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South Korea today reported eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers), while another person infected with the virus died, health officials said, bringing to 20 the number of fatalities in the outbreak that began last month. Eight new Mers cases in South Korea, 20th patient dieswww.ma …

The 15 countries are: Thailand, Switzerland, South Korea, Taiwan, Denmark, China, the US, Norway, the UK, Austria, New Zealand, Iceland, Malaysia and Germany. Malaysia 14th happiest economy in the worldwww.malaysiakini.comInflation and unemployment are remarkably low in these 15 countries. Malaysiak …

From Ahmad Fuad Yahya BUSAN (South Korea), Dec 11 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak has asked South Korea to remain as Asean’s strategic partner in working towards a dynamic grouping for Asia and for the world. South Korea, he said, can help ensure the regional …

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The nominal GDP per person in Kuala Lumpur in 2012 was higher than South Korea but lower than the latter’s capital Seoul and Singapore, based on a report revealed by Khazanah Research Institute. 'KL GDP higher than S Korea, lower than Seoul'www.malaysiakini.comThis is according to a report …

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Jan Vertonghen’s late goal saw 10-man Belgium beat South Korea 1-0 in their final Group H match on Thursday, despite having Steven Defour sent off just before halftime for a nasty two-footed challenge. The win made it a maximum nine points for the Belgians, who will …

PORTO ALEGRE Brazil (Reuters) – Algeria opened the goal scoring floodgates swamping South Korea 4-2 in a thrilling World Cup Group H clash on Sunday that kept hopes of securing a spot in the last 16 alive and triggered celebrations across the Arab nation. Algeria’s first World Cup victor …

SEOUL (AFP) – South Korean President Park Geun-Hye took tearful responsibility Monday for the mishandling of last month’s Sewol ferry disaster, admitting many lives were unnecessarily lost and vowing to dismantle the national coastguard. “The ultimate responsibility for the poor re …

Seoul (AFP) – North Korea is a weak “pariah state” whose heavily militarised border with the South marks “freedom’s frontier”, US President Barack Obama told American troops in Seoul on Saturday. The meeting place of the two countries is a division between a ̶ …

JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean coastguard and navy divers resumed searching on Thursday for about 290 people still missing, many of them students from the same high school, after a ferry capsized in sight of land. Grieving family members gathered on the quay of the coastal city of …

SEOUL:  South Korea despatched coastguard vessels and helicopters Wednesday to rescue around 450 passengers – mostly high school students – on a ferry sinking off the southern coast, officials said. “The ship is taking in water and sinking,” a coastguard spokesman told AFP by …