Child abuse trial reveals 2-year-old girl fed ‘buldak’ sauce, soju

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 02/09/2025

A 2-year-old child, who died late last year in what appears to be a case of parental abuse, was force-fed ultra-spicy “buldak” sauce and soju, a court hearing revealed Thursday. Prosecutors made the accusations during the first…

Suspended South Korean president Yoon gets 3% salary increase

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 01/12/2025

The annual salary of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol has risen 3 percent this year, according to the Ministry of Personnel Management on Sunday. Yoon, who is facing both trial at the Constitutional Court to confirm his…

Childbirths in South Korea rebound for 1st time in 2024

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 01/05/2025

South Korea in 2024 saw 242,334 babies born, marking the first increase in the annual figure since 2015, as the country struggles to improve its plummeting birth rate that is among the worst in the world. The…

Zelensky: Russia lost a battalion of N. Korean soldiers in 2 days

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 01/05/2025

Russia has lost up to a battalion of North Korean soldiers over the past two days in its western Kursk border region in the ongoing war against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Zelensky made the…

Jeju Air to cut 1,900 flights by March to enhance safety checks

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 01/05/2025

Embattled Korean air carrier Jeju Air has decided to cut around 1,900 domestic and international flights by March to enhance operational safety checks, in the wake of the devastating passenger plane crash tragedy at Muan International Airport…

Honeymoons, first foreign trips end in tragic plane crash

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 12/31/2024

Many of the 175 passengers that passed away in the Jeju Air flight 7C 2216 crash on Sunday had been families on year-end trips, some of whom were children traveling overseas for the first time in their…

Mechanical failure likely cause of Jeju Air plane crash – expert

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 12/31/2024

As Korean and US authorities launched a joint probe on Tuesday into the crash of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, which killed 179 passengers and crew, Robert Clifford, a…

Another crisis: Plane crash tests South Korea’s acting president

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 12/30/2024

The administration of acting President Choi Sang-mok has been put to the test as it grapples with a deadly plane crash at an airport in the southwestern county of Muan, South Jeolla Province, amid the political turmoil…

Alleged blackmailer of late ‘Parasite’ actor Lee Sun-kyun taken into custody

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 12/28/2023

Police have taken into custody a woman suspected of blackmailing the late “Parasite” actor Lee Sun-kyun. This happened a few hours after the actor was found dead in an apparent suicide. The suspect in her 20s was…

Former K-pop boy band member charged with sexual assault of fellow member

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 04/05/2023

A former member of a six-person K-pop boy band was indicted on charges of forcibly molesting and sexually assaulting a fellow group member over the course of four years, a local media outlet reported Monday. The former…

Over 1,000 dead dogs found in horrific animal abuse case in South Korea

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 03/08/2023

SEOUL — Over a thousand dead dogs were found on the grounds of a house in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, and police are investigating a man in his 60s on charges of violating animal protection law. The man…

Woman stabs passengers on South Korea train after being called ‘ajumma’

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 03/05/2023

A 37-year-old woman accused of injuring three people with a knife on a subway told police that she did so because someone called her “ajumma,” police said Saturday. The accused, whose identity was withheld, is charged with…

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