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…

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…

What caused South Korea’s most deadly plane crash

Agence France Presse 12/31/2024

The emergency landing of Jeju Air Flight 2216 looked highly skilled, experts say, but all except two of the 181 people on board were killed when the Boeing 737-800 hit a wall and burst into flames. As…

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…

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…

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