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S. Korean, Hungarian FMs discuss cooperation amid pandemic

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People make their way in Kaesong, North Korea July 23, 2019. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong near the border with South Korea under total lockdown after a person was found there with suspected COVID-19 symptoms, saying “the vicious virus” may have entered the country, state media reported Sunday, July 26, 2020. (Naohiko Hatta/Kyodo News via AP)

North Korea scrambles to contain ‘first’ coronavirus case

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

A model wearing a face mask poses during a mask fashion show amid the coronavirus pandemic in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

AP PHOTOS: Masked fashion models walk Seoul runway

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A mourner passes by a memorial altar for late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon at City Hall Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 13, 2020. Mayor Park was found dead in wooded hill in northern Seoul on Friday after massive police searches for him. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Seoul to launch probe into allegations against late mayor

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Mourners pass by a memorial altar for late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon at City Hall Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 12, 2020. The sudden death of Seoul's mayor, reportedly implicated in a sexual harassment complaint, has prompted an outpouring of public sympathy even as it has raised questions about a man who built his career as a reform-minded politician and self-described feminist. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Online funeral set for Seoul mayor over virus concerns

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Mourners pay their respects at a memorial for late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon at the City Hall Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 12, 2020. The sudden death of Seoul's mayor, reportedly implicated in a sexual harassment complaint, has prompted an outpouring of public sympathy even as it has raised questions about a man who built his career as a reform-minded politician and self-described feminist. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Park Won-soon, Seoul mayor, funeral to be held virtually

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

A mourner passes by a memorial altar for late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon at City Hall Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 13, 2020. Mayor Park was found dead in wooded hill in northern Seoul on Friday after massive police searches for him. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Funeral for Seoul mayor held as allegation details emerge

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, left, and Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi greet each other prior to their bilateral meeting in Tokyo Friday, July 10, 2020. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

US envoy, after Seoul visit, reassures Japan of alliance

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon speaks during a press conference at Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Police on Thursday, July 9, said the mayor of South Korean capital Seoul has been reported missing and search operations are underway. (Cheon Jin-hwan/Newsis via AP)

Park Won-soon, Seoul mayor found dead, faced sexual harassment scandal, reports say

By Lauren Toms, Guy Taylor and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

Police officers carry the body of Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 10, 2020. The missing mayor of South Korea's capital, reportedly embroiled in sexual harassment allegations, was found dead early Friday, more than half a day after giving his daughter a will-like message and then leaving home, police said. (Ryu Young-suck/Yonhap via AP)

Seoul mayor’s death prompts sympathy, questions of his acts

By Hyung-jin and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a Politburo meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, June 2, 2020. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea talks tough as U.S. negotiator Stephen E. Biegun lands in Seoul

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a Politburo meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, June 2, 2020. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim Jong-un urges North Koreans to keep up coronavirus fight

By Hyung-jin and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

President Donald Trump (left) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in hold a press conference at Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Trump G-7 expansion push reignites Japan-South Korea flap

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A health worker urges residents to attend a free medical checkup camp at Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums, in Mumbai, India, Friday, June 26, 2020. India is the fourth hardest-hit country by the pandemic in the world after the U.S., Russia and Brazil. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

The Latest: South Korea still coping with new virus clusters

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A banner with images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, the late leader Kim Il Sung, center, and Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of Kim Jong Un, released by Fighters For Free North Korea, is seen in Hongcheon, South Korea, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. A South Korean activist said Tuesday hundreds of thousands of leaflets had been launched by balloon across the border with North Korea overnight, after the North repeatedly warned it would retaliate against such actions. (Yang Ji-woong/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean police raid office of anti-North activist

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Korean War veterans attend a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in Cheorwon, near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Thursday, June 25, 2020. The three-year Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950, when Soviet tank-led North Koreans invaded South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

2 Koreas mark war anniversary after pause in rising tensions

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this undated file photo provided on Sunday, May 24, 2020, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a meeting of the Seventh Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea in North Korea. Kim suspended his military's plans to take unspecified retaliatory action against South Korea, state media said Wednesday, June 24, possibly slowing a pressure campaign against its rival amid stalled nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North: Kim Jong-un suspended action against South for Korean impasse

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

This June 22, 2020, satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an inter-Korean liaison office building after being blown up at a shuttered joint industrial park in Kaesong, North Korea. The North blew up the liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on June 16, 2020, in a carefully choreographed, largely symbolic display of anger. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

South Korean activist floats leaflets to North amid tensions

By Hyung-jin and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

U.S. Army equipments sit in a field in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Friday, June 19, 2020. South Korea said Thursday it hasn't detected any suspicious activities by North Korea, a day after it threatened with provocative acts at the border in violation of a 2018 agreement to reduce tensions. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South’s unification minister resigns as Korean tensions rise

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press