▪ Medical interns, residents in S. Korea on indefinite nationwide strike to protest reforms
▪ S. Korea’s PM urges public to get tested for COVID-19 ASAP
▪ S. Korean PM vows full support for COVID-19 drug, vaccine development
▪ Johnson & Johnson to start late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial in September
▪ China’s top diplomat to arrive in Busan for talks with officials on Xi’s planned visit to S. Korea
▪ N. Korean leader partly delegating authority to sister Kim Yo-jong: S. Korean intel
▪ S. Korea, U.S. in talks for mutually acceptable agreement on defense cost-sharing: U.S. official
▪ Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny unconscious after suspected poisoning
▪ BTS to release their first-ever English single ‘Dynamite’ at 1PM KST on Friday
▪ Sweltering heat in south, rain in up north along with heat relief
* 2020-08-21, 10:00 (KST)