Every day, hundreds more lives are lost to Covid-19. Social media is awash with data and graphs, our death rate plotted against that of other nations. And the graphs all seem to point to the same grim conclusion: that the UK is one of worst affected countries, with our death toll approaching a chilling 30,000. In … Read more
A former senior North Korean diplomat has apologised for saying Kim Jong-un was likely so ill ‘he cannot stand up by himself or walk properly’ just three days before the dictator was seen smoking a cigarette at a public event. North Korea’s former deputy ambassador to Britain, Thae Yong Ho, told CNN Kim’s ‘abnormal’ absence … Read more
Game on: South Korean football and baseball seasons restart this week as officials loosen lockdown measures after containing death toll to 250 Gatherings permitted ‘under condition that they follow disinfection measures’ Resumption of soccer and baseball seasons coincides with lifting of restrictions South Korea recorded 10,793 confirmed cases of coronavirus, and 250 deaths Here’s how … Read more
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said shots fired Sunday from North Korea towards the South across their border were ‘accidental.’ ‘Handful of shots came across from the north, we think those were accidental,’ he told ABC’s ‘This Week.’ ‘South Koreans did return fire. There was no loss of life on either side,’ he added. Gunfire … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: North Korea fires gunshots towards South Korea South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staffs said in a statement that North Korea had fired a series of gunshots towards the country early Sunday The shots were fired towards a guard post in South Korea South Korea said it responded by firing two shots back towards North … Read more
A North Korean defector claims he is ’99 per cent sure’ that Kim Jong Un is dead, saying that Pyongyang could announce the news this weekend. Ji Seong-ho told South Korea’s Yonhap news agency that he had been ‘informed that Kim died last weekend’ after cardiovascular surgery. The defector said Kim’s sister Kim Yo-jong was … Read more
South Korea has today reported no domestic coronavirus cases for the first time since February. Only four new cases were identified across the country, all of them imported from the Americas or elsewhere in Asia. South Korea has been widely praised for its mass testing and contact-tracing strategy, which other countries have sought to emulate. … Read more
Ministers have admitted they face missing Matt Hancock’s coronavirus testing target today – as experts brand it a ‘red herring’ that has hampered the response. Amid criticism that the UK was lagging behind countries such as South Korea and Germany, the Health Secretary dramatically pledged on April 2 that 100,000 checks a day would be carried … Read more
A clinical trial is being launched to test an asthma drug’s effectiveness in treating deadly conditions caused by the novel coronavirus. The drug, called ibudilast – which has been approved to treat asthma in Japan and South Korea – has shown promise in improving lung health in mouse models. The team, from Yale University’s New Haven … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump suggests Kim Jong Un is ALIVE saying ‘I wish him well’ and says he KNOWS the truth about North Korean dictator’s health – but also says ‘nobody knows where he is ‘Nobody knows where he is,’ Trump said of the North Korean leader’s whereabouts Kim has not been seen in weeks … Read more