Sorry we let a serial killer murder 15 women while an innocent man was jailed for 20 YEARS, say South Korean police in extraordinary apology Lee Chun-jae, 57, admitted to the killings in November last year when questioned Police have apologised to those ‘who suffered damage’ due to the investigation Yoon Sun-yeo was wrongfully convicted … Read more
South Koreans hail the return of Kellogg’s green onion-flavored cereal after 16-year campaign to bring it back Kellogg’s has brought back the green onion flavored cereal 16 years after it won Flavour was offered during a ‘presidential election’ stunt but not expected to win Makers halted online voting, threw out votes and declared chocolate the winner … Read more
Are we already starting to suffer a second wave of Covid-19 before the first wave has even fully subsided? Leicester has seen a surge of more than 600 cases in just two weeks, and is confronted with the prospect of an extended lockdown. Expert agencies such as Public Health England are attributing the upsurge to … Read more
South Korea confirms second wave of Covid-19 as health minister warns of a ‘grave situation’ and Seoul mayor threatens to reimpose strict social distancing A total of 90 imported virus cases have been identified over the past week The country reported 17 new infections – 11 local and 6 imported – in last 24 hours The … Read more
HEALTH NOTES: Why spotting a urinary infection is now child’s play By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 June 2020 Just a few years ago they were the curse of the classroom. But fidget spinners are making a comeback – as a medical device. Scientists in … Read more
That’s a lot of ship! World’s biggest container vessel HMM Algeciras – measuring 1,312ft in length and 200ft in width – arrives in the UK for the first time after port authority spent SIX MONTHS months preparing for its arrival HMM Algeciras arrived in Essex from China via South Korea, the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium … Read more
Concerns have been raised over a possible second wave of coronavirus in South Korea as the R rate rises to 1.8 in the Seoul area. The country’s top infectious disease expert is worried about the speed of virus transmissions in the densely populated capital area, where around 30 to 50 new infections have been reported each … Read more
North Korea says it will cut military and political communications with ‘enemy’ South Korea in row over anti-Kim leaflets sent over the border North Korea will cut military and political communication lines to South Korea It is upset about defectors sending leaflets and other materials to the country On Tuesday, North Korea will end lines … Read more
Tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter protesters flock to anti-racism rallies across the globe after killing of George Floyd sparks wave of unrest People were pictured protesting the death of George Floyd in Munich, Germany, and Seoul, South Korea Flares were set off at a demonstration in Liege, Belgium, where protesters held signs saying … Read more
South Korea will reimpose some social distancing rules from tomorrow after reporting its largest single-day spike in coronavirus infections in almost two months. Museums, parks and art galleries in the capital Seoul will shutter their doors from Friday with companies urged to reintroduce flexible working hours, Health Minister Park Neung-hoo said. It comes after 79 new … Read more
The UK abandoned coronavirus testing in March because the outbreak was already out of control and hundreds of thousands of people were infected, officials have admitted. Public Health England bosses, who were grilled by MPs this morning, admitted that officials wanted to follow the strategy of South Korea to keep a lid on the pandemic. But shortly … Read more
Hackers target developers of online games in an effort to profit off of in-game currency and infect players with malware The hacks affected unnamed developers in South Korea and Taiwan Compromises allowed hackers to sneak malware into ‘game executables’ It also gave hackers access to servers and manipulate in-game currency It’s unclear how many people, … Read more
People who recover from coronavirus and test positive again are NOT contagious: Korean CDC finds ‘re-positive’ patients did not infect any of their 790 contacts The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at 285 survivors of coronavirus who tested positive after other tests said they were negative Of the 790 people the patients … Read more