W HEN SOUTH KOREA’S president, Yoon Suk Yeol, sent troops streaming into the country’s National Assembly on December 3rd, Lee Jae-myung turned on his livestream. Viewers watched on a shaky smartphone camera feed as the head of the country’s largest opposition force,
Passenger plane catches fire in South Korea prompting mass evacuation, three injured
An Airbus plane belonging to South Korean carrier Air Busan caught fire on Tuesday at Gimhae International Airport in the country’s south while preparing for departure to Hong Kong, fire authorities said.
South Korea’s Yoon draws support from casualties of cutthroat economy
CHANGWON, South Korea — Watching images of raucous street protests in Seoul on his smartphone, author Chun Hyun-woo’s eyes are drawn to the young men in the crowds yelling for South Korea’s impeached …
Officials launch investigation into cause of Air Busan fire in South Korea
South Korean officials are launching an investigation into the cause of the fire that engulfed an Air Busan passenger plane, with eyewitness accounts suggesting a power bank may have sparked the blaze …
What to expect after South Korea’s impeached president was indicted on rebellion charges
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country’s first leader to be indicted, less than two weeks after he was the first to be detained. The impeached, jailed president, who had been holed up in his presidential compound for weeks after issuing a shocking martial law decree last month,
Fire breaks out on plane with 176 people on board
An airplane carrying 176 people was engulfed in flames in South Korea, almost a month to the day that a Jeju Air jet crashed, killing 179 people on board. The fire broke out in the tail section of the …
Plane catches on fire with 176 people on board in South Korea
A plane with 176 people on board has caught fire at a South Korean airport. All 169 passengers and seven crew on the Air Busan flight bound for Hong Kong were forced to evacuate down escape slides at Gimhae International Airport after the rear of the Airbus A321 caught fire on Tuesday night before takeoff, authorities said.
Singaporean in vegetative state after botched procedure in S. Korea returns in time for CNY
SEOUL: The Singaporean woman left in a vegetative state after a botched gastroscopy in South Korea has returned to Singapore just in time for Chinese New Year.
Air Busan plane catches fire at South Korea’s Gimhae International Airport with 176 people evacuated
It’s the second major incident at a South Korean aiport in a month, after 179 people were killed when a plane skidded off the runway at a different airport in the country in December.
Heavy snowfall leads to travel disruptions across South Korea
Heavy snowfall and bad weather conditions led to widespread travel disruptions across South Korea Tuesday, as millions of people travel for the Korean Lunar New Year holiday. Travel disruptions that began over the weekend worsened on Tuesday, with heavy …