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A large fire has engulfed an eight-storey building in the city of Seongnam. Video footage taken at the scene shows flames enveloping the lower floors of the building. There have been no confirmed casualties, YTN television reports. Seongnam is South Ko…
South Korea’s political crisis deepened on Friday when investigators were forced to abandon an attempt to arrest the impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, after a tense standoff with his security forces. Hours after they entered the presidential compound…
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Ilham Aliyev said Russia should apologise and pay compensation to the state and the people in the crash which killed 38 people last week. “We can say with complete clarity that the plane was shot down by Russia. We are not saying that it was done inten…
The Boeing 737-800 skidded along the runway before hitting what appeared to be a concrete barrier and bursting into flames at Muan airport in South Korea. Local authorities said the crash had probably been caused by a bird strike, which may have result…
Attempting to land at Muan international airport in South Korea, the Boeing 737-800 veered off the runway, hit a wall and erupted into flames. A bird strike or bad weather may be the cause of the crash, according to the fire authorities.Jeju Air crash:…
Members of South Korea’s ruling People Power party jostled their way to the front of the national assembly session on Friday and chanted in protest during a vote to impeach the country’s acting president, Han Duck-soo. The motion passed in a 192-0 vote…
Thousands celebrated outside parliament as the impeachment was announced, two weeks after the president Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law, which plunged the country into its worst political crisis for decades. The prime minister an…
South Korea’s parliament failed to pass a motion to impeach the country’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, after the ruling People Power party boycotted the vote. The walkout meant the national assembly did not have the required 200 votes to begin the process…
South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, gave a brief televised address to apologise for his surprise decision to declare martial law, which led to widespread protests and calls for his resignation. He said he would not avoid legal or political responsi…
The South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, could put citizens in ‘great danger’ if he is not suspended, the head of the ruling party said on Friday, increasing the likelihood that parliament will vote to impeach Yoon over Tuesday’s failed martial law d…
Ahn Gwi-ryeong, the spokesperson for the main opposition party in South Korea, was filmed confronting a soldier and grabbing his rifle outside the country’s parliament on Tuesday, after the president unexpectedly declared a state of martial law.The inc…
Large crowds gathered outside the South Korean national assembly building in Seoul on Thursday for a candlelit vigil calling for the resignation of the president, Yoon Suk Yeol, who attempted to declare a state of martial law on TuesdaySouth Korea’s pr…
Lawmakers from South Korea’s main opposition Democratic party call for President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has been in office since 2022, to resign or face impeachment over his martial law declaration, the first such declaration in South Korea since 1980. ‘Pr…
After South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in the country, thousands of protesters took to the streets alongside the leading opposition Democratic party, urging MPs to head to the national assembly and vote it down. Following a dra…