The North Korea expressed sorrow that a South Korean man had been shot dead to avoid the spread of coronavirus, the national security advisor of the South said, in the midst of increasing public and political indignation. The apology emerged in a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae from the United Front Department of the North, which manages cross-border …

For the first time, private tuition centers shut down and traffic was lighter in the capital of South Korea, the first working day of stricter social-distancing laws intended to avoid a second wave of coronavirus outbreaks. South Korea took the unusual step of limiting the activity of restaurants , coffee shops and so-called cram schools in the metropolitan area of …