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Asia Today: India’s tally surges as restrictions are eased

Aug 30, 2020

NEW DELHI: India has registered a record new 78,761 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the worst single-day spike in the world, as the government continues to further ease pandemic restrictions nationwide. The Health Ministry on Sunday also reported 948 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking total fatalities to 63,498. India now has the fastest-g...

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SKorea warns of nationwide coronavirus risk as church outbreaks spread

Aug 19, 2020

SEOUL: South Korea reported on Wednesday its highest daily rise in novel coronavirus cases since early March as outbreaks from churches around the capital spread, prompting a warning of a nationwide wave of infections. The 297 new infections mark the sixth straight day of triple-digit increases in a country that has managed to blunt several previo...

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SKorea battles worst coronavirus outbreak in months, warns of tighter rules

Aug 17, 2020

SEOUL: South Korea warned on Monday of tighter novel coronavirus restrictions as new outbreaks appeared, including one linked to a church where more than 300 members of the congregation have been infected but hundreds more are reluctant to get tested. The outbreak linked to the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul is the country’s biggest in nearly s...

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SKorea accuses religious sect leader as COVID-19 cases surge

Aug 16, 2020

SEOUL: South Korea accused the leader of a religious sect on Sunday of violating self-isolation rules and obstructing investigations into the country’s biggest outbreak of new coronavirus in five months. South Korea on Sunday reported 279 new cases on Sunday, more than double the 103 reported on Friday, with most of the new infections found i...

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Red Cross trains thousands of NKoreans to help cope with coronavirus, floods

Aug 10, 2020

SEOUL: The Red Cross has trained 43,000 North Korean volunteers to help communities, including the locked-down city of Kaesong, fight the novel coronavirus and provide flood assistance, an official with the relief organisation said on Monday. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency last month and imposed a lockdown on Kaesong, near t...

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Days of torrential rain in S Korea leave at least 30 dead

Aug 9, 2020

SEOUL: More than a week of torrential rain in South Korea has left at least 30 dead and 12 missing in landslides, floods and other incidents, the government said Sunday while warning of a further downpour. The causalities include 13 dead and two missing from the last two days of heavy rainfall in southern South Korea, the Ministry of the Interior a...

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South Korea floods, landslides kill 26 as heavy rains continue

Aug 8, 2020

SEOUL: At least 26 people have died after 46 days of heavy rains in South Korea, with the country’s longest monsoon in seven years causing more flooding, landslides and evacuations on Saturday. Nearly 5,000 people had been evacuated as of 4:30 p.m. local time on Saturday (0730 GMT), according to Ministry of the Interior and Safety data, as r...

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Heavy rains in South Korea displace more than 1,000 people, 13 dead

Aug 4, 2020

SEOUL: Days of heavy rain caused floods in South Korea that have forced more than 1,000 people from their homes, killing at least 13 with another 13 missing, authorities said on Tuesday. Deaths were reported from landslides and vehicles swept away by waters that disaster officials said inundated more than 5,751 hectares (14,211 acres) of farmland a...

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SKorea’s Green Cross seeks phase 2 trials of COVID-19 plasma drug

Jul 29, 2020

SEOUL: South Korea’s Green Cross Corp has sought regulatory approval for Phase II trials of an experimental COVID-19 blood plasma treatment drug, the company said on Wednesday, sending its shares up nearly 10%. Drugmakers worldwide are rushing to develop treatments for the coronavirus, which has killed more than 650,000 and infected more th...

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BTS become face of Baskin-Robbins’ new flavour for August

Jul 4, 2020

KATHMANDU: K-pop juggernaut BTS will be promoting Baskin-Robbins’ new flavour of the month in August. According to The Jarkarta Post, Baskin-Robbins, an American ice-cream chain, said on July 2 that they had hired BTS to promote the flavour of the month in August. “We believe August will be more special for Baskin-Robbins with BTS,â...

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