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South Korean court acquits former police chief over deadly 2022 Halloween crush
Kim Kwang-ho was the most senior police official among more than 20 police and government officials indicted over the incident in Seoul.
Driver and passenger injured as car is swallowed up by sinkhole
The incident happened in South Korea’s capital, Seoul.
BTS star Suga ‘deeply sorry’ for riding electric scooter after drinking alcohol
The rapper claimed he did not realise you cannot use the vehicle on the roads ‘while intoxicated’.
Senior North Korean diplomat defects to South
South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported that diplomat Ri Il Kyu, who was based in Cuba, fled with his wife and children in November.
Nine people killed as car hits pedestrians in Seoul
South Korean media report that a passenger car hit people waiting at a traffic light near City Hall.
South Korea threatens new broadcasts as North launches more rubbish balloons
On Monday night, North Korea floated huge balloons carrying plastic bags of rubbish across the border in its fifth such campaign since late May.
South Korean investigators search factory ruins after fire kills 23
More than 100 people were working at the site in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul, when the blaze tore through it on Monday morning.
May Day rallies across Asia and Europe call for improved workers’ rights
Events on May 1 also give many an opportunity to air general economic grievances or political demands.
South Korea’s prime minister and officials offer to resign after election defeat
The results of Wednesday’s election posed a huge political blow to President Yoon Suk Yeol.
South Korea will suspend the licences of striking junior doctors next week
More than 90% of the country’s 13,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike for about a month.