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Asiana Airlines flight was about 200 metres above the ground when the passenger pulled emergency exitA man who opened an emergency exit on a flight in mid-air felt “suffocated” and wanted to get off quickly, South Korean police have said.The Asiana Air…
Read MoreWitnesses and bystanders in South Korean Halloween disaster tell how thick post-Covid crowds overwhelmed Seoul party district with deadly resultsPartygoers in costumes fleeing in panic, desperate attempts at first aid on the sidewalks, scores of bodies…
Read MoreMoon Jae-in, a dog-lover, says ‘time has come’ for traditional practice to endThe South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, has raised banning the eating of dogs in the country, his office said, a traditional practice that is becoming an international embar…
Read MoreKim Yo-jong, a key adviser to North Korean ruler, interrupts surprise thaw in relations on Korean peninsulaThe influential sister of the North Korean ruler, Kim Jong-un, has called Seoul authorities “treacherous” over the South’s joint military exercis…
Read MorePolice will not pursue case after boutique staff alleged they were slapped and hit on head in row over shopliftingThe wife of Belgium’s ambassador to South Korea will exercise her diplomatic immunity to avoid criminal charges on allegations she hit two…
Read MoreTwo boutique workers allege they were slapped and hit on head in row over shopliftingPolice have questioned the wife of Belgium’s ambassador to South Korea over accusations she hit two boutique staff in a row over shoplifting.The ambassador, Peter Lesc…
Read MoreBody found as local reports say Park had been subject of sexual harassment complaintThe missing mayor of Seoul, who had reportedly been accused of sexual harassment, has been found dead more than half a day after leaving a message for his daughter that…
Read MoreEx-chair of DB Group Kim Jun-ki ‘forgot his responsibilities’, says Seoul courtThe former head of a South Korean conglomerate who was convicted of raping his maid and sexually assaulting a secretary has been given a suspended sentence.Kim Jun-ki, the 7…
Read MoreKim Yo-jong reinstated to position she lost last year after collapse of US summit North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s powerful younger sister has been reinstated to a key decision-making body, state media have reported, marking her rise in the isolated n…
Read MoreSinger-songwriter Jung Joon-young also convicted of sharing footage without consentA South Korean court has sentenced two K-pop stars to six and five years in prison for gang-rape and additionally convicted one of them for distributing videos of the as…
Read MoreLee Se-dol retires from Chinese strategy game after playing against Google algorithmThe only human ever to beat Google’s algorithm at the ancient Chinese strategy game Go has said he decided to retire because machines cannot be defeated.Lee Se-dol’s fi…
Read MoreSeoul news agency reports early-morning launches off eastern coast into the Sea of JapanNorth Korea has fired additional unidentified short-range projectiles, the South Korean news agency Yonhap has reported, citing the country’s military as a source.T…
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