Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families

Associated Press 02/13/2025

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s government said Thursday, as it continues to…

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…

Plane catches fire in South Korea, 3 hurt, 176 people evacuated

Agence France Presse 01/29/2025

SEOUL, South Korea — The rear section of a passenger aircraft caught fire at an airport in South Korea on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of 176 people on board, authorities said. The Air Busan plane, an Airbus…

South Korea: Protesters storm court after president’s detention extended

Agence France Presse 01/19/2025

SEOUL, South Korea — Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stormed a Seoul court Sunday after a judge extended the impeached leader’s detention over his ill-fated attempt to impose martial law. Tens of thousands of…

South Korean President Yoon arrested over failed martial law bid

Agence France Presse 01/15/2025

SEOUL, South Korea — Impeached South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday over his failed martial law bid, ending a weeks-long standoff with authorities and becoming the first president to be detained in the…

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…

South Korea investigators get new warrant to arrest President Yoon

Agence France Presse 01/07/2025

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean anti-graft investigators secured a new court-ordered arrest warrant Tuesday for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law bid threw the country into turmoil. The former star prosecutor has refused…

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…

South Korea begins lifting Jeju Air wreckage after fatal crash

Agence France Presse 01/03/2025

MUAN, South Korea — South Korean investigators said Friday they expected to find more human remains as they began lifting the wreckage of the Jeju Air jet that crashed on landing last weekend killing all but two…

South Korea investigators in standoff to arrest President Yoon

Agence France Presse 01/03/2025

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean investigators sought to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence Friday over a failed martial bid, but local media reported security forces were blocking their attempts. Yoon, who has…

South Korea investigates ‘wall barrier’ in Jeju Air crash

Agence France Presse 01/01/2025

South Korean authorities said Tuesday they were investigating the role of a wall or concrete barrier at the end of Muan airport runway in the country’s worst air disaster, which killed 179 people as a Jeju Air…

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…

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