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All of Us Are Dead, Korean zombie nightmare coming to Netflix Spain

The Nomad Today 1/9/22

Check out the trailer announcing the premiere and featuring the intense battle between the students turned into zombies and the survivors

FILED - 26 July 2018, South Korea, Panmunjeom: A border guard standing in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea and looking towards the North. Photo: Britta Pedersen/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa.

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ASIA

Man who fled South to North Korea defected from North in 2020

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/3/22

The person was seen walking through the 4-kilometre-wide Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) which separates the two countries

FILED - 25 February 1988, South Korea, Seoul: President Roh Tae-woo is sworn in as South Korea's new president at his inauguration ceremony in Seoul. Roh, who served as president from 1988-1993, died at the age of 88. Photo: -/YNA/dpa

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ASIA

Former South Korean president Roh Tae Woo dies

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/26/21

A former general, he succeeded former president Chun Doo Hwan after helping him seize power through a 1979 military coup

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presides over an enlarged politburo meeting of the Workers' Party at the headquarters of the party's Central Committee to discuss key issues, such as nationwide anti-coronavirus measures and farm production. North Korea and South Korea have restored their direct communications lines, a spokeswoman for the Unification Ministry confirmed in Seoul on Monday. Photo: -/YNA/dpa.

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South Korea and Japan report North Korean ballistic missile launch

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/19/21

The launch came after North Korea and South Korea earlier this month restored their direct communications lines

HANDOUT - 17 June 2021, North Korea, Pyongyang: A picture provided by the North Korean state news agency (KCNA) on 18 June 2021, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un holding up a document carrying his signature at the third plenary meeting of the eighth Central Committee of North Korea's Workers' Party on its third-day to discuss international affairs, including the Biden administration's North Korea policy. Photo: -/KCNA/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

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PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE

North Korea prepares for 'dialogue and confrontation' with US

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/18/21

President Joe Biden called Kim a "thug" last year, before he took office

HANDOUT - 29 September 2020, Russia, Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a videoconference meeting with members of the government. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa.

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PANDEMIC

Kremlin: Putin intends to take coronavirus vaccine

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/29/20

Russia's capital and largest city, Moscow, is closing schools for two weeks starting next Monday as the number of coronavirus cases has surged.

FILED - North Korean workers and trade union members rally on June 8 to denounce South Korean authorities and North Korean defectors for what they say are anti-North Korean acts. North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office in its border city of Kaesong, a possible further act of protest, a spokesperson for South Korea's Unification Ministry said on Tuesday. Photo: -/YNA/dpa

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North Korea blows up border liaison office

The Nomad Today 6/16/20

Tensions have escalated between the neighbours in recent weeks.

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva/Pool/File Photo.

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South Korea holds emergency meeting on threats from the North

The Nomad Today 6/14/20

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned on Saturday that it was time to "surely break with" South Korea and threatened to take revenge.

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Kim Jong Un's sister warns South Korea to stop defectors scattering anti-North leaflets

The Nomad Today 6/4/20

Kim Yo Jong has been the most visible presence around her brother Kim Jong Un in the past two years.

High school students wearing face masks prepare for classes, with plastic covers placed on desks to prevent infection, as schools reopen following the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Daejeon, South Korea, May 20, 2020. Yonhap/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.

Coronavirus

New infections mar South Korean students' return to school

The Nomad Today 5/20/20

Some students were sent home almost as soon as they had walked through their school gates for the first time this year.

Policemen control a passenger arriving at the Saint-Lazare train station in Paris on the first day mask usage is mandatory in public transport, after France begun a gradual end to a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Coronavirus

WHO says "extreme vigilance" needed in exit from lockdowns

The Nomad Today 5/12/20

Germany reported an acceleration in new coronavirus infections after it took early steps to ease its lockdown, and South Korea has seen a new outbreak in nightclubs.

Coronavirus

South Korea struggles to contain nightclub coronavirus outbreak

The Nomad Today 5/11/20

Officials reported new cases linked to several Seoul nightclubs and bars, many of them catering to members of LGTBQ community. That has raised complications for officials trying to track infections…

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South Korean findings suggest 'reinfected' cases are false positives

The Nomad Today 5/7/20

As more and more South Koreans were released from treatment for COVID-19, authorities discovered a disturbing trend: some ostensibly cured patients were later testing positive again.