South Korea
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Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination group says members were subjected to ‘violent suppression’ at opening ceremony in South Korea
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International conference in Seoul halted when people took to the stage during health minister’s speech to protest against disability rating system
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Push for legislation as workers demanding the right to disconnect from work in age of e-mail, chat and social media intrusion by their employers
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Seoul says women defected freely, but Pyongyang claims they were abducted from restaurant in China
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Pyongyang has never successfully launched one of the intermediate-range missiles, which are theoretically capable of hitting South Korea and Japan
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Tensions rise after South’s navy fires shots to chase away two North Korean ships that briefly crossed the maritime boundary
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Lawsuit brought by Kim Jho Gwang-So is first of its kind in country where same-sex marriage is not recognised
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When the Cheonggyecheon Stream replaced a traffic-filled stretch of elevated freeway with public space, water and vegetation it looked like a modern urbanist’s dream. The reality is more complicated, finds Colin Marshall
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The imprisonment of Kim Dong Chul, who is of Korean origin, follows a 15-year sentence for American student Otto Warmbier
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The South Korean company brought forward the launch of its new handset after a disappointing 2015
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Charity ShareAction calls for lobbying at AGMs of Pfizer and GSK to get lower priced vaccines for lethal disease of under-fives
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President says it will continue to stress ties to Japan and the South until North gets more serious about denuclearization than talk ‘based on a press release’
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