South Korea's ruling party wins election landslide amid coronavirus outbreak
South Korea’s ruling party has won a landslide victory in national assembly elections, in what is being seen as an endorsement of President Moon Jae-in’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. But Moon’s response to the coronavirus outbreak has seen his approval rating jump from 41% in late January to 57%, according to Gallup polls.
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Schools are reopening in Wuhan
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Trump mounting pressure on China over coronavirus response
According to the recent reports, US President Donald Trump, along with several administration officials including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, have spoken to dozens of foreign allies about ways to collectively address what the White House says was China's intentional effort to conceal the severity of the outbreak, in an attempt to build political pressure on China
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