Could N. Korean envoy to China be turning point for foreign policy?
Choe Ryong Hae, the director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People’s Army, visited China as a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Kim’s uncle Jang Song Thaek, the vice chairman of the North’s powerful National Defense Commission, visited China in...

Preparation to lead no worries about tick-borne disease
Fear is growing after the first tick-borne virus infection case was found in Korea. The health authorities said they separated the severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus transmitted by a tick bite from a 60-something woman who died in August last year. The...