both sides of Korea. The exhibition, “Daily Pyongyang,” under way at the Seoul Hall of Urbanism and Architecture near City Hall, is…
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Kyrgyzstan keen on sending students to South Korea university
Bishkek: Cooperation between universities in Kyrgyzstan and Konkuk University in South Korea topped the talks between Dinara Kemelova, Kyrgyzstan’s ambassador to Korea, and Professor Sanggi Min, President of the University of Konkuk. Kemelova presented a request to assist in the provision of scholarship for Kyrgyz students at this university, KABAR…
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President Moon’s Chuseok wishes: vibrant economy, fair society, peaceful Korean Peninsula.
Seoul: President Moon Jae-in expressed hope Wednesday for a “fair country” in his public message to mark Chuseok, one of the biggest traditional holidays in Korea. “I hope it can be a country that is fair to all of us,” he said on the eve of the four-day Chuseok holiday…
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Malaysia supports Indonesia’s proposed ASEAN identity narrative
Yogyakarta: Malaysia has vowed to back Indonesia’s idea regarding the ASEAN identity narrative “What Indonesia initiated about the ASEAN as a single identity is a good thing, and we support it,” Malaysian Deputy General Secretary of Tourism, Art, and Culture Ministry Saraya Binti Arbi said on the sidelines of the…
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South Korea, United Arab Emirates sign MoU to explore potential collaboration on new nuclear energy projects
Abu Dhabi: Barakah One Company (BOC), a subsidiary of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). The signing took place during the 24th edition of the World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi this week in the presence of…
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