The first group of about 100 people received the first doses at a state-run hospital in Seoul as the country prioritized vaccination program for its Olympic delegation.

Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa told reporters she was still confirming details and couldn't immediately comment on the matter

According to KCNA and China's Xinhua news agency, Xi in his own message to Kim described bilateral relations as a 'valuable asset' to both countries and vowed to make unspecified contributions to the peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.

The move comes just days after a cat in the south-eastern city of Jinju became the country's first animal confirmed to have Covid-19.

Japan immediately protested the ruling, maintaining that all wartime compensation issues were resolved under a 1965 treaty that normalized their ties.

While few question Kim's grip on power, there is still room for things to get worse, especially if the world fails to find a quick way out of the Covid-19 crisis.

The new restrictions are the most serious step the government has taken so far to reinstate social distancing after months of complacency.

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US President Donald Trump blamed the market plunge on the media coverage of the coronavirus and worries about Democrats winning the White House race.

Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench throughout Juventus' 3-3 draw with a K-League all-stars team at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in July, despite rounds of appeals from a sell-out crowd of 65,000

Kim said the "newly developed" system was a "great weapon," and expressed "high appreciation" for the scientists who had designed and built it, the country's official Korean Central News Agency said.

Defence officials in Seoul said Pyongyang fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles Friday, that flew some 230 kilometres (140 miles) before splashing down in the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan.

The man, identified only by the surname Kim, drove his car onto the sidewalk in front of the entrance of the embassy building, and ignited a fire inside his vehicle around 3.24 a.m., suffering burns all over his body, said the police.

In a historic moment, Trump walked across the concrete blocks dividing North and South Korean territory in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies said, that the satellite imagery of the Yongbyon nuclear site on April 12 showed five railcars near its uranium enrichment facility and radiochemistry laboratory.

Fanned by strong winds, the forest fire quickly spread through the mountainous area, incinerating 400 homes and 500 hectares of land, according to the government.

The award was presented to him by the Seoul Peace Prize Foundation at a grand ceremony in Seoul.

Modi said both New Delhi and Seoul are committed to strengthening their mutual and global cooperation to combat terrorism.

Modi, who arrived in Seoul on a two-day visit to strengthen India's strategic ties with South Korea, unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the prestigious Yonsei University in Seoul.

The North has repeatedly pledged to work towards "denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula", a vague term that could be taken to also include US forces in the South and in the wider region.