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A model of the KF-21 fighter jet is on display during the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2021 (ADEX 2021) in Seongnam, South Korea, October 18, 2021. Picture taken October 18, 2021. Yonhap via REUTERS
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S Korea opens largest defence expo amid N Korea missile tests

At least 440 companies from 28 countries are showcasing 79 types of aircraft and 68 types of ground equipment. Around 300 government, military and defence acquisition officials from 45 countries...

Army Chief of Staff General Shafiuddin. Photo: ISPR
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Army chief leaves for South Korea on an official visit

From spy satellites to mobile networks, S Korea pins space hopes on new rocket
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From spy satellites to mobile networks, S Korea pins space hopes on new rocket

People rest as they keep social distancing to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a park in Seoul, South Korea, September 27, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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South Korea launches panel to debate 'living with Covid-19'

This undated photo released by Netflix shows South Korean cast members, from left, Park Hae-soo, Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon in a scene from "Squid Game." Squid Game, a globally popular South Korea-produced Netflix show that depicts hundreds of financially distressed characters competing in deadly children’s games for a chance to escape severe debt, has struck a raw nerve at home, where there’s growing discontent over soaring household debt, decaying job markets and worsening income inequality. Photo :UNB/AP
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‘Squid Game’ strikes nerve in debt-ridden South Korea

Flanked by nuclear missile, N Korean leader says US, S Korea threaten peace
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Flanked by nuclear missile, N Korean leader says US, S Korea threaten peace

S.Korea's Lee seeks primary win in presidential race overshadowed by scandal
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S.Korea's Lee seeks primary win in presidential race overshadowed by scandal

A South Korean flag covers a ceremonial guard member prior to the arrival of South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files
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S.Korea to raise emissions reduction goal to 40% by 2030

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South Korea’s imprint on Bangladesh’s success story

The Netflix series "Squid Game" is played on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Illustration
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S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge from 'Squid Game'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a policy speech at the second-day sitting of the 5th Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released on September 30, 2021 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Photo :Reuters
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N Korea's Kim offers to restore inter-Korean hotline, slams US 'hostile policy'

A North Korean flag flutters on top of a tower at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, August 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
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North Korea says call to declare end of Korean War is premature

A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is launched from 3,000 ton class Dosan Ahn Chang-ho submarine during its test at an undisclosed location in this handout picture provided by the Defense Ministry, September 15, 2021. The Defense Ministry/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.
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S Korea says it successfully tests submarine-launched ballistic missile