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A Lim Kim became the seventh player to rally from five shots behind in the final round to win the U.S. Women's Open on Monday. "Still can't really soak in that I'm the champion," she said of her Open debut. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A Lim Kim wins U.S. Women’s Open debut with record-tying rally

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In this Sept. 19, 2018, file photo, Kim Yo-jong, right, helps her brother North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sign a joint statement following the summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP, File)

Kim’s sister slams Seoul over questioning zero-virus claim

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

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Envoy Stephen Biegun going to South Korea for last trip on behalf of Trump administration

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A student adjusts her mask ahead of the annual college entrance examination amid the coronavirus pandemic at an exam hall in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. South Korean officials are urging people to remain at home if possible and cancel gatherings as about half a million students prepare for a crucial national college exam. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)

S. Koreans take college entrance exam amid viral resurgence

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Debra Hearn from Penn Hills, Pa., and her sister Renee Bell, from Stanton Heights, Pa., walk to their car after a morning of shopping at Tanger Outlets in Washington, Pa., Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. The two started their traditional after Thanksgiving shopping trip at 5 a.m. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette via AP)

The Latest: Researchers urge Arizona shutdown, mask mandate

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FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2020, file photo, North Korean army soldiers wearing face masks look at the South side during South Korean Unification Minister Lee In-young's visit to Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. North Korea is further toughening its restriction on the entry to sea as part of elevated steps to fight the coronavirus pandemic, state media said Sunday, Nov. 29, two days after South Korea said the North even banned fishing at sea. (Park Tae-hyun/Korea Pool via AP, File)

North Korea toughens rules of entry to sea to fight virus

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, right, during their meeting at the foreign ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Wang arrived in Seoul on Nov. 25, for a three-day state visit.(Kim Min-hee/Pool Photo via AP)

China’s top diplomat stresses S.Korea ties amid row with US

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 25, 2020, file photo, Cho Ju-bin, center, leader of South Korea's online sexual blackmail ring which is so called &quot;Nth room,&quot; is surrounded by journalists while walking out of a police station as he is transferred to prosecutors' office for further investigation in Seoul, South Korea. The operator of an online chat room in South Korea was sentenced Thursday, Nov. 26, to 40 years in prison for blackmailing women, including minors, into filming sexually explicit video and selling them to others.(Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP, File)

South Korean chat room operator gets 40 years for blackmail

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2019, file photo, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, poses with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi for a photo prior to a meeting in Tokyo. Motegi announced Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 that his Chinese counterpart Wang will visit Tokyo next week as the two Asian powers discuss ways to resume bilateral visits to revive their pandemic-hit economies and other regional issues. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

China, Japan to cooperate in reviving virus-hit economies

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Members of North Korea's military divisions attend a meeting to pay respect to late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

‘Rally of Hope’ draws million attendees seeking Korean peace

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The Universal Peace Federation hosted a worldwide virtual 'Rally of Hope.' (screenshot)

‘Rally of Hope’ marks 70 years since Korean War, offers optimism on reunification

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, April 20, 2020 file photo, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks at a news conference in Annapolis, Md., with his wife, Yumi Hogan, right, where the governor announced Maryland has received a shipment from a South Korean company to boost the state's ability to conduct tests for COVID-19 by 500,000. Maryland lawmakers are renewing criticism of Gov. Larry Hogan's procurement of 500,000 COVID-19 tests from South Korea after The Washington Post reported the first batch was flawed and never used, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

Maryland officials renew Hogan criticism on 500K virus tests

By BRIAN WITTE and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

Singapore arrests 21 members of South Korean religious sect

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

A screen shows ASEAN leaders attending an online summit, in Hanoi, Vietnam Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. Clockwise from top left: Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Aun Pornmoniroth, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Malaysia Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi, Thai President Prayuth Chan-ocha, Singaporean President Lee Hsien Loong, Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is at center. (VNA via AP)

ASEAN summit begins online meetings with regional leaders

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

South Korea's National Intelligence Service Director Park Jie-won is surrounded by journalists after meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the prime minister's office in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. Suga, in a sign of thaw of his country's troubled relations with Seoul, met with the South Korean top intelligence official Tuesday and stressed the importance of their bilateral relationship as well as a three-way cooperation with the United States in tackling North Korea and other regional concerns. (Jun Hirata/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan PM meets top SKorea official, urges Seoul to solve row

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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In this file photo, South Korean soldiers walk up the stairs of their military guard post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Sunday, May 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) **FILE**

South Korea military detects ‘unidentified personnel’ at North Korea border

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

South Korean police officers stand outside a residence of former President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Lee was sent back to prison on Monday, four days after the country’s top court upheld a 17-year prison term on him over corruption crimes. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Ex-South Korean President Lee back to prison after ruling

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FILE - In this June 8, 2020 file photo, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea. As Samsung Electronics mourns the death of its long-time chairman, Lee Kun-Hee, questions loom over what's next for South Korea's biggest company. Samsung has struggled for years to diversify from its core hardware business to tap new technologies and services. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Samsung reports record sales amid questions about future

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press