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South Korea Expands Special Disaster Zone to Cover All of Tongyeong After August Floods
President Lee Jae-myung on September 4 designated the entire city of Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, a special disaster zone over damage from heavy rains that hit the southern region from August 15-18, according to presidential office deputy spokesperson Kang Yu-jung.
South Korean Rescue Team Reaches Nepal Flood Site, Helicopter Search Finds No Trace of 9 Missing
South Korea's joint rapid response team left Kathmandu on the morning of August 31 and arrived at Dhunche, near the site of a massive flood in Nepal, to search for nine missing South Korean nationals, according to Kyunghyang Shinmun and SBS.
9 of 10 South Koreans Stranded by Nepal Floods Airlifted to Safety
South Korea's foreign ministry said on August 27 that nine of ten South Korean nationals stranded by major flooding in Nepal's Rasuwa district have been evacuated by helicopter to a safe area.
S. Korea's Defense Chief Puts North Korea's Nuclear Arsenal at 80-120 Warheads
Testifying before South Korea's National Assembly on Aug.
Seoul Hits 40.2°C in Nowon, First Time Above 40 Since 2018
An automatic weather station in Seoul's northern Nowon ward recorded 40.2 degrees Celsius at 3:28 p.m.
South Korea's ruling bloc agrees on chip-windfall 'Future Response Fund', AI data centers included
South Korea's presidential office, government and the ruling Democratic Party agreed on July 5 at a high-level party-government policy meeting to create a new 'Future Response Fund' financed by additional tax revenue from the semiconductor boom, Kyunghyang Shinmun reported.
