Lee Nak-yon

 A fire at a hospital that doubled as a nursing home killed at least 41 people on Friday in the southern city of Miryang, the latest in a string of tragedies that have heightened public concern over the country's safety standards.

Set to host the Winter Olympics in February, South Korea conducted a series of security drills on Tuesday to prepare against terror attacks ranging from a hostage situation, a vehicle ramming a stadium and a bomb-attached to a drone.

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon called for expanding economic cooperation with Bulgaria on Wednesday, saying he will put a joint economic committee and an industrial cooperation committee between the two countries into full operation next year.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was on Monday to receive his South Korean counterpart Lee Nak-yon in Athens for talks on economic cooperation in high technology and shipping. 

The meeting, scheduled for noon, was to be followed by extended talks between Greek official and the South Korean delegation to Athens.