South Korea grieves after deadliest plane crash kills 179

Associated Press 12/30/2024

MUAN, South Korea — South Korea was reeling Monday from the loss of 179 people after a Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames, with a team of US investigators joining local authorities to probe possible…

Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea: What we know about it

Agence France Presse 12/30/2024

SEOUL, South Korea — A Jeju Air plane flying from Bangkok to South Korea with 181 people on board crashed on landing Sunday, killing 179 with just two people plucked alive from the wreckage. Here’s what we…

Jeju Air plane crash: 179 feared dead, only 2 survivors

Agence France Presse 12/29/2024

A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving all but two feared dead. A bird strike and adverse weather conditions…

Deaths in South Korea Jeju Air plane crash climbs to 120

Agence France Presse 12/29/2024

Some 120 people are confirmed dead and just two people — both flight crew — rescued, South Korea’s fire agency said Sunday, after a Jeju Air plane crashed on landing with 181 people on board. “So far…

Jeju Air ‘sincerely apologizes’ after fatal S. Korea plane crash

Agence France Presse 12/29/2024

Low-cost carrier Jeju Air apologized Sunday and vowed to do all it could to help after its plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival, killing scores. “We at Jeju Air will do…

A plane veers off the runway and catches fire at a South Korean airport with reports of 28 dead

AFP 12/29/2024

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A plane with malfunctioning landing gear veered off the runway, hit a fence and caught fire Sunday at an airport in southern South Korea, killing at least 28 people, according to the…

S. Korean prosecutors: Yoon authorized ‘shooting’ during martial law bid

Agence France Presse 12/29/2024

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol authorized the military to fire their weapons if needed to enter parliament during his failed bid to impose martial law, according to a prosecutors’ report seen…

South Korean lawmakers impeach second president in 2 weeks

Agence France Presse 12/28/2024

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean lawmakers impeached acting president Han Duck-soo on Friday, sinking the country even deeper into political crisis two weeks after his predecessor was suspended over a martial law declaration that shocked the…

Yoon impeached: Who could be South Korea’s next president?

The Korean Herald/Asia News Network 12/15/2024

SEOUL – President Yoon Suk Yeol’s term is set to end on May 9, 2027, but with the prospect of his early departure from office, that timeline is likely to be moved up significantly. This scenario became…

South Korea’s opposition chief urges top court to act swiftly on impeachment

Associated Press 12/15/2024

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s opposition leader on Sunday urged the Constitutional Court to rule swiftly on a bid to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office, a day after parliament voted to impeach him…

South Korean president faces second martial law impeachment vote

AFP 12/14/2024

Seoul, SOUTH KOREA – South Korean lawmakers vote Saturday on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, a second parliamentary showdown that appeared on a knife edge. A week after the first…

South Korean president banned from leaving country

Agence France Presse 12/09/2024

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol was banned from leaving the country on Monday, the justice ministry said, less than a week after he plunged the country into chaos by briefly imposing martial…

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