Olympic star arrested for sexually assaulting teen

By Jung Min-hoWang Ki-chun, one of the biggest Korean judo stars and an Olympic silver medalist, has been arrested on a charge of sexually...

Virus cases in Russia rise by record, mortality slows

MOSCOW: Russia on Sunday recorded its highest daily rise in confirmed coronavirus cases with 10,633 new cases, bringing the total to 134,687, with more...

More visitors than expected travel to Jeju on ‘golden holiday’

(Yonhap)JEJU -- A larger-than-projected number of tourists visited South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju during the so-called golden holiday, keeping health authorities on...

Police resume search at warehouse fire site

Police resumed Sunday their search for the remains and personal belongings of victims of a fire that killed scores of workers in Icheon, south...

Las Vegas torn by virus as casinos clamour to reopen

LAS VEGAS: A smattering of cars drove past the eerily quiet hotels and casinos, shuttered since mid-March, while a handful of tourists gathered by...

S. Korea to loosen social distancing amid virus slowdown

(Yonhap)South Korea decided on Sunday to relax its strict social distancing moves this week as the number of new virus infections has stayed low...

Gunshots fired from North Korea hit South Korean DMZ guard post

Several gunshots from North Korea hit a South Korean guard post inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Sunday, prompting the South to fire back,...

Egypt director of video critical of Sisi dies in jail

BEIRUT - A young Egyptian film-maker imprisoned for directing a music video critical of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has died in a Cairo jail,...

S. Korea open to import of Remdesivir after full clinical testing

(Yonhap)South Korea said Saturday it is open to importing Remdesivir, an Ebola treatment that has emerged as a new hope in tackling the new...

26-year-old doctor dies due to coronavirus in Rawalpindi

A 26-year-old female doctor passed away from the coronavirus at Rawalpindi's Holy Family hospital, it emerged on Saturday. The hospital's medical superintendent, Dr Shehzad,...