SEOUL – U.S. President Donald Trump says he is open to another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, even as Pyongyang signals it is uninterested in resuming stalled nuclear talks. Trump made the comments Tuesday in an interview with Gray Television’s Greta Van Susteren. “I understand they want to meet and we […]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – It was Thursday morning, and my phone buzzed with a text message from South Korea’s emergency alert system, as it has hundreds of times during the coronavirus outbreak. Someone in my Seoul neighborhood — a 35-year-old Polish male — had tested positive. Clicking a link to a government website revealed an astonishing […]
WASHINGTON – China and South Korea reported more cases of a new coronavirus Tuesday, as stock markets in Japan had a second consecutive rough session following a day of global losses and U.S. President Donald Trump sought $2.5 billion from Congress to fight the outbreak. Chinese health officials said there were 71 new deaths […]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – South Korea confirmed its first death from the new coronavirus, local media reported Thursday, as the number of infections in the country tripled within two days. The Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement the exact cause of death is being investigated. The report came as […]