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In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry via Yonhap News Agency, an image from a thermal observation device showing the explosion of an inter-Korean liaison office building in North Korea's Kaesong is seen from Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just inside its border in an act Tuesday that sharply raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula amid deadlocked nuclear diplomacy with the United States.(South Korea Defense Ministry/Yonhap via AP)
North Korea Blows Up Empty Liaison Office On Border With South Korea
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM | June 16, 2020 9:22 a.m.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - 2020/06/14: A Black Lives Matter banner, a United States national flag and a rainbow flag are hung on the facade of the US embassy building in Seoul.A Black Lives Matter (BLM) banner is hung on the facade of the US Embassy building in downtown Seoul in solidarity with the BLM protesters who are demanding for a positive change. (Photo by Simon Shin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Senior students wait for class to begin with plastic boards placed on their desks at Jeonmin High School in Daejeon, South Korea, Wednesday, May 20, 2020. South Korean students began returning to schools Wednesday as their country prepares for a new normal amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kim Jun-beom/Yonhap via AP)
South Korea High School Seniors Return To The Classroom
By HYUNG-JIN KIM | May 20, 2020 9:02 a.m.
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks via teleconference during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on new coronavirus tests on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
A helper of the German Red Cross DRK in protective suit, left, takes a smear from a patient in his car during the official opening of a drive-through (drive-in) COVID-19 testing center at the fair ground in Dresden, eastern Germany, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. The appointment-only drive-through testing center is starting today with working. Medical staff reache into a car to take a nasopharyngeal swab from a patient. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
South Korea Continues Downward Trend Of New COVID-19 Cases
By Associated Press | April 13, 2020 9:15 a.m.
US, South Korea End Spring Military Drills
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and LOLITA C. BALDOR | March 3, 2019 11:50 a.m.
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