SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A car hit pedestrians waiting at a traffic light in central Seoul on Monday evening, killing nine people and injuring four, South Korea’s emergency officials said. The passenger car drove in the wrong direction and collided with two other cars just before hitting the pedestrians, South Korean media reports said. […]
A car has ploughed into a crowd of people killing at least nine in the South Korean capital Seoul, police say. The traffic accident took place at around 21:30 local time (13:30 BST), they added. As reported by Yonhap news agency, a man believed to be in his 60s drove the vehicle into pedestrians waiting […]
Takeoffs and landings at South Korea’s Incheon International Airport were disrupted on Wednesday for about three hours before dawn because of balloons launched by North Korea filled with refuse, an airport spokesperson said. One balloon landed on the tarmac near passenger Terminal 2 and the three runways at Incheon were temporarily shut down, the spokesperson […]
June 13 (UPI) — Despite sweltering temperatures Thursday, the area around the Seoul Sports Complex in southern Seoul transformed into a vibrant sea of purple, as fans gathered to celebrate the 11th anniversary of K-pop megastar BTS. Hours before the 2024 Festa — an annual event hosted by BTS’ agency, BigHit Music — throngs of […]
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – In the balloon warfare between North Korea and South Korean activists, one Seoul-based group has honed its tech expertise to develop balloons capable of dispersing leaflets and electronic speakers hundreds of kilometres across the border. Built using 3D printers and components sourced online and sometimes equipped with GPS-tracking, these […]
North Korea has once again sent numerous balloons with plastic bags full of rubbish across the heavily militarized border between the two countries, South Korea said. Between Saturday and Sunday morning, around 330 “rubbish balloons” were released from North Korea, according to the General Staff in the capital Seoul. More than 80 of them had […]
South Korea has said it will restart anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in response to continuing campaigns to drop trash on the South with balloons. Following a national security meeting, the South Korean presidential office said the loudspeakers will be installed and begin broadcasts in border areas on Sunday. The move is […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — China’s premier agreed Monday to revive three-way cooperation with South Korea and Japan in the face of shared challenges, but issued a veiled rebuke against the two countries’ expanding security cooperation with the United States. Chinese Premier Li Qiang met South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister […]
By Cynthia Kim and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea condemned China, Japan and South Korea on Monday for committing to denuclearise the Korean peninsula, describing their joint declaration after a rare summit in Seoul as a “grave political provocation” that violates its sovereignty. The North has given notice of its plans to launch a […]
Kim Jong Un oversaw tests for a rocket capable of hitting Seoul in South Korea, Bloomberg reported. The rocket could be used to assist Russia in the war against Ukraine. Russia and North Korea have previously denied reports of an arms deal between the two nations. North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, oversaw the second […]
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Tuesday. North Korea launched what appeared to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) from the Pyongyang area at about 6:53 am (2153 GMT on Monday) towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, the general staff in Seoul (JCS) […]
(Bloomberg) — Bus drivers in South Korea’s capital ended their first strike in more than a decade, which knocked out service during the Thursday morning commute, after reaching a wage agreement with management. Most Read from Bloomberg The bus drivers resumed their duties in time for Thursday evening service after agreeing on a 4.48% pay […]