カテゴリー: South Korea
Police launch probe into a man suspected of accidentally starting the country’s worst wildfires in history while clearing his relatives’ gravesitesSouth Korean police have launched a probe into a man suspected of accidentally igniting the country’s wor…
The biggest forest fire on record in South Korea has displaced thousands, charred large areas and killed at least 26 people in the south-eastern province of North Gyeongsang, authorities say. The affected areas have had only half the average rainfall t…
Officials point to ultra-dry conditions as death toll reaches 27 and fires threaten Unesco heritage sitesAuthorities in South Korea are battling wildfires that have doubled in size in a day in the country’s worst ever natural fire disaster.At least 27 …
At least 18 people have died and another 19 have been injured as wildfires ravage South Korea’s southern regions amid dry weather and strong winds. The blazes have burned more than 17,400 hectares (43,000 acres) of land and destroyed hundreds of struct…
A 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple is among buildings destroyed after dry and windy weather saw mostly contained blazes spread againWind-driven wildfires that were among South Korea’s worst ever are ravaging southern regions, killing 18 people, destroyin…
South Korea’s Prime Minister Han Duck-soo expressed his gratitude to the constitutional court after it ruled against his impeachment and to restore his role as acting president. When he arrived at the government complex in Seoul, Han said the court had…
South Korea’s Prime Minister Han Duck-soo expressed his gratitude to the constitutional court after it ruled against his impeachment and to restore his role as acting president. When he arrived at the government complex in Seoul, Han said the court had…
The ruling is the latest twist in months of political turmoil since suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration last yearSouth Korea’s constitutional court has ruled against the impeachment of the country’s prime minister, Han Duck-soo,…
The ruling is the latest twist in months of political turmoil since suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration last yearSouth Korea’s constitutional court has ruled against the impeachment of the country’s prime minister, Han Duck-soo,…
Both supporters of Yoon Suk Yeol and those who backed his impeachment rallied in Seoul ahead of his releaseSouth Korea’s impeached conservative president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been released from prison, a day after a Seoul court cancelled his arrest to a…
Yoon Suk Yeol has been released from a detention centre a day after the Seoul central district court accepted Yoon’s petition to cancel his custody. The impeached president was greeted by more than 50,000 supporters in the capital while a counter-prote…
Ahead of his potential release, police and supporters of the impeached president were seen gathering around the presidential residence in SeoulA South Korean court has cancelled President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention warrant, paving the way for his potent…
South Korea’s air force has apologised after one of its fighter jets accidentally bombed Nogok-ri, part of the city of Pocheon, during a training exercise, injuring at least 15 civilians and damaging several buildings including a churchFighter jet acci…
Air force apologises and wishes a swift recovery to the civilians injured after eight bombs ‘abnormally released’South Korea’s air force has apologised after one of its fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs in the wrong place during a training …
Rise comes from very low base and remains far below the 2.1 births per woman needed to stabilise populationSouth Korea’s birthrate rose last year for the first time in nine years, as a surge in marriages raised hopes that the country may be lifting its…