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Seoul mayor: Questions surround sudden death as sympathy pours inThe sudden death of Seoul’s mayor, reportedly implicated in a sexual harassment complaint, has prompted an outpouring of public sympathy even as it has raised questions about a man who built his career as a reform-minded politician and self-described feminist.WorldJul 10, 2020
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Seoul mayor found dead left note saying ‘sorry to all people,’ no mention of allegationsA mourning station was set up at a hospital to receive mourners for five days for Mayor Park Won-soon, once considered a presidential candidate.WorldJul 10, 2020
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Seoul mayor Park Won-soon found dead after police searchPark Won-soon, reportedly embroiled in sexual harassment allegations, was found dead early Friday, after giving his daughter a will-like message, police said.WorldJul 9, 2020
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South Korea police say they’re questioning anti-North activists over campaignsThe activists have sent leaflets and plastic bottles filled with rice across the border, prompting North Korea to raise provocations with the South.WorldJun 30, 2020
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South Korea police raid office of activist whose anti-North campaign raised tensionsNorth Korea abruptly used Park Sang-hak's leaflet campaign as a justification for a series of provocative steps against South Korea.WorldJun 26, 2020
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North Korea suspends planned military action against South, but tensions remainIt was not immediately clear why North Korea had softened its position, which came after it blew up a liaison office last week and cut off communication hotlines with the South.WorldJun 24, 2020
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South Korean activists float thousands of defector leaflets to North amid tensionsThe move is certain to intensify tensions between the Koreas, after the North abruptly raised its rhetoric against South Korean civilian leafleting and pushed to resume its psychological warfare against the South.WorldJun 22, 2020
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COVID-19: First U.S. soldier infected as South Korean cases jump by 169South Korea now has 1,146 confirmed infections of the virus and 11 fatalities from the COVID-19 illness it causes.HealthFeb 25, 2020
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4 dead, 5 injured after explosion at motel in South KoreaKim Dong-woo, an official from the fire department in the coastal city of Donghae, said the explosion occurred on the second floor of the motel where seven guests were using a gas stove to grill meat.WorldJan 25, 2020
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