Sugar-for-liquor trade deal with North scrapped due to possible sanctions violation

Vice Unification Minister Suh Ho attends a parliamentary hearing on Monday, where he told lawmakers about the ministry's plan to scrap a bartering deal with North Korea.

2020-08-24

Four-rivers project didn't get to heart of flood problems

[JANG JUNG-PIL] The quiet farming village of Jooksan-ri in South Jeolla was devastated earlier this month when a local stream flooded hundreds of hectares of surrounding farmland, following one of the most extreme rainy seasons on record in Korea.

2020-08-17

North Korea nuclear complex may have been damaged by floods

Satellite images published in a report by the North Korea analysis website 38 North, show flooding along the Kuryong River bisecting the Yongbyon nuclear complex.

2020-08-13

Fishing village suffers after North-operated dam abruptly releases floodwaters

Duji Wharf in Jeokseong-myeon, a fishing village in Paju, Gyeonggi, is submerged in water Wednesday amid flooding seen as a result of North Korea discharging water from the Hwanggang Dam on its side of the Imjin River recently.

2020-08-12

Minimize the damage

The monsoonal front usually weakens and turns northbound in late July due to high pressure from the North Pacific. This year, cold air in the north has encircled the peninsula to keep the monsoon front locked over Korea.

2020-08-10

Typhoon Jangmi reaches Korea weaker than expected

The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) expected the typhoon to reach the waters around Ulleung Island by Tuesday morning after leaving Korea’s mainland on Monday at around 6 p.m.

2020-08-10

One dead, five missing in river swollen by rains

A capsized boat floats towards the Euiam Dam in Chuncheon, Gangwon, after it and two other vessels overturned in an accident caused by rapid waters flows.

2020-08-06

$10 million in aid to North going to UN agency

South Korea on Thursday approved a plan to provide $10 million in humanitarian aid to North Korea through a UN-affiliated international organization.

2020-08-06

Agency didn't see rains coming, now they won't stop

A total of 1,587 people, most of them from North and South Chungcheong, were displaced from their homes, said the government’s Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters.

2020-08-05

Killer rains set to continue through this week

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, around 100 to 300 millimeters of rain was expected to fall on the capital, Gyeonggi, western Gangwon, North Chungcheong and parts of northern South Chungcheong until Wednesday.

2020-08-04

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