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South Korea has agreed to increase its contribution to the cost of hosting troops from the United States by 13.9 percent, according to an official. The hike, announced on Wednesday, will take South Korea’s payments towards the upkeep of US…

South Korea has rolled out mass testing for 52 prisons in the country after a massive prison outbreak in a prison in southeastern Seoul. Over half of the total 2,292 inmates and personnel in the prison were tested positive for Covid-19…

South Korea said it scrambled fighter jets in response to an intrusion into its air defence identification zone by 19 Russian and Chinese military aircraft on Tuesday. Four Chinese warplanes entered the Korea Air Defence Identification…

Japan and South Korea grappled with surging coronavirus cases and growing public frustration on Monday as Japan’s prime minister tiptoed around a contentious travel subsidy programme while an anxious South Korean president warned of harsh…