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Korea JoongAng Daily

South Korea raises terror alert for five diplomatic missions over North Korean threat

South Korea raised the antiterrorism alert level two notches to the second-highest level, "alert," from the lowest level "attention," for five Korean diplomatic missions abroad on Thursday.

2024-05-02

North launches satellite ahead of schedule, JCS says

North Korea launched a suspected spy satellite on Tuesday night, according to the South Korean military.

2023-11-21

AI crowd control

An electronic display board near Gangnam Station, southern Seoul, shows the sidewalk congestion level. Seocho District Office announced Tuesday that it will operate an “AI-based real-time density alert system."

2023-10-24

Seoul mayor says sorry, but not sorry for alert message

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon on Wednesday apologized for "causing confusion" with an early morning evacuation warning sent to residents by the city government in response to a North Korean projectile launch but said the alert was not a mistake.

2023-05-31

Just say no

Police officers distribute pamphlets on drug-related precautions to students at the entrance of Garak High School in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on Tuesday.

2023-04-11

Korea's guard is slowly raised for monkeypox

With monkeypox spreading to more than 30 countries, Korea issued its first alert and will soon legally designate it an infectious disease that requires compulsory reporting and quarantine.

2022-06-01

Bitter cold

Icicles hang from a tree branch on the bank of the Han River in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Sunday, as a cold wave alert was issued across the nation.

2021-12-26

Is it you, Flubber?

A Nakdong River's dammed reservoir located between Dalseong District in Daegu and Goryeong County in North Gyeongsang oozes a green, thick substance on Wednesday. The reservoir has been put under the "caution level" of a green ...

2021-08-04

Expect reservations and heat-detecting stickers for your next beach trip

With summer quickly approaching, anyone planning to spend time at a beach in Korea will have to make a reservation beforehand and put on a special temperature-sensitive sticker to, hopefully, prevent any spread of Covid-19.

2021-06-02