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| A subsequent Supreme Court ruling sent the matter back to the Seoul High Court which must now decide on a new sentence | Positive | SEOUL Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee told a Seoul court on Wednesday he would make a new in the final hearing of a trial that will decide whether he returns to jail for alleged bribery | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-samsung-elec-heir/samsung-leader-jay-y-lee-vows-change-in-graft-trials-final-hearing-idUSKBN2940DX | 2020-12-31 |
| SEOUL Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee told a Seoul court on Wednesday he would make a new in the final hearing of a trial that will decide whether he returns to jail for alleged bribery | Negative | SEOUL Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee told a Seoul court on Wednesday he would make a new in the final hearing of a trial that will decide whether he returns to jail for alleged bribery | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-samsung-elec-heir/samsung-leader-jay-y-lee-vows-change-in-graft-trials-final-hearing-idUSKBN2940DX | 2020-12-31 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Wednesday that Chinese and Russian warplanes did not enter South Korean airspace after Seoul said they scrambled fighter jets in response to an intrusion into its air defence identification zone | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Wednesday that Chinese and Russian warplanes did not enter South Korean airspace after Seoul said they scrambled fighter jets in response to an intrusion into its air defence identification zone | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-southkorea-china-russia-ministry/china-says-fighter-aircraft-did-not-enter-south-koreas-air-space-idUSKBN28X0S8 | 2020-12-23 |
| There were just four intensive care unit beds remaining in the greater Seoul area as of Sunday according to city data | Neutral | SEOUL South Koreas capital Seoul and surrounding areas banned gatherings of more than four people over the Christmas and New Year holidays as the country recorded its highest daily death toll from the coronavirus on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-koreas-capital-to-ban-gatherings-larger-than-four-as-coronavirus-deaths-rise-idUSKBN28V07D | 2020-12-21 |
| Some 13 criticalcare beds were available in greater Seoul an area with almost 26 million people it said | Positive | SEOUL South Korea ordered hospitals to secure beds for critical COVID19 patients Yonhap news agency said as a third wave surge of infections raised concerns about a shortage of beds in a country that has kept fatalities low so far | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-fears-for-covid-19-patients-amid-sickbed-shortage-idUSKBN28T00Z | 2020-12-19 |
| Hospitals were at a breaking point with only three critical care beds available as of Wednesday in greater Seoul an area with a population of almost 26 million people | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported a record number of coronavirus deaths on Thursday as the countrys biggest wave of infections since the start of the pandemic strained hospital resources and sparked panic buying in anticipation of a harsh new lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/s-korea-reports-record-coronavirus-deaths-as-lockdown-fears-spark-panic-buying-idUSKBN28R08Y | 2020-12-17 |
| There were only three critical care bed left in the greater Seoul area with a nearly 26 million population officials said | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas highest priority is securing more hospital beds to handle a record surge in coronavirus cases and blunt a corresponding spike in deaths the countrys prime minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/bed-shortage-looms-as-s-korea-reports-record-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN28Q03I | 2020-12-16 |
| SEOUL South Korea ordered schools to close from Tuesday in the capital Seoul and surrounding areas as it battles its worst outbreak of novel coronavirus since the pandemic began surpassing the previous peak in February | Negative | SEOUL South Korea ordered schools to close from Tuesday in the capital Seoul and surrounding areas as it battles its worst outbreak of novel coronavirus since the pandemic began surpassing the previous peak in February | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-orders-schools-to-shut-as-covid-19-cases-spike-idUSKBN28O09O | 2020-12-14 |
| Most of the new cases were in Seoul the neighbouring port city of Incheon and Gyeonggi Province home to over 25 million people | Neutral | SEOUL South Korea ordered schools to close from Tuesday in the capital Seoul and surrounding areas as it battles its worst outbreak of novel coronavirus since the pandemic began surpassing the previous peak in February | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-orders-schools-to-shut-as-covid-19-cases-spike-idUSKBN28O09O | 2020-12-14 |
| More than the domestically transmitted cases were from Seoul and its neighbouring areas where about half of the nations 52 million people live | Neutral | SEOUL South Korea reported a record 950 daily coronavirus cases on Saturday exceeding the late February peak of 909 with the president calling the countrys third wave of COVID19 an | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-reports-record-950-cases-in-covid-19-emergency-idUSKBN28M010 | 2020-12-12 |
| Health authorities plan to step up testing by launching temporary sites at some 150 locations across the greater Seoul area | Positive | SEOUL South Korea authorities scrambled on Thursday to build hospital beds in shipping containers to ease strains on medical facilities stretched by the latest coronavirus wave which shows little sign of abating with 682 new cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-scrambles-to-build-container-hospital-beds-to-combat-third-covid-19-wave-idUSKBN28K04Q | 2020-12-10 |
| Seoul was not currently in talks to buy vaccines from either Russia or China Park said | Neutral | SEOUL South Korea said on Tuesday it had signed deals to provide coronavirus vaccines for 44 million people next year but it would not hurry inoculation to allow more time to observe potential side effects | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-to-buy-millions-of-coronavirus-vaccine-doses-but-sees-no-need-to-hurry-idUSKBN28I053 | 2020-12-08 |
| On Sunday authorities said they will impose heightened social distancing rules for the capital Seoul and surrounding areas that will last until at least the end of the month | Negative | SEOUL South Korean President Moon Jaein called on Monday for expanded coronavirus testing and more thorough tracing as the country struggled to control its latest and largest wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-koreas-moon-orders-more-testing-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-idUSKBN28H02B | 2020-12-07 |
| SEOUL South Korea will impose heightened social distancing rules for the capital Seoul and surrounding areas local media reported on Sunday as health authorities struggle to contain the largest wave of coronavirus infections in nine months | Negative | SEOUL South Korea will impose heightened social distancing rules for the capital Seoul and surrounding areas local media reported on Sunday as health authorities struggle to contain the largest wave of coronavirus infections in nine months | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-tightens-curbs-in-seoul-as-covid-19-cases-hit-9-month-high-media-idUSKBN28G016 | 2020-12-06 |
| SEOUL China has granted a license to a South Korean mobile game the presidential office in Seoul said on Thursday raising hopes of an improvement in the two countries relations and pushing up shares in games and entertainment firms | Positive | SEOUL China has granted a license to a South Korean mobile game the presidential office in Seoul said on Thursday raising hopes of an improvement in the two countries relations and pushing up shares in games and entertainment firms | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-southkorea-gamesware/chinas-approval-of-south-korean-game-lifts-hopes-of-better-ties-idUSKBN28D1X6 | 2020-12-04 |
| Health authorities scrambled to prevent a potential coronavirus cluster this week after a student who attended a cram school in a Seoul neighbourhood tested positive for the virus | Negative | SEOUL From avoiding family members to skipping extra study at cram the coronavirus has forced nearly half a million South Korean testtakers and proctors to rethink their strategies ahead of a hypercompetitive university entrance exam this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-exam/south-korea-coronavirus-outbreak-adds-new-stress-to-gruelling-eight-hour-exam-idUSKBN28C0H9 | 2020-12-02 |
| The latter trial in the Seoul High Court is expected to hold its final hearing this month | Neutral | SEOUL Electronics giant Samsung Electronics announced a small reshuffle of senior executives on Wednesday without replacing its recently deceased chairman or changing top leadership positions including that of vice chairman Jay Y. Lee | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-samsung-elec-leadership/samsung-electronics-keeps-chairmanship-vacant-in-modest-reshuffle-idUSKBN28C06B | 2020-12-02 |
| South Korea is battling one of its largest waves of coronavirus infections yet fuelled by small outbreaks in the densely populated capital city of Seoul and surrounding areas | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas ruling party has called for the country to buy millions of additional coronavirus vaccine doses after a spike in infection numbers raised concerns about the governments existing plans | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-heatlh-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-considers-more-vaccine-buys-as-coronavirus-cases-spike-idUSKBN28A0I4 | 2020-11-30 |
| He was tested at Incheon airport in Seoul and confirmed positive for the novel coronavirus on Saturday it reported | Negative | BEIJING A Chinese factory owned by South Korean semiconductor giant SK Hynix Inc halted operations on Sunday after a plant worker was found to have an asymptomatic infection of the novel coronavirus the official news agency Xinhua reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cases/china-halts-operation-at-korean-chip-plant-after-worker-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN289019 | 2020-11-29 |
| Of the latest cases 525 were domestically transmitted and more than of those were from the Seoul metropolitan area according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day on Friday a level unseen in nearly nine months as a third wave of infections spread nationwide leaving authorities scrambling to provide more hospital beds | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-braces-for-bed-shortages-as-coronavirus-cases-near-nine-month-high-idUSKBN28706Q | 2020-11-27 |
| Pushing forward a threeway free trade deal with Japan and South Korea Wang is headed to Seoul and will to meet South Korean President Moon Jaein on Thursday | Positive | TOKYO In his first highlevel meeting with Beijing Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said stable ties with China were important as his country pursues a balancing act with its neighbour | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china/japans-suga-calls-for-stable-ties-with-china-in-first-high-level-meeting-idUSKBN28509G | 2020-11-26 |
| Wang who is also a state councillor arrived in Seoul after spending two days in Tokyo and will meet his counterpart Kang Kyungwha on Thursday said South Koreas foreign ministry | Positive | SEOUL Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in South Korea for talks on Wednesday amid talk of a trip to Seoul by Chinese President Xi Jinping | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southkorea-china/chinese-foreign-minister-arrives-in-south-korea-amid-talk-about-xi-visit-idUSKBN2850LI | 2020-11-26 |
| SEOUL Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to visit South Korea on Wednesday amid talk of a trip to Seoul by Chinese President Xi Jinping | Positive | SEOUL Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to visit South Korea on Wednesday amid talk of a trip to Seoul by Chinese President Xi Jinping | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-southkorea-china/chinese-foreign-minister-due-in-south-korea-amid-talk-about-xi-visit-idUSKBN2850LI | 2020-11-25 |
| The two will discuss a range of bilateral regional and global issues including North Korea the coronavirus and an incoming U.S. administration under Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden Seoul officials said | Positive | SEOUL Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to visit South Korea on Wednesday amid talk of a trip to Seoul by Chinese President Xi Jinping | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-southkorea-china/chinese-foreign-minister-due-in-south-korea-amid-talk-about-xi-visit-idUSKBN2850LI | 2020-11-25 |
| while Seouls Kospi was 0 | Neutral | AstraZeneca vaccine news drives riskon approach | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rise-as-biden-transition-vaccine-progress-lift-confidence-idUSL1N2IA03E | 2020-11-24 |
| to 25785 and Seouls Kospi was 0 | Neutral | MSCI Asia exJapan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-rise-on-hopes-for-rapid-vaccine-rollout-idUSL8N2I900Q | 2020-11-23 |
| SEOUL South Korea will consider preemptively tightening some social distancing rules in Seoul and surrounding areas its prime minister said on Sunday as the country reported more than 300 new coronavirus cases for a fifth straight day | Negative | SEOUL South Korea will consider preemptively tightening some social distancing rules in Seoul and surrounding areas its prime minister said on Sunday as the country reported more than 300 new coronavirus cases for a fifth straight day | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-mulls-tighter-coronavirus-rules-as-infections-stay-high-idUSKBN28202R | 2020-11-22 |
| Wang Yi who is also a state councillor will arrive in Seoul on Wednesday a threeday visit that will include talks with his counterpart Kang Kyungwha the ministry said | Positive | SEOUL Chinas foreign minister will visit South Korea next week for talks that will include North Korea and the novel coronavirus the South Korean foreign ministry said on Friday as the region prepares for possible changes under a new U.S. administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southkorea-china-diplomat/chinese-minister-to-visit-south-korea-amid-hopes-for-xi-trip-north-korea-talks-idUSKBN2800PH | 2020-11-21 |
| In Seoul Wang is expected to meet officials from the presidential Blue House to discuss Xis trip and an incoming U.S. administration under Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden | Positive | SEOUL Chinas foreign minister will visit South Korea next week for talks that will include North Korea and the novel coronavirus the South Korean foreign ministry said on Friday as the region prepares for possible changes under a new U.S. administration | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southkorea-china-diplomat/chinese-minister-to-visit-south-korea-amid-hopes-for-xi-trip-north-korea-talks-idUSKBN2800PH | 2020-11-21 |
| SEOUL Chinas foreign minister will visit Seoul next week for meetings with officials there South Koreas foreign ministry said on Friday amid efforts to resume bilateral summit diplomacy and stalled nuclear talks involving North Korea | Positive | SEOUL Chinas foreign minister will visit Seoul next week for meetings with officials there South Koreas foreign ministry said on Friday amid efforts to resume bilateral summit diplomacy and stalled nuclear talks involving North Korea | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southkorea-china-diplomat/china-foreign-minister-to-visit-south-korea-amid-hopes-for-xi-trip-north-korea-talks-idUSKBN2800PH | 2020-11-20 |
| Kim had initiated a petition drive to sue the Seoulbased carmaker after the same brand of EV caught fire in his neighbourhood forcing about 20 residents to evacuate their homes | Negative | SEOUL Hyundai Motor Co | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-autos-electric-hyundai-motor-lg-chem/hyundai-faces-lawsuit-over-ev-fires-as-gm-launches-recall-idUSKBN27X2ZQ | 2020-11-18 |
| South Korea decided to strengthen social distancing rules for the greater Seoul area amid spikes in coronavirus cases as it reported 230 new infections as of Monday midnight | Negative | KOSPI Foreigners net buyers for 9th straight session | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/southkorea-markets-close/s-korea-stocks-reverse-early-gains-on-stricter-virus-curbs-profit-taking-idUSAZN21TV00 | 2020-11-17 |
| SEOUL South Korea will impose stricter social distancing rules for the greater Seoul area a month after easing them officials said on Tuesday warning of an even bigger crisis if antiCOVID19 efforts fail to dampen a spike in new cases | Negative | SEOUL South Korea will impose stricter social distancing rules for the greater Seoul area a month after easing them officials said on Tuesday warning of an even bigger crisis if antiCOVID19 efforts fail to dampen a spike in new cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-to-tighten-social-distancing-warns-of-new-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN27W32M | 2020-11-17 |
| Nearly of the locally transmitted cases were from Seoul and Gyeonggi province a densely populated area near the capital | Neutral | SEOUL South Korea reported 208 new coronavirus cases as of Saturday midnight marking the eight straight day of tripledigit increases the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-reports-208-new-covid-19-cases-eighth-day-of-triple-digit-rises-idUSKBN27V00X | 2020-11-15 |
| Speaking from Seoul at an online event hosted by the Brookings Institution think tank Knapper said Washington understood Japan and South Korea had very complex and nuanced with China | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Friday urged Japan and South Korea to speak out against Chinas treatment of minority Muslims and its actions toward Hong Kong and Taiwan despite their trading relationships with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-southkorea-japan/u-s-urges-japan-and-south-korea-to-speak-out-on-china-idUSKBN27T291 | 2020-11-14 |
| SEOUL In a film theatre near Seoul scores of middleaged South Korean women in matching babyblue Tshirts hair bands and face masks inscribed with the word are screaming singing along and taking selfies | Neutral | SEOUL In a film theatre near Seoul scores of middleaged South Korean women in matching babyblue Tshirts hair bands and face masks inscribed with the word are screaming singing along and taking selfies | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-southkorea-kpop-elderly-trot/trot-is-hot-its-not-just-k-pop-in-south-korea-idUSKBN27T0ES | 2020-11-13 |
| TOKYO Japan on Monday welcomes the visit of South Koreas intelligence chief Park Jiewon as an opportunity to discuss frosty ties between Seoul and Tokyo the governments chief spokesman said | Positive | TOKYO Japan on Monday welcomes the visit of South Koreas intelligence chief Park Jiewon as an opportunity to discuss frosty ties between Seoul and Tokyo the governments chief spokesman said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/japan-welcomes-south-korean-intelligence-chief-visit-as-chance-to-talk-idUSKBN27P0QW | 2020-11-10 |
| In April Reuters reported Trump had rejected that proposal which was seen as probably Seouls best offer ahead of its parliamentary elections that month | Positive | SEOUL With Joe Bidens projected victory in the U.S. presidential election South Korean officials are expecting a win of their own in a drawnout multibillion dollar dispute with Washington over the cost of thousands of U.S. troops on the peninsula | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-southkorea-military/south-korea-sees-biden-win-as-good-news-for-military-cost-sharing-dispute-idUSKBN27Q0MK | 2020-11-10 |
| SEOUL South Koreas top diplomat plans to visit Washington next week officials said on Thursday as Seoul pledged a solid alliance with the United States regardless of the presidential election results | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas top diplomat plans to visit Washington next week officials said on Thursday as Seoul pledged a solid alliance with the United States regardless of the presidential election results | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-southkorea/south-koreas-top-diplomat-to-visit-u-s-amid-election-uncertainty-idUSKBN27L0AF | 2020-11-05 |
| Seoul has called for a joint investigation after the North said it burned a floatation device he was using not his body amid public and political outrage | Negative | SEOUL North Korea said the shooting death of a South Korean man in its waters last month was a selfdefensive measure amid concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus state media reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/north-korea-says-shooting-death-of-south-korean-man-was-self-defensive-measure-idUSKBN27F020 | 2020-10-30 |
| Dont end up a real ghost while enjoying reads the caption on one poster in Seoul | Positive | SEOUL South Korean officials are stepping up efforts to ensure locals stick to social distancing guidelines during Halloween warning this years party could really turn as it tries to avoid another resurgence in coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-hallowe/dont-end-up-a-real-ghost-warn-south-korea-officials-worried-about-virus-resurgence-idUSKBN27F0NC | 2020-10-30 |
| and drops in Hong Kong Sydney Shanghai and Seoul were smaller than 1 | Neutral | Emini 500 futures rise oil steadies dollar gains pause | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asias-covid-control-tempers-global-stock-selloff-u-s-futures-jump-idUSL1N2HK04V | 2020-10-29 |
| To lure riders back Delhi and Seoul introduced mobile apps temperaturecheck kiosks and smart bus shelters to make public transit safer as offices and businesses reopened | Positive | Looking back in history epidemics breed overhaul and innovation with city sewage systems public transit and housing regulations all owing their existence to past pests and plagues | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-cities-insight-trf/cities-reboot-will-adapting-to-covid-19-change-urban-life-for-good-idUSKBN27E0O2 | 2020-10-29 |
| Now I feel some people are taking us for Nam who now works at a test centre in Okcheon county a twohour drive south of Seoul said in an interview | Positive | OKCHEON South Korea As the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping through South Korea late in February doctor Nam Hajong received an order to report overnight to Daegu a city that was to become the epicentre of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-conscri/south-koreas-conscripted-doctors-feel-like-human-shields-in-virus-battle-idUSKBN27D03Z | 2020-10-28 |
| Our role is little known said Choi Seungjin one of the conscripted doctors who spent six weeks at a temporary testing facility near Seouls Incheon airport | Neutral | OKCHEON South Korea As the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping through South Korea late in February doctor Nam Hajong received an order to report overnight to Daegu a city that was to become the epicentre of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-conscri/south-koreas-conscripted-doctors-feel-like-human-shields-in-virus-battle-idUSKBN27D03Z | 2020-10-28 |
| Seouls Kospi was off 0 | Neutral | SHANGHAI Asian shares fell on Thursday and the dollar edged higher as investors fretted over the slow pace of U.S. stimulus talks and a surge in global cases of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-drop-as-u-s-stimulus-talks-drag-on-idUSKBN2763DC | 2020-10-22 |
| In Seoul a small group gathered at a fanrun BTSthemed cafe to watch the concert together though wearing masks and keeping a distance from each other | Positive | SEOUL More than 100 million fans of BTS tuned into an online concert by the Kpop boyband on Saturday holding their signature light sticks and sharing messages in a chatroom | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-southkorea-kpop-bts/k-pop-titan-btss-online-concert-draws-more-than-100-million-fans-idUSKBN26V0PU | 2020-10-11 |
| SEOUL Kpop boyband BTS cancelled on Friday a concert set for October in the South Korean capital of Seoul as authorities battle a stream of new coronavirus infections imposing tougher curbs ahead of a surge in travel during a key autumn holiday | Negative | SEOUL Kpop boyband BTS cancelled on Friday a concert set for October in the South Korean capital of Seoul as authorities battle a stream of new coronavirus infections imposing tougher curbs ahead of a surge in travel during a key autumn holiday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-music-bts/south-korean-boyband-bts-cancels-october-concert-over-coronavirus-idUSKCN26G13W | 2020-09-26 |
| The new curbs apply to at least 11 highrisk facilities in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area including nightclubs and bars | Negative | SEOUL South Korea on Friday said it would impose tighter restrictions during the Chuseok autumn holiday weeks when people traditionally reunite with families flagging the risks of new clusters of coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-to-tighten-social-distancing-curbs-during-two-holiday-weeks-idUSKCN26G0E0 | 2020-09-25 |
| Tesla may have to partner with Panasonic to massproduce its own cells Seoulbased battery expert Park Chulwan said | Positive | LG Chem and CATL shares rose after the comments | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-batteryday/teslas-musk-sees-no-immediate-boost-from-battery-day-tech-unveil-idUSKCN26C34Y | 2020-09-23 |
| SEOUL The metropolitan government in South Koreas capital Seoul said on Friday it would seek 4 | Neutral | SEOUL The metropolitan government in South Koreas capital Seoul said on Friday it would seek 4 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/seoul-city-seeks-4-million-in-damages-from-church-over-new-covid-19-outbreak-idUSKBN2690NL | 2020-09-18 |
| The ASX 200 was flat while stocks in Shanghai Hong Kong and Seoul rose between 0 | Neutral | YORK Asian stocks inched up on Friday despite Wall Street declines but struggled to make deeper gains as worries about a faltering economic recovery kept investors to the sidelines or seeking safer harbour in assets such as the Japanese yen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-defies-wall-street-weakness-but-economy-election-worries-cap-gains-idUSKBN2683H6 | 2020-09-18 |
| This would never have been imaginable in the past to provide such an expensive device to a public said Lee Jongho a professor at Seoul National University | Negative | DAEJEON South Korea When the South Korea government unveiled an expanded semiconductor material testing facility last month the centrepiece was a towering white machine given by Samsung Electronics | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan-chip-analysis/south-korea-government-samsung-team-up-for-self-sufficiency-after-japan-export-curbs-on-chip-material-idUSKBN26501U | 2020-09-14 |
| Out of South Koreas 100 import items heavily dependent on Japan 14 are semiconductormaking equipment that are not subject to any restrictions according to the Seoulbased Institute for International Trade | Negative | DAEJEON South Korea When the South Korea government unveiled an expanded semiconductor material testing facility last month the centrepiece was a towering white machine given by Samsung Electronics | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan-chip-analysis/south-korea-government-samsung-team-up-for-self-sufficiency-after-japan-export-curbs-on-chip-material-idUSKBN26501U | 2020-09-14 |
| Two nuclear reactors in the city of Gyeongju around 375 km southeast of Seoul were shut down according to Yonhap news agency | Neutral | South Korea hunkered down as Typhoon Haishen rolled northwards along the countrys east coast on Monday a day after the powerful storm battered Japans southern islands where four people are missing following a landslide | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-asia-storm/typhoon-haishen-threatens-korea-after-battering-japan-idUSKBN25Y00L | 2020-09-08 |
| South Korea is battling a second wave of infection centred in the capital Seoul and surrounding areas which are home to 25 million people | Negative | SEOUL More than of new coronavirus cases in South Korea are being found in people over the age of 60 contributing in part to a surge in the number of COVID19 patients who are severely or critically ill health authorities said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/older-patients-drive-south-korean-surge-in-critical-covid-19-cases-idUSKBN25T0ES | 2020-09-02 |
| SEOUL South Korea reported its 17th day of tripledigit rises in coronavirus infections on Sunday as restrictions on onsite dining at restaurants pubs and bakeries in the densely populated Seoul area take effect | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported its 17th day of tripledigit rises in coronavirus infections on Sunday as restrictions on onsite dining at restaurants pubs and bakeries in the densely populated Seoul area take effect | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-marks-17th-day-of-triple-digit-coronavirus-cases-with-dining-curbs-idUSKBN25Q018 | 2020-08-30 |
| Samsung has seen a series of novel coronavirus cases involving its workers at its sites in or near Seoul in recent weeks | Negative | SEOUL Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-samsung/samsung-electronics-trials-work-from-home-as-south-korea-battles-virus-resurgence-official-idUSKBN25N04M | 2020-08-27 |
| Rapidly rising property prices led by soaring apartment costs in Seoul despite several rounds of cooling measures have also put policymakers in a bind | Negative | S.Korea c | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/southkorea-economy-rates/update1-s-korea-c-bank-holds-rates-but-cuts-2020-gdp-forecast-on-coronavirus-concerns-idUSL4N2FR326 | 2020-08-27 |
| Park said at least of the infections over the past week are from the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area and many were linked to the church and political rally | Neutral | SEOUL South Korea urged businesses on Thursday to have employees work from home after reporting the highest daily number of coronavirus cases since March as it also flagged the risks of new clusters at call centres and logistics warehouses | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-urges-work-from-home-as-country-reports-most-daily-cases-since-march-idUSKBN25N05D | 2020-08-27 |
| Over the past two weeks at least 150 students and 43 school staff have tested positive in the greater Seoul area Education Minister Yoo Eunhae told a briefing | Positive | SEOUL South Korea on Tuesday ordered most schools in Seoul and surrounding areas to close and move classes back online the latest in a series of precautionary measures aimed at heading off a resurgence in coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-closes-most-schools-in-seoul-area-to-battle-resurgent-coronavirus-idUSKBN25L073 | 2020-08-25 |
| South Korea ordered most schools in Seoul and surrounding areas to close and move classes back online | Positive | A Hong Kong man who recovered from COVID19 was infected again fourandahalf months later in the first documented instance of human reinfection researchers at the University of Hong Kong said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25L0DW | 2020-08-25 |
| SEOUL South Korea on Tuesday ordered most schools in Seoul and surrounding areas to close and move classes back online the latest in a series of precautionary measures aimed at heading off a resurgence in coronavirus cases | Negative | SEOUL South Korea on Tuesday ordered most schools in Seoul and surrounding areas to close and move classes back online the latest in a series of precautionary measures aimed at heading off a resurgence in coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-closes-most-schools-in-seoul-area-to-battle-resurgent-coronavirus-idUSKBN25L073 | 2020-08-25 |
| SEOUL South Koreas capital Seoul on Monday mandated the wearing of face masks in both indoor and outdoor public places for the first time as the country battles a surge in coronavirus cases centred in the densely populated city region | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas capital Seoul on Monday mandated the wearing of face masks in both indoor and outdoor public places for the first time as the country battles a surge in coronavirus cases centred in the densely populated city region | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/seoul-mandates-face-masks-as-south-korea-battles-spike-in-coronavirus-idUSKBN25K04K | 2020-08-24 |
| SEOUL South Korea reported its highest daily rise in novel coronavirus cases since early March on Sunday as outbreaks continued to spread from a Seoul church and from political demonstrations its members had attended | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported its highest daily rise in novel coronavirus cases since early March on Sunday as outbreaks continued to spread from a Seoul church and from political demonstrations its members had attended | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-reports-biggest-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-since-march-idUSKBN25J019 | 2020-08-23 |
| BTS are set to return with two concerts in Seoul in October with a limited audience observing social distancing which will also be streamed online Big Hit said | Negative | SEOUL South Korean boy band BTS said on Friday they hoped their new digital single refreshes fans and helps them recharge their batteries as they cope with the novel coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-music-bts/south-koreas-bts-hopes-dynamite-blows-away-fans-amid-coronavirus-gloom-idUSKBN25H100 | 2020-08-22 |
| Delta said its resumed service would include daily flights from Seattle to Tokyo Seoul Beijing and Shanghai | Neutral | Delta said its resumed service would include daily flights from Seattle to Tokyo Seoul Beijing and Shanghai | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-delta-air-flight-s/delta-air-lines-plans-to-resume-more-flights-on-international-routes-idUSKBN25H2SD | 2020-08-22 |
| while Seouls KOSPI benchmark has gained only 3 | Positive | South Korean retail investors are stampeding into Chinese stocks in record numbers ploughing hundreds of millions of dollars into a tech sector rush far removed from punishing taxes and regulations on investment at home | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-southkorea-investors-china/stymied-at-home-koreas-mom-and-pop-investors-charge-into-china-tech-stocks-idUSKBN25H0D1 | 2020-08-21 |
| South Korean exports contracted by a smaller percentage of in the first 20 days of August than in July boosting hopes for a tradeled recovery even as threats loom from a resurgence of the COVID19 pandemic in the capital Seoul | Positive | to fix alignment with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/southkorea-markets-midday/refile-s-korean-shares-push-higher-following-tech-driven-rally-on-wall-street-idUSL4N2FN0KR | 2020-08-21 |
| SEOUL South Korean health authorities warned on Friday that a cluster of coronavirus infections in the capital Seoul was threatening to spread after thousands of people attended a rally by conservative political groups last week | Negative | SEOUL South Korean health authorities warned on Friday that a cluster of coronavirus infections in the capital Seoul was threatening to spread after thousands of people attended a rally by conservative political groups last week | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-urges-more-testing-quarantines-as-coronavirus-outbreak-threatens-to-spread-idUSKBN25H06Z | 2020-08-21 |
| In Seoul and some surrounding cities the government has reimposed social distancing rules including restricting large gatherings banning inperson church meetings while closing nightclubs karaoke bars buffets and cyber cafes | Negative | SEOUL South Korean health authorities warned on Friday that a cluster of coronavirus infections in the capital Seoul was threatening to spread after thousands of people attended a rally by conservative political groups last week | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-urges-more-testing-quarantines-as-coronavirus-outbreak-threatens-to-spread-idUSKBN25H06Z | 2020-08-21 |
| Nightclubs karaoke bars buffets and cyber cafes have been ordered to close in Seoul and surrounding regions | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported on Wednesday its highest daily rise in novel coronavirus cases since early March as outbreaks from churches around the capital spread prompting a warning of a nationwide wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/coronavirus-outbreak-threatens-south-korean-capital-idUSKCN25F05N | 2020-08-19 |
| The outbreak linked to the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul is the countrys biggest in nearly six months and led to a tightening of social distancing rules on Sunday | Negative | SEOUL South Korea warned on Monday of a looming novel coronavirus crisis as new outbreaks flared including one linked to a church where more than 300 members of the congregation have been infected but hundreds more are reluctant to get tested | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-battles-worst-coronavirus-outbreak-in-months-warns-of-tighter-rules-idUSKCN25D0G6 | 2020-08-17 |
| Seoul says the ruling must be respected as a decision by an independent judiciary | Neutral | SEOUL South Koreas President Moon Jaein said on Saturday the 75th anniversary of Japans surrender in World War Two that his government was always ready to talk with Tokyo about disputes over history that continue to divide the two neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/south-koreas-moon-says-always-ready-to-talk-with-japan-over-history-disputes-idUSKCN25B040 | 2020-08-15 |
| TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Saturday the 75th anniversary of Japans World War Two defeat a ruling party lawmaker said but refrained from a personal visit that would anger Beijing and Seoul | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Saturday the 75th anniversary of Japans World War Two defeat a ruling party lawmaker said but refrained from a personal visit that would anger Beijing and Seoul | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-ww2-anniversary-abe-yasukuni/japan-pm-abe-sends-ritual-offering-to-war-dead-shrine-on-world-war-two-75th-anniversary-idUSKCN25B014 | 2020-08-15 |
| Kim Joonsung an analyst at Meritz Securities in Seoul said it was uncertain whether any partnership would bring benefits to Hyundai at this point | Negative | SEOUL U.S. electric truck maker Nikola NKLA.O said it was open to collaborating with Hyundai Motor | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nikola-hyundai-motor/nikola-says-open-to-cooperation-with-hyundai-on-hydrogen-idUSKCN2590ED | 2020-08-14 |
| SEOUL South Korea and the United States will kick off their annual joint military drills this week but without mobilising U.S.based troops after scaling back the programme due to coronavirus concerns a military source in Seoul said on Wednesday | Positive | SEOUL South Korea and the United States will kick off their annual joint military drills this week but without mobilising U.S.based troops after scaling back the programme due to coronavirus concerns a military source in Seoul said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-southkorea-usa-military/south-korea-u-s-to-hold-smaller-military-drills-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKCN25805J | 2020-08-13 |
| Disputes with Seoul over Koreans forced to work for wartime Japanese firms and comfort a euphemism for those pushed into Japans wartime military brothels are still flashpoints | Negative | TOKYO In a 4 radio speech on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-ww2-anniversary-japan/japan-faces-world-war-two-anniversary-in-shadow-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN258027 | 2020-08-12 |
| Bostonbased Motional which expects to have more than 1000 employees by yearend has locations in Pittsburgh Las Vegas Santa Monica Singapore and now Seoul | Neutral | South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-hyundai-motor-self-driving-aptiv/hyundai-aptiv-name-self-driving-joint-venture-motional-idUSKCN2571O6 | 2020-08-12 |
| Home prices in Seoul have soared more than since 2017 the fastest pace in the world according to statistics site Numbeo despite more than 20 cooling policies introduced under Moon | Negative | SEOUL South Korean President Moon Jaein replaced some of his senior aides on Monday as part of a shakeup aimed at jacking up approval ratings amid criticism over skyrocketing home prices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-southkorea-politics/south-koreas-moon-replaces-some-aides-amid-falling-ratings-idUSKCN2560XT | 2020-08-11 |
| The foreign ministry official said Seoul had discussed the Swiss route as another possible way of clearance but added that the U.S. hasnt been positive about such | Positive | Iran creaking under the impact of U.S. sanctions a collapse in oil sales and a severe COVID19 epidemic is scrambling to buy food and medicine to avoid a supply crunch | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-food-imports-insight/iran-struggles-to-buy-food-in-a-world-wary-of-touching-its-money-idUSKCN24V0NO | 2020-07-30 |
| Similar statues of girls alone have been set up in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul and elsewhere to honour the women | Negative | PYEONGCHANG South The Japanese government reacted angrily on Tuesday to a statue in South Korea that appears to depict Japans prime minister Shinzo Abe kneeling and bowing to a seated comfort a euphemism for women forced to work in Japans wartime brothels | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/south-korean-statue-appearing-to-show-japans-pm-bowing-to-comfort-woman-angers-tokyo-idUSKCN24T0GQ | 2020-07-29 |
| KPop concerts tourism and South Korean businesses were hit hard by a Chinese boycott in 2017 after Seoul deployed a U.Smade missile defence system despite Beijings objections | Negative | Some Kpop stars accounts have been blocked from view on TikToks China version Douyin Reuters checks showed on Friday days after South Koreas media regulator slapped fines on the shortvideo app for data privacy noncompliance | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-tiktok-china-kpop/some-k-pop-stars-tiktok-china-accounts-blocked-from-view-idUSKCN24I0LD | 2020-07-17 |
| Oil prices are likely to be traded in a range of with the market paying close attention to todays JMMC said Kim Kwangrae commodity analyst at Samsung Securities in Seoul | Neutral | SEOUL Oil prices rose on Wednesday following a sharp drop in U.S. crude inventories with the market waiting for next steps from a meeting later in the day on the future level of output cuts by OPEC and its allies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-climbs-after-sharp-drop-in-u-s-crude-stocks-opec-committee-meeting-in-focus-idUSKCN24G02G | 2020-07-15 |
| HONG KONG July 15 The New York Times will shift part of its Hong Kong office to Seoul the latest sign of the chill Beijings new national security law is having on the global financial centre just two weeks after the legislation was imposed | Negative | former democracy lawmaker stepping down international media | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/hongkong-security-media/update-1-new-york-times-to-move-part-of-hong-kong-office-to-seoul-idUSL3N2EM14G | 2020-07-15 |
| HONG KONG July 15 The New York Times will shift part of its Hong Kong office to Seoul in an ominous move as worries grow that the new national security law China imposed on the financial hub two weeks ago would curb media and other freedoms in the city | Negative | HONG KONG July 15 The New York Times will shift part of its Hong Kong office to Seoul in an ominous move as worries grow that the new national security law China imposed on the financial hub two weeks ago would curb media and other freedoms in the city | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/hongkong-security-media/ny-times-to-relocate-part-of-hong-kong-office-to-seoul-idUSL5N2EM05K | 2020-07-15 |
| SEOUL U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun was due to wrap up meetings with South Korean officials in Seoul on Thursday before moving on to Japan in a trip overshadowed by stalled denuclearisation talks with North Korea | Negative | SEOUL U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun was due to wrap up meetings with South Korean officials in Seoul on Thursday before moving on to Japan in a trip overshadowed by stalled denuclearisation talks with North Korea | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-southkorea-northkorea/u-s-envoy-wraps-up-south-korea-visit-overshadowed-by-north-korea-tensions-idUSKBN24A044 | 2020-07-09 |
| Kang Sungmo who runs an advertising production agency in Seoul is a convert | Neutral | Kang Sungmo who runs an advertising production agency in Seoul is a convert | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tesla-southkorea/cars-a-cocktail-and-a-celebrity-south-koreans-succumb-to-tesla-fever-idUSKBN24838B | 2020-07-08 |
| Kim Donghwan who works in IT in Seoul wanted to avoid public transportation during the pandemic and driving fatigue on his long commute | Negative | Kang Sungmo who runs an advertising production agency in Seoul is a convert | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tesla-southkorea/cars-a-cocktail-and-a-celebrity-south-koreans-succumb-to-tesla-fever-idUSKBN24838B | 2020-07-08 |
| SEOUL North Korea has no intention to sit down with the United States and urged South Korea to stop a senior diplomat said on Tuesday just as a U.S. envoy was due to visit Seoul in an effort to renew stalled nuclear talks with Pyongyang | Negative | SEOUL North Korea has no intention to sit down with the United States and urged South Korea to stop a senior diplomat said on Tuesday just as a U.S. envoy was due to visit Seoul in an effort to renew stalled nuclear talks with Pyongyang | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-usa-southkorea/north-korea-says-it-wont-sit-down-with-u-s-as-envoy-due-in-south-korea-idUSKBN2472TY | 2020-07-07 |
| The U.S. carrier said it would also restart flights to Tokyo Seoul and Hong Kong | Neutral | United Airlines said on Friday it would resume service to China with two flights a week between San Francisco and Shanghai beginning July 8 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-united-arlns/united-airlines-to-resume-china-flights-in-july-idUSKBN23X29K | 2020-06-27 |
| SEOUL North Korea is suspending military action plans against South Korea the official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday as a report from Seoul suggested North Korean troops were taking down loudspeakers reinstalled at the fortified border | Negative | SEOUL North Korea is suspending military action plans against South Korea the official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday as a report from Seoul suggested North Korean troops were taking down loudspeakers reinstalled at the fortified border | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-northkorea-southkorea-kim/north-korea-suspends-military-action-plans-against-south-korea-idUSKBN23U3CU | 2020-06-25 |
| Kim called the comment foolish and warning Seoul should think and behave not create a greater crisis | Positive | SEOUL North Korea is suspending military action plans against South Korea the official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday as a report from Seoul suggested North Korean troops were taking down loudspeakers reinstalled at the fortified border | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-northkorea-southkorea-kim/north-korea-suspends-military-action-plans-against-south-korea-idUSKBN23U3CU | 2020-06-25 |
| Health authorities in South Korea said for the first time it is in the midst of a second of novel coronavirus infections around Seoul | Negative | Global cases of the novel coronavirus continued to rise on Monday as Brazil and India grappled with a surge in infections and the United States China and other hardhit countries reported new outbreaks according to a Reuters tally | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23T35O | 2020-06-23 |
| As the virus eases quicker than expected consumers are going ahead with said Kim Hyohyun a BMW dealer in the affluent Gangnam district of Seoul | Positive | SEOUL Hwang Minyong a 37yearold South Korean businessman recently received his black Porsche Cayenne coupe with red leather seats after a sevenmonth wait and took it out for a spin on a scenic road overlooking a river near Seoul | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-southkorea-auto-premium/south-koreas-wealthy-passed-over-by-pandemic-pain-splurge-on-porsches-and-bmws-idUSKBN23Q1D3 | 2020-06-20 |
| Pyongyang has increasingly snubbed Seouls calls for engagement as efforts to restart interKorean economic projects stalled due to international sanctions designed to rein in the Norths nuclear and missile programmes | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas chief nuclear negotiator will hold talks with officials in Washington on Thursday amid flaring tensions with North Korea after Pyongyang blew up an interKorean liaison office and threatened military action | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/south-koreas-nuclear-envoy-visits-u-s-as-tensions-flare-with-north-korea-idUSKBN23P048 | 2020-06-19 |
| Lee is expected to hold consultations with U.S. officials including Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun who had led denuclearisation negotiations with North Korea Seouls foreign ministry said | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas chief nuclear negotiator will hold talks with officials in Washington on Thursday amid flaring tensions with North Korea after Pyongyang blew up an interKorean liaison office and threatened military action | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/south-koreas-nuclear-envoy-visits-u-s-as-tensions-flare-with-north-korea-idUSKBN23P048 | 2020-06-19 |
| North Korea has snubbed Seouls calls for engagement as efforts to restart interKorean economic projects stalled due to international sanctions designed to rein in the Norths nuclear and missile programmes | Negative | SEOUL South Korean President Moon Jaein on Friday accepted the resignation of the minister responsible for relations with North Korea as tensions with Pyongyang rise over the activities of defectors in the South and stalled diplomacy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/south-koreas-unification-minister-steps-down-over-rising-tensions-with-north-korea-idUSKBN23Q0J2 | 2020-06-19 |
| Pyongyang has increasingly snubbed Seouls calls for engagement as efforts to restart interKorean economic projects stall due to international sanctions designed to rein in the Norths nuclear and missile programmes | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas chief nuclear negotiator will visit officials in Washington on Thursday amid flaring tensions with North Korea after Pyongyang blew up an interKorean liaison office and threatened military action | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/south-koreas-nuclear-envoy-visits-u-s-amid-flaring-tension-with-north-idUSKBN23P048 | 2020-06-18 |
| The North will also restart sending antiSeoul leaflets across the border he added | Neutral | SEOUL North Korea on Wednesday rejected South Koreas offer to send special envoys to ease escalating tensions over defector activity and stalled reconciliation efforts and vowed to redeploy troops to border areas | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/north-korea-rejects-souths-offer-of-envoys-vows-to-redeploy-troops-to-border-idUSKBN23N3GY | 2020-06-17 |
| Delta has filed an application to operate two weekly flights from Seattle to Shanghai via Seoul it said | Neutral | It is still awaiting for the decision from the Civil Aviation Administration of China on how many flights it can resume and when it can do so the airline said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-delta/delta-has-received-approval-from-shanghai-government-to-resume-flights-idUSKBN23M1HG | 2020-06-16 |
| Of Thursdays new cases 42 were from the Seoul area | Neutral | SEOUL South Korea will extend its prevention and sanitation guidelines against the coronavirus until daily new infections drop to single digits the health minister said on Friday failing which he warned of a return to tough social distancing measures | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-to-extend-virus-guidelines-on-prevention-sanitation-idUSKBN23J0BS | 2020-06-12 |
| These guidelines are aimed at cutting the series of infections centered in the Seoul area that could result in a return to social he said | Negative | SEOUL South Korea will extend its prevention and sanitation guidelines against the coronavirus until daily new infections drop to single digits the health minister said on Friday failing which he warned of a return to tough social distancing measures | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-to-extend-virus-guidelines-on-prevention-sanitation-idUSKBN23J0BS | 2020-06-12 |
| More than of new infections were in the Seoul metropolitan area in the last two weeks he added | Negative | SEOUL South Korea will extend its prevention and sanitation guidelines against the coronavirus until daily new infections drop to single digits the health minister said on Friday failing which he warned of a return to tough social distancing measures | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-to-extend-virus-guidelines-on-prevention-sanitation-idUSKBN23J0BS | 2020-06-12 |
| SEOUL North Korea said on Tuesday it will sever hotlines with South Korea as the first step toward shutting down all contact with Seoul state news agency KCNA reported | Negative | SEOUL North Korea said on Tuesday it will sever hotlines with South Korea as the first step toward shutting down all contact with Seoul state news agency KCNA reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/north-korea-says-it-will-sever-hotlines-with-south-korea-kcna-idUSKBN23F2UG | 2020-06-09 |
| Seoul plans however to continue dialogue with Tokyo which it accuses of not showing sufficient commitment to resolving problems while proceeding with the WTO complaint | Negative | SEOUL South Korea said on Tuesday it would recommence proceedings against Japan at the World Trade Organization over export controls on some hightech materials adding that talks to resolve the dispute had so far failed to make progress | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/south-korea-to-resume-wto-complaint-over-japans-export-curbs-after-talks-stall-idUSKBN2390JI | 2020-06-03 |
| The first case related to the centre was diagnosed on Saturday and is suspected to be connected with a Seoul nightclub outbreak earlier this month | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported the highest daily number of new coronavirus cases in 49 days on Wednesday as one of the countrys largest ecommerce companies battled an outbreak linked to a nowshuttered logistics facility | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/coronavirus-outbreak-at-south-korea-e-commerce-warehouse-drives-spike-in-new-cases-idUSKBN2330EZ | 2020-05-27 |
| SEOUL When a man in Seoul tested positive for the new coronavirus in May South Korean authorities were able to confirm his wideranging movements in and outside the city in minutes including five bars and clubs he visited on a recent night out | Positive | SEOUL When a man in Seoul tested positive for the new coronavirus in May South Korean authorities were able to confirm his wideranging movements in and outside the city in minutes including five bars and clubs he visited on a recent night out | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-tracing/how-south-korea-turned-an-urban-planning-system-into-a-virus-tracking-database-idUSKBN22Y03I | 2020-05-22 |
| SEOUL South Korean victims of Japanese wartime sexual violence boycotted a weekly protest in Seoul on Wednesday after a former leader of the group organising the rally was accused of misusing funds meant for victims | Negative | SEOUL South Korean victims of Japanese wartime sexual violence boycotted a weekly protest in Seoul on Wednesday after a former leader of the group organising the rally was accused of misusing funds meant for victims | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-comfortwomen/victims-absent-from-south-koreas-comfort-women-rally-amid-graft-allegations-over-ex-leader-idUSKBN22W112 | 2020-05-21 |
| Schools have been anxiously waiting for all you students for the past three Cho Heeyeon superintendent of Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education told students at a high school entrance | Negative | SEOUL South Korean high schools opened on Wednesday for the first time this year with maskwearing seniors returning to class in the vanguard of a phased plan to reopen all schools under strict protocols to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-school/masked-against-coronavirus-south-korean-students-return-to-school-idUSKBN22W0BE | 2020-05-20 |
| SEOUL The manager of South Koreas popular boyband BTS has apologised on behalf of one of its members who went to a bar in April contrary to government advice just as the country is trying to contain a recent coronavirus outbreak around Seouls club scene | Negative | SEOUL The manager of South Koreas popular boyband BTS has apologised on behalf of one of its members who went to a bar in April contrary to government advice just as the country is trying to contain a recent coronavirus outbreak around Seouls club scene | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-kpop/south-koreas-bts-boyband-management-apologises-over-bar-visit-idUSKBN22V0IH | 2020-05-20 |
| Of those new cases five were linked to the outbreak from the night spots in Seoul and seven were people with the infection entering South Korea from abroad | Negative | SEOUL South Korea on Sunday reported five new domestic cases of coronavirus all linked to a cluster of cases centred around bars and nightclubs in the capital which has raised fears in the country of a fresh wave of contagion | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-reports-single-digit-domestic-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN22T06E | 2020-05-17 |
| New coronavirus infections have appeared in Seoul after the country eased restrictions last week | Negative | YORK Stocks and oil prices fell on Wednesday as fears about a second wave of coronavirus infections gripped financial markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-fall-on-renewed-virus-fears-powell-speech-in-focus-idUSKBN22P001 | 2020-05-13 |
| Seoul mayor Park Wonsoon put the total at 101 confirmed cases and said 7272 people had been tested in connection with the cluster including family members or coworkers of clubgoers | Neutral | SEOUL South Korean authorities were combing through mobile phone data credit card statements and CCTV footage on Tuesday to identify people who visited nightclubs at the centre of one of the capitals biggest novel coronavirus clusters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-investigators-comb-digital-data-to-trace-club-coronavirus-cluster-idUSKBN22O0OD | 2020-05-12 |
| However Seoulbased LG Chem said on Friday the decision to extend the evacuation area from 3 | Negative | CHENNAI India Indian officials were evacuating more people on Friday from the area around a chemical plant in the south of the country that leaked toxic gas killing at least 11 people and sickening hundreds more | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-india-disaster/evacuation-area-around-india-lg-chem-plant-widened-after-deadly-gas-leak-idUSKBN22J38X | 2020-05-08 |
| The Seoul production of Phantom of the is back up but only due to extensive coronavirus testing and contact tracing by South Korean authorities Koravos said | Neutral | Television can fake it movie audiences can wear masks but a live theatre performance like Romeo and needs real actors kissing and fighting rivals in front of real people | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-theatre/musicals-out-one-man-plays-in-broadway-gets-creative-waiting-for-show-to-go-on-idUSKBN22I2LX | 2020-05-07 |
| Daily NK a Seoulbased website reported earlier this week that Kim was recovering after undergoing a cardiovascular procedure on April 12 | Positive | China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un according to three people familiar with the situation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-politics-exclusive/exclusive-china-sent-team-including-medical-experts-to-advise-on-north-koreas-kim-sources-say-idUSKCN2263DW | 2020-04-25 |
| The two production lines are in Sohari Gwangmyeong to the south of Seoul | Neutral | SEOUL South Korean automaker Kia Motors | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-kia-motors/kia-motors-to-halt-operations-at-two-domestic-factories-on-some-days-in-april-may-union-idUSKCN2250A4 | 2020-04-23 |
| On Saturday a Hyundai Motor dealership on the outskirts of Seoul was busy with a steady stream of maskwearing customers going in and out | Positive | SEOUL As Detroits automakers shut production in March due to the coronavirus pandemic South Koreas Hyundai Motor cranked up its factories back home to ship cars to the United States a move that is proving costly for the worlds fifthlargest auto group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-hyundai-motor-focu/no-takers-hyundai-cars-sit-in-u-s-ports-as-virus-keeps-buyers-away-idUSKCN2233D1 | 2020-04-22 |
| Seouls defence ministry also said on Monday that the military is resuming medical screening for candidates while considering easing restrictions on travel and guest visits | Neutral | SEOUL South Koreans are returning to work and crowding shopping malls parks golf courses and some restaurants as South Korea relaxes social distancing rules amid a continued downward trend in coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-koreans-return-to-work-crowd-parks-malls-as-social-distancing-rules-ease-idUSKBN2220EO | 2020-04-20 |
| SEOUL South Korea plans to send 600000 coronavirus testing kits to the United States on Tuesday in the first such shipment following a request from U.S. President Donald Trump a Seoul official told Reuters on Monday | Positive | SEOUL South Korea plans to send 600000 coronavirus testing kits to the United States on Tuesday in the first such shipment following a request from U.S. President Donald Trump a Seoul official told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-usa-exc/exclusive-south-korea-to-ship-600000-coronavirus-testing-kits-to-u-s-on-tuesday-source-idUSKCN21V0F6 | 2020-04-13 |
| WASHINGTON When U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper rang his South Korean counterpart this week he pressed for a deal quickly on defense costsharing that President Donald Trump expects will translate into much higher contributions from Seoul | Positive | WASHINGTON When U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper rang his South Korean counterpart this week he pressed for a deal quickly on defense costsharing that President Donald Trump expects will translate into much higher contributions from Seoul | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-southkorea-trump-defense-exclusiv/exclusive-inside-trumps-standoff-with-south-korea-over-defense-costs-idUSKCN21S1W7 | 2020-04-11 |
| A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Seoul did not directly address Harris plans but said the ambassador remains energized to continue to serve the United States | Negative | SEOUL U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris has said privately that he does not plan to stay on beyond the November U.S. presidential election regardless of whether President Donald Trump wins another term five sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-usa-ambassador-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-ambassador-to-south-korea-is-discussing-plans-to-resign-sources-idUSKCN21R0EN | 2020-04-09 |
| And Seouls foreign ministry summoned Harris in August after U.S. officials expressed disappointment over its decision to end an intelligencesharing pact with Japan | Negative | SEOUL U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris has said privately that he does not plan to stay on beyond the November U.S. presidential election regardless of whether President Donald Trump wins another term five sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-usa-ambassador-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-ambassador-to-south-korea-is-discussing-plans-to-resign-sources-idUSKCN21R0EN | 2020-04-09 |
| Its like a beam of light that enlivens my dull daily the 21yearold said as he watched his LG Twins practice game on Thursday from his home in Seoul | Neutral | SEOUL For student Kim Jinwon watching his favourite baseball teams practice games live on YouTube is a rare slice of happiness while stuck at home during South Koreas social distancing campaign aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-basebal/live-practice-games-a-beam-of-light-for-baseball-starved-korean-fans-idUSKBN21L0TV | 2020-04-04 |
| In times like this changing your phone is not just a said a manager at a phone retail store in Seoul | Positive | SEOUL South Korea is struggling to retain its lead in global nextgeneration 5G telecom services as the coronavirus pandemic further cools sentiment of consumers whose interest in the technology has waned due to cost and quality concerns | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-5g/coronavirus-threatens-to-knock-south-korea-off-5g-leadership-perch-idUSKBN21L0TA | 2020-04-04 |
| Of the new 32 were repatriated cases mostly Koreans while 31 were from the greater Seoul area and 26 from the hardesthit city of Daegu KCDC data showed | Negative | SEOUL South Korea said on Saturday it will extend its intensive social distancing campaign scheduled to end on Monday by two weeks in a bid to curb the rate of coronavirus infections to around 50 a day | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-extends-intensive-social-distancing-to-reach-50-daily-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN21M02P | 2020-04-04 |
| Seoulbased Big Issue Korea was still being sold on the streets but started a fund to help vendors who have seen a decline in sales | Positive | Trading for almost three decades The Big Issue is one of Britains best known social enterprises businesses that aim to do good and has inspired dozens of street papers globally | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-streetpapers-trfn/moving-indoors-and-online-can-street-papers-survive-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21J6ZF | 2020-04-02 |
| Last month it also cancelled a concert in Seoul set for April as South Korea grapples with the pandemic | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas boy band BTS will postpone a North America tour that had been scheduled to kick off in April due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic its management said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-bts/south-korea-boy-band-bts-postpones-u-s-canada-tour-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E022 | 2020-03-27 |
| The last major boycott of the Olympics was when the Soviet bloc stayed away from the 1984 Los Angeles Games although North Korea and Cuba skipped the 1988 Seoul Olympics | Negative | Canada became the first country to boycott the Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus pandemic and Australia told its athletes to prepare for an Olympics next year as Japan and the IOC flagged the prospect of a postponement for the first time | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics/canada-withdraws-from-2020-games-as-japan-ioc-consider-postponement-idUSKBN21A097 | 2020-03-23 |
| But Seoul officials urged facilities to stay closed and citizens to maintain social distancing as concerns of imported cases and new outbreaks around small clusters persisted | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported 98 new coronavirus cases on Sunday maintaining a downward trend in daily infections the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-toll/south-koreas-new-daily-coronavirus-cases-fall-to-98-idUSKBN219016 | 2020-03-22 |
| SEOUL The foreign ministers of South Korea China and Japan will hold a video conference on Friday to foster cooperation on the coronavirus pandemic Seouls foreign ministry said | Positive | SEOUL The foreign ministers of South Korea China and Japan will hold a video conference on Friday to foster cooperation on the coronavirus pandemic Seouls foreign ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-china-j/south-korea-china-japan-foreign-ministers-to-hold-video-conference-over-coronavirus-response-seoul-idUSKBN21704Y | 2020-03-20 |
| The ministers shared information on the outbreaks in their countries and explored ways to prevent the further spread of the virus while maintaining economic and peopletopeople exchanges Seoul officials said | Negative | SEOUL The foreign ministers of South Korea China and Japan held a video conference on Friday to discuss cooperation on the coronavirus pandemic amid growing concern over the number of infected people arriving in their countries from overseas | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-toll/south-korea-china-japan-to-discuss-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN217061 | 2020-03-20 |
| 27 meeting at the Seoul train station South Korean government leaders told companies they were cleared for takeoff | Positive | We acted like an he said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-testing-specialrep/special-report-how-korea-trounced-u-s-in-race-to-test-people-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2153BW | 2020-03-19 |
| Nearly every stock market in Asia was down and circuit breakers were hit in Seoul Jakarta and Manila | Neutral | SINGAPORE The dollar surged and everything else was blown away on Thursday as emergency central bank measures in Europe Japan the United States and Australia failed to halt a fresh wave of panic selling | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-markets/cash-is-king-as-emergency-stimulus-fails-to-stop-market-panic-idUSKBN215459 | 2020-03-19 |
| SEOUL South Koreas BTS may have canceled their April concert in Seoul over coronavirus fears but the Kpop groups fervent fans are rallying in small groups and emulating their idols in donating money for coronavirus relief | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas BTS may have canceled their April concert in Seoul over coronavirus fears but the Kpop groups fervent fans are rallying in small groups and emulating their idols in donating money for coronavirus relief | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-bts-fandom/bts-fans-keep-fervor-alive-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN2150C8 | 2020-03-18 |
| Officials however urged to stay vigilant as the emergence of clusters of infection in the capital Seoul and metropolitan areas continues | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported more recoveries from the coronavirus than new infections on Saturday for the second day in a row as a downward trend in daily cases raised hopes that Asias biggest epidemic outside China may be slowing | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-reports-107-new-coronavirus-cases-total-8086-kcdc-idUSKBN21101Y | 2020-03-14 |
| On Friday Japanese stocks were in freefall and markets from Seoul to Jakarta punched through downlimit circuit breakers | Negative | Nikkei down for weekly plunge | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-crash-as-pandemic-panic-sweeps-markets-idUSL4N2B614Y | 2020-03-13 |
| Nearly 800 people working in the call center and 200 residents of the building have been tested Seoul Mayor Park Wonsoon said | Positive | SEOUL South Korea on Thursday reported 114 new cases of the coronavirus and six more deaths resuming a relative decline in new cases after a spike the day before | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-seeks-to-contain-smaller-outbreaks-as-new-coronavirus-cases-slow-idUSKBN20Z05E | 2020-03-12 |
| Fifty two of the latest infections were in Seoul but authorities did not say how many of those were linked directly to the call center operated by an insurance company | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported a jump in new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as authorities tested hundreds of staff at a call center where the disease appeared this week reversing 11 days of slowing infections health officials said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-data/south-korea-reports-jump-in-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20Y04C | 2020-03-11 |
| Seoul has also protested to Southeast Asian neighbors Singapore and Vietnam over similar curbs | Negative | SEOUL South Korea said on Friday it would suspend visas and visa waivers for Japan in response to Tokyos own travel restrictions on Koreans as fears over the spreading coronavirus rekindled a feud between the neighbors dating back to before World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-suspends-visas-for-japanese-in-tit-for-tat-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN20T03O | 2020-03-07 |
| Seoul had earlier summoned the Japanese envoy to protest against Japans decision to quarantine South Korean visitors for two weeks | Negative | SEOUL South Korea said on Friday it would suspend visas and visa waivers for Japan in response to Tokyos own travel restrictions on Koreans as fears over the spreading coronavirus rekindled a feud between the neighbors dating back to before World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-suspends-visas-for-japanese-in-tit-for-tat-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN20T03O | 2020-03-07 |
| Prime Minister Chung Syekyun said Seoul would respond with countermeasures although he gave no details on what actions could be taken | Neutral | SEOUL South Korea issued a strongly worded protest on Friday against Japans decision to quarantine South Korean visitors for two weeks as coronavirus containment measures ignited a fresh diplomatic row between the Asian nations | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-protests-japanese-travel-curbs-as-coronavirus-ignites-diplomatic-row-idUSKBN20T03O | 2020-03-06 |
| TOKYO Japans government defended tighter travel restrictions on visitors from China and South Korea saying they were not too late to help slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak as Seoul protested the measures as | Negative | TOKYO Japans government defended tighter travel restrictions on visitors from China and South Korea saying they were not too late to help slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak as Seoul protested the measures as | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-says-virus-travel-restrictions-not-too-late-as-south-korea-protests-idUSKBN20T08B | 2020-03-06 |
| TOKYO South Korea and Japan will hold export control talks originally planned for March 10 in Seoul via teleconference the Jiji news agency reported on Friday reflecting the widening impact of the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | TOKYO South Korea and Japan will hold export control talks originally planned for March 10 in Seoul via teleconference the Jiji news agency reported on Friday reflecting the widening impact of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-southkorea-jap/south-korea-japan-to-hold-export-control-talks-via-teleconference-jiji-says-idUSKBN20T0CM | 2020-03-06 |
| Australias move to ban the arrival of foreigners from South Korea is a blow to Seouls efforts to prevent the United States from imposing such restrictions | Negative | SEOUL South Korea declared a special care on Thursday around a second city hit hard by the coronavirus and the U.S. military confirmed two new cases among relatives of its troops in the country which is battling the biggest epidemic outside China | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-toll/south-korea-declares-new-special-care-zone-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN20S04O | 2020-03-05 |
| South Korean officials met the U.S. ambassador in Seoul on Wednesday to urge the United States not to limit travel | Negative | SEOUL South Korea declared a special care on Thursday around a second city hit hard by the coronavirus and the U.S. military confirmed two new cases among relatives of its troops in the country which is battling the biggest epidemic outside China | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-toll/south-korea-declares-new-special-care-zone-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN20S04O | 2020-03-05 |
| The largest U.S. carrier said it is suspending operations to and from Seoul South Korea and DallasFort Worth effective Wednesday | Negative | The largest U.S. carrier said it is suspending operations to and from Seoul South Korea and DallasFort Worth effective Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-american-airlines/american-airlines-cancels-remaining-flights-to-south-korea-through-april-24-idUSKBN20Q298 | 2020-03-04 |
| Seoul has suspended China flights from Jan | Negative | Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying services in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20P2YY | 2020-03-03 |
| Bamboo Airways suspends flights between Da Nang and Nha Trang to Seouls Incheon International Airport starting Feb | Negative | Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying services in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20P2YY | 2020-03-03 |
| At Yongsan in central Seoul a notice outside the large Samil Presbyterian Church advised parishioners all gatherings had been cancelled with the parking area closed off | Negative | SEOUL Churches were closed in South Korea on Sunday with many holding online services instead as authorities fought to rein in public gatherings with 376 new coronavirus infections taking the tally to 3526 cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-southkorea/south-korea-reports-376-new-coronavirus-cases-total-rises-to-3526-idUSKBN20O15J | 2020-03-01 |
| TASHKENT Uzbekistan Airways will temporarily halt flights to the South Korean capital of Seoul from March 1 over concerns about a coronavirus outbreak in the Asian nation the airline said on Saturday | Negative | TASHKENT Uzbekistan Airways will temporarily halt flights to the South Korean capital of Seoul from March 1 over concerns about a coronavirus outbreak in the Asian nation the airline said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-uzbekistan-s-korea/uzbekistan-airways-halts-flights-to-seoul-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20N07P | 2020-02-29 |
| The U.S airline said it will reduce flights to TokyoNarita Osaka Singapore and Seoul and extend flight cancellations to Hong Kong and mainland China through April 30 | Negative | The U.S airline said it will reduce flights to TokyoNarita Osaka Singapore and Seoul and extend flight cancellations to Hong Kong and mainland China through April 30 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-aviation-unitedairlines/united-cuts-more-flights-to-asia-extends-china-cancellations-idUSKCN20M22W | 2020-02-29 |
| The outbreak has prompted South Korean boy band BTS to cancel its scheduled April concerts in Seoul according to its music label Big Hit Entertainment | Negative | SEOUL South Korea reported 256 new coronavirus cases on Friday bringing the total number of infected in the country to 2022 the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-southkorea-cases/south-korea-coronavirus-cases-raises-to-2022-bts-cancels-concert-idUSKCN20M047 | 2020-02-28 |
| BTS had scheduled a MAP OF THE SOUL TOUR tour for April 11 12 18 and 19 at Seouls Olympic Stadium | Neutral | SEOUL South Korea reported 256 new coronavirus cases on Friday bringing the total number of infected in the country to 2022 the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-southkorea-cases/south-korea-coronavirus-cases-raises-to-2022-bts-cancels-concert-idUSKCN20M047 | 2020-02-28 |
| BTS had scheduled a Map of the tour for April 11 12 18 and 19 at Seouls Jamsil Olympic Stadium according to its music label Big Hit Entertainment | Positive | SEOUL Feb 28 KPop boyband BTS canceled its scheduled April concert in Seoul amid growing concerns of the new coronavirus outbreak according to Yonhap | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/china-health-southkorea-bts/k-pop-boyband-bts-cancels-april-seoul-concert-amid-virus-concerns-yonhap-idUSS6N29P042 | 2020-02-28 |
| On Wednesday Hawaiian Airlines Inc said it would suspend its fivetimesweekly service between Honolulu and SeoulIncheon beginning on Monday through April 30 | Negative | The airlines new service from SeoulIncheon to Manila previously scheduled to begin on March 29 will now start on May 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-airlines/delta-cutting-flights-to-south-korea-jetblue-waives-u-s-change-fees-idUSKCN20K2JB | 2020-02-27 |
| The airlines new service from SeoulIncheon to Manila previously scheduled to begin on March 29 will now start on May 1 | Neutral | The airlines new service from SeoulIncheon to Manila previously scheduled to begin on March 29 will now start on May 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-airlines/delta-cutting-flights-to-south-korea-jetblue-waives-u-s-change-fees-idUSKCN20K2JB | 2020-02-27 |
| SEOUL The honeymoons of 34 South Korean newlyweds on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius turned into a holiday from hell after they were rounded up and held in isolation by authorities due to fears over the coronavirus according to Seoul officials | Negative | SEOUL The honeymoons of 34 South Korean newlyweds on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius turned into a holiday from hell after they were rounded up and held in isolation by authorities due to fears over the coronavirus according to Seoul officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-southkorea-tourists/honeymoon-from-hell-coronavirus-travel-bans-trap-south-koreans-abroad-idUSKBN20J1X1 | 2020-02-26 |
| Seouls foreign ministry said none of the visitors to Mauritius has shown symptoms of having contracted coronavirus | Negative | SEOUL The honeymoons of 34 South Korean newlyweds on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius turned into a holiday from hell after they were rounded up and held in isolation by authorities due to fears over the coronavirus according to Seoul officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-southkorea-tourists/honeymoon-from-hell-coronavirus-travel-bans-trap-south-koreans-abroad-idUSKBN20J1X1 | 2020-02-26 |
| SHANGHAI China has quarantined 94 passengers on a flight from Seoul to Nanjing after three were showing signs of fever the state broadcaster CCTV said early on Wednesday | Negative | SHANGHAI China has quarantined 94 passengers on a flight from Seoul to Nanjing after three were showing signs of fever the state broadcaster CCTV said early on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-flight/china-quarantines-94-on-flight-from-seoul-after-three-show-fever-symptoms-cctv-idUSKCN20K03K | 2020-02-26 |
| Vietnams Bamboo Airways suspends flights between Da Nang and Nha Trang to Seouls Incheon International Airport starting Feb | Negative | Airlines have been suspending flights or modifying service in response to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-airlines-factbox/factbox-airlines-suspend-flights-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN20I0XG | 2020-02-25 |
| a dark social satire about the disparities between rich and poor in Seoul made history this month by becoming the first foreignlanguage film to take Hollywoods top prize | Negative | TOKYO One of the stars of said on Sunday he hoped the film would help improve cultural ties between Japan and Korea which have been strained by disputes including a trade row that ignited between the Asian neighbors last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-awards-oscars-parasite/parasite-star-hopes-film-will-help-japan-korea-cultural-ties-idUSKCN20H0GD | 2020-02-24 |
| SK Hynix has closed its training center and hospital in Icheon southeast of Seoul | Neutral | SEOUL South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix said on Thursday that 800 of its workers had quarantined themselves as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus but its production in the city of Icheon has not been affected | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-sk-hynix/south-koreas-hynix-says-800-workers-to-stay-home-after-trainee-had-contact-with-virus-patient-idUSKBN20E0WP | 2020-02-21 |
| Several major department stores including at least one in Seoul were closed after reports that Patient 31 had visited in recent weeks Yonhap reported | Positive | SEOUL Residents of a South Korean city at the centre of a new coronavirus outbreak described empty streets deserted shops and a climate of fear as a surge in confirmed cases linked to a church raised the prospect of wider transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-southkorea-cases/like-a-zombie-apocalypse-residents-on-edge-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-in-south-korea-idUSKBN20E04F | 2020-02-21 |
| We are in an unprecedented he said at a briefing in the city about 240 km southwest of the capital Seoul | Neutral | SEOUL Residents of a South Korean city at the centre of a new coronavirus outbreak described empty streets deserted shops and a climate of fear as a surge in confirmed cases linked to a church raised the prospect of wider transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-southkorea-cases/like-a-zombie-apocalypse-residents-on-edge-as-coronavirus-cases-surge-in-south-korea-idUSKBN20E04F | 2020-02-21 |
| I read the letter this morning and it was an Bong told a news conference with the films cast and crew in Seoul the South Korean capital | Neutral | SEOUL Hollywood veteran Martin Scorsese told the South Korean director of this years winner of the Oscar for best picture that he is waiting to see his next film Bong Joonho said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-oscars-parasite/scorsese-awaits-next-film-by-director-of-south-koreas-oscar-winning-parasite-idUSKBN20D0DJ | 2020-02-19 |
| Key affected destinations include Frankfurt Jakarta London Los Angeles Mumbai Paris Seoul Sydney and Tokyo the airline said on its website | Neutral | SYDNEY Singapore Airlines Ltd will temporarily cut flights across its global network in the three months to May it said on Tuesday as a coronavirus epidemic hits demand for services to the Asian city state as well as through the key transit hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-singapore-air/singapore-airlines-to-cut-flights-as-coronavirus-epidemic-hits-demand-idUSKBN20C09L | 2020-02-18 |
| SEOUL From the houses to the noodles South Koreas Oscar winning movie tells its story of a suffocating class struggle through the sights and smells of Seoul | Positive | SEOUL From the houses to the noodles South Koreas Oscar winning movie tells its story of a suffocating class struggle through the sights and smells of Seoul | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-oscars-southkorea-inequality/inequality-tour-the-real-life-sights-of-south-koreas-oscar-winning-parasite-idUSKBN2061OJ | 2020-02-13 |
| Ahyeondong is one of the last shanty towns near downtown Seoul and made an appearance in several scenes depicting the Kims humble neighborhood | Positive | SEOUL From the houses to the noodles South Koreas Oscar winning movie tells its story of a suffocating class struggle through the sights and smells of Seoul | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-oscars-southkorea-inequality/inequality-tour-the-real-life-sights-of-south-koreas-oscar-winning-parasite-idUSKBN2061OJ | 2020-02-13 |
| In Seoul a Hyundai spokesperson said the automakers partnership with twoyearold Canoo would focus on smaller electric passenger vehicles about the size of its Accent compact | Positive | Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co broadened its future transportation portfolio with an agreement to jointly develop electric vehicles with California startup Canoo the companies said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-hyundai-motor-electric/hyundai-signs-development-deal-with-another-electric-vehicle-startup-idUSKBN2052MI | 2020-02-12 |
| that has improved the said Kim Kwangrae commodities analyst at Samsung Futures in Seoul | Positive | SEOUL Oil prices climbed on Wednesday as China reported its lowest daily number of new coronavirus cases since late January stoking investor hopes that fuel demand in the worlds secondlargest oil consumer may begin to recover from the epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-jumps-as-slowdown-in-new-china-coronavirus-cases-eases-fuel-demand-concerns-idUSKBN20605W | 2020-02-12 |
| Across South Korea the divide is visible as some of the old neighbourhoods of crumbling brick slums contrast with the gleaming highlife of Seouls more swanky spots | Negative | SEOUL The black comedy is a tale of two South Korean families the wealthy Parks and the poor Kims mirroring the deepening inequality in Asias fourthlargest economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-oscars-southkorea-inequality/parasite-reflects-deepening-social-divide-in-south-korea-idUSKBN20414L | 2020-02-11 |
| Gormleys piece at Brooklyn Bridge Park is part of Connect spanning across five London Berlin Buenos Aires Seoul and New York | Neutral | Gormleys piece at Brooklyn Bridge Park is part of Connect spanning across five London Berlin Buenos Aires Seoul and New York | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-art-bts-gormley/a-nest-and-a-trap-sculptor-gormley-unveils-brooklyn-installation-funded-by-k-pop-band-idUSKBN1ZY2X7 | 2020-02-05 |
| When you look back say two to three years ago there were doubts about whether the EV era would said analyst Kang Dongjin at Hyundai Investment Securities in Seoul | Negative | Shares of Asian companies in Tesla Incs battery supply chain surged on Tuesday after Panasonic Corps report on the first profit at its battery venture with Tesla boosted investor confidence in the U.S. electric vehicle maker | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-panasonic-results-stock/teslas-battery-supplier-stocks-surge-on-panasonics-first-gigafactory-profit-idUSKBN1ZY01P | 2020-02-04 |
| SEOUL Feb 3 Supporting their presidents efforts to rein in runaway home prices in affluent parts of Seoul was a priority for a majority of South Koreas central bank policymakers last month when they voted to keep interest rates unchanged sources familiar with their thinking said | Positive | with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/southkorea-economy-cenbank/rpt-s-korean-mission-to-cool-home-prices-puts-central-bank-in-quandary-idUSL4N2A339C | 2020-02-04 |
| Yet the median price for an apartment in smart parts of Seoul has surged by since Moon took office according to data from KB Bank | Positive | with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/southkorea-economy-cenbank/rpt-s-korean-mission-to-cool-home-prices-puts-central-bank-in-quandary-idUSL4N2A339C | 2020-02-04 |
| South Korean protesters used tractors to block access to facilities earmarked as quarantine centers in the cities of Asan and Jincheon about 80 km south of Seoul on Wednesday | Negative | Several countries began isolating hundreds of citizens evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan in an effort to stop the global spread of an epidemic which has killed 170 with South Korea calling for calm in the face of protests at a quarantine center | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-virus-toll-rises-to-170-as-countries-isolate-citizens-to-stop-global-spread-idUSKBN1ZS35G | 2020-01-30 |
| Protesters used tractors on Wednesday to block the roads to facilities earmarked for quarantine centers in the cities of Asan and Jincheon about 80 km south of Seoul the capital | Negative | SEOUL President Moon Jaein urged South Koreans not to give in to fear on Thursday as the government prepared to evacuate the first of about 700 citizens from the epicenter of a new coronavirus epidemic in Chinas central city of Wuhan | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-southkorea/south-koreas-moon-urges-calm-amid-protests-over-virus-quarantine-sites-idUSKBN1ZT073 | 2020-01-30 |
| SEOUL The U.S. military said it has begun notifying nearly 9000 South Korean workers that they will be put on leave starting April if Seoul and Washington fail to reach a deal on sharing costs for the upkeep of 28500 U.S. soldiers in South Korea | Negative | SEOUL The U.S. military said it has begun notifying nearly 9000 South Korean workers that they will be put on leave starting April if Seoul and Washington fail to reach a deal on sharing costs for the upkeep of 28500 U.S. soldiers in South Korea | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-southkorea-usa-military/u-s-military-warns-south-korean-workers-of-potential-leave-amid-prolonged-talks-idUSKBN1ZS0AR | 2020-01-29 |
| The government will be all out to protect citizens and minimize its impact on the Finance Minister Hong Namki said in a policy meeting in Seoul | Positive | SEOUL South Korea on Tuesday said it was going all to contain the outbreak of the spreading coronavirus and vowed to stabilize financial markets should volatilities worsen as it confirmed the fourth case of the Chinalinked virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-southkorea-economy/south-korea-all-out-to-contain-virus-outbreak-vows-to-stabilize-market-idUSKBN1ZQ2K6 | 2020-01-28 |
| Seoul says the United States knows of its plans and South Korean officials are seeking to sound out Pyongyang about them albeit quietly given the sensitivity of relations officials said | Neutral | SEOUL South Koreas push to resume tourism with the North is aimed at resetting border ties but must overcome Pyongyangs skepticism and chart a careful course around U.S. efforts to pressure leader Kim Jongun into eliminating his nuclear arsenal | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-southkorea-analysis/south-koreas-push-for-tourism-in-north-poses-tricky-balancing-act-idUSKBN1ZN0DH | 2020-01-24 |
| Seouls new proposal includes not only Kumgang but also new areas built up under Kim including the Wonsan coastal tourist zone the Samjiyon alpine town and Yangdok hot spring resort | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas push to resume tourism with the North is aimed at resetting border ties but must overcome Pyongyangs skepticism and chart a careful course around U.S. efforts to pressure leader Kim Jongun into eliminating his nuclear arsenal | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-southkorea-analysis/south-koreas-push-for-tourism-in-north-poses-tricky-balancing-act-idUSKBN1ZN0DH | 2020-01-24 |
| But now that theres clearance from Washington Seoul would need to craft a smart strategy to convince North Koreans before throwing the ball back into their court | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas push to resume tourism with the North is aimed at resetting border ties but must overcome Pyongyangs skepticism and chart a careful course around U.S. efforts to pressure leader Kim Jongun into eliminating his nuclear arsenal | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-northkorea-southkorea-analysis/south-koreas-push-for-tourism-in-north-poses-tricky-balancing-act-idUSKBN1ZN0DH | 2020-01-24 |
| Saturdays comments show how ties between leaders are sometimes only marginally useful for diplomacy said Mason Richey a professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul | Neutral | The comments come against the backdrop of stalled denuclearization talks following a flurry of diplomacy between the United States and North Korea in 2018 and early 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa/north-korea-says-leaders-relations-not-enough-after-trump-sends-birthday-wishes-to-kim-idUSKCN1ZA082 | 2020-01-12 |
| In an annual New Years speech in Seoul Moon called for new talks with Kim Jong Un and vowed to keep up work to facilitate U.S.North Korea communication | Positive | SEOUL There is a desperate for practical ways to improve ties with North Korea the Souths President Moon Jaein said on Tuesday adding that he was ready to meet with the reclusive leader in Pyongyang repeatedly if necessary | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-southkorea-politics-moon/south-koreas-moon-cites-desperate-need-for-ways-to-improve-ties-with-north-idUSKBN1Z603B | 2020-01-07 |
