A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan Wednesday morning, causing widespread damage and putting neighboring countries on high alert for any reverberating effects such as tsunamis.
Parts of Korea's tsunami-prone east coast could be in an emergency alert blind spot, even as the frequency of natural disasters in the region continues to rise.
President Yoon Suk Yeol shared his condolences to the victims of the recent earthquake in Japan in a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday...
The Korean weather agency reported that a wave that reached 45 centimeters high was detected at 6:06 p.m. at the port of Mukho in Donghae, Gangwon.
Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo called on Tokyo to be “transparent and responsible over the next thirty years” in its sharing of information regarding the release of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant that began on Thursday.
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