South Korea

South Korea ended its stringent social distancing policies Wednesday after halting the spread of the coronavirus. But although sports fans will soon be allowed to return to stadiums and as museums and libraries began to reopen, life remains far from normal. Thermal scanners at theme parks, shopping for makeup while wearing masks and constant tracking of people’s whereabouts through apps...

South Korea says it protested to North Korea over the exchange of gunfire inside their heavily fortified border.

South Korea says its troops fired warning shots toward North Korea along their tense border in the first such incident since the rivals took unprecedented steps to lower front-line animosities

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said that the state needs swabs and reagents in order to use the 5,000 test kits purchased from South Korea. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan received 500,000 coronavirus test kits from South Korea last week, but local governments haven’t seen those test kits come in yet. A reporter from The Washington Post asked Hogan Thursday about why those test kits have yet to be used. “We still need swabs and reagents. There are about nine steps in the process,” Hogan said….

A top South Korean official says his country is confident there have been no unusual developments in North Korea, suggesting that rumors about the possible ill health of leader Kim Jong Un are untrue

South Korea has sent coronavirus testing kits to the U.S. after President Donald Trump requested them from South Korean President Moon Jae-In on March 25.

South Korea’s military says a barrage of North Korean missiles fired from the ground and fighter jets has splashed down in the waters off the country’s east coast — a major show of force on the eve of a key state anniversary in the North and parliamentary elections in the rival South

South Korea says North Korea has fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea, calling it “very inappropriate” at a time when the world is battling the coronavirus pandemic.

South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired three unidentified projectiles off its eastern coast.

The World Health Organization is urging governments to pull out all the stops against the new coronavirus

Italy has closed schools and universities and barred fans from all sporting events for the next few weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak

China’s coronavirus caseload continued to wane even as the epidemic took a firmer hold beyond Asia

North Korea fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea as it resumed weapons demonstrations following a months-long hiatus.

The coronavirus outbreak began to look more like a worldwide economic crisis Friday as anxiety about the infection emptied shops and amusement parks, canceled events, cut trade and travel and dragged already slumping financial markets even lower.

As fears around the coronavirus continue to rise in South Korea, long lines formed as people looked to buy face masks to help prevent the spread of the virus.

Saudi Arabia cut travel to Islam’s holiest sites, South Korea toughened penalties for those breaking quarantines and airports looked for signs of sick passengers as a new virus troubled more places

The South Korean and U.S. militaries postponed their annual joint drills Thursday out of concerns over a viral epidemic that has infected soldiers in both countries’ armed forces, put many troops in quarantine and closed base facilities.

South Korean virus cases jumped again Wednesday and the U.S. military confirmed its first case among soldiers based in the Asian country, with his case and many others connected to a southeastern city with an illness cluster.

China bought the world valuable time with its travel restrictions and huge lockdowns. Now, as the world teeters on the brink of a pandemic of the new virus, hospitals are counting boxes of masks and gloves. Authorities are asking for cooperation from schools, churches and businesses. In many nations, existing plans for pandemic influenza are being adapted because the new...