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The park near the Sydney Opera House is fenced off (AP/Mark Baker)

New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world muted by coronavirus

December 31, 2020

Lee Jae-yong arrives at Seoul High Court (Lee Jin-man/AP)

Prosecutors seek nine-year prison term for Samsung chief Lee

December 30, 2020

Spectators have been banned from lining Sydney Harbour to watch the New Year’s Eve fireworks as a pandemic precaution (Rick Rycroft/AP)

Spectators banned from Sydney’s New Year’s fireworks

December 28, 2020

A medical worker wearing protective gear takes a sample from a woman during a Covid-19 testing in Seoul, South Korea (Lee Jin-man/AP)

South Korea mulls new restrictions after reporting a new high in daily cases

December 16, 2020

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, has warned of consequences after South Korea’s foreign minister expressed doubts over the North’s claims to be coronavirus-free (Jorge Silva/Pool/AP)

Kim’s sister slams Seoul for doubting zero-virus claim

December 9, 2020

A woman wearing a face mask passes a mural on a shopping centre wall in Seoul, South Korea (Ahn Young-joon/AP)

Warning of coronavirus ‘war zone’ in South Korea

December 7, 2020

Austrian soldiers in protective gear during mass Covid-19 testing in Vienna (Ronald Zak/AP)

Snowstorm wreaks havoc on Austria virus testing programme

December 6, 2020

A student wearing a face mask prays before the start of the annual university entrance examination amid the coronavirus pandemic at an exam hall in Seoul, South Korea (Kim Hong-Ji/AP)

South Korea holds national university entrance exam amid rising Covid infections

December 3, 2020

A woman walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 (Eugene Hoshiko/AP)

Coronavirus: Asian markets bounce back slowly after heavy losses

March 2, 2020

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Hyundai to invest billions in hydrogen fuel cell technology

December 12, 2018

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North and South Korea agree to get rid of nuclear weapons

April 27, 2018