Tag: South Korea
South Korea court weighs death sentence for ex-president Yoon
Prosecutors have sought the harshest penalty on the insurrection charges, urging the Seoul Central District Court to put Yoon on death row during hearings in January.
South Korea exam chief quits over complaints of too-hard tests
The chief organiser of South Korea's notoriously gruelling university entrance exams has resigned -- after complaints that an English test he designed was just too difficult.
Explosion in DMZ injures South Korean soldier
The unidentified blast occurred Thursday morning on the western front of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), the defence ministry said in a statement.
South Korea ferry runs aground, all 267 aboard rescued
No serious injuries were reported and 246 passengers and 21 crew were safely moved to a nearby port on rescue ships, Yonhap reported.
South Korean workers return to US factory after raid
The United States had agreed to let South Korean workers use B-1 visas to enter the country to install, service and repair equipment for investment projects, Seoul's foreign ministry said in September.
South Korea’s ex-spy chief arrested over martial law
The arrest follows a request by special prosecutors for a warrant against Cho Tae-yong, former head of the National Intelligence Service, on charges that he ignored his duties as spy agency chief and posed a risk of destroying evidence, among other allegations.
Seven trapped after S. Korea power plant structure collapse
The collapse occurred around 2 pm (0500 GMT) at Korea East-West Power's Ulsan Power headquarters in the southeastern city of Ulsan, authorities said, after a large structure collapsed.
South Korea halts tours in parts of DMZ ahead of Trump...
Seoul has said a meeting between Washington and Pyongyang "cannot be ruled out".
Cambodia to deport 59 South Koreans linked to scam centres
South Korea banned its nationals on Wednesday from travelling to parts of Cambodia and sent a government team to the Southeast Asian country to discuss cases of fake jobs and scam centres involved in kidnapping dozens of its citizens.
South Korea sends plane to fetch detained workers from US
South Koreans made up the majority of 475 people arrested at a Hyundai-LG battery plant under construction in the US state of Georgia last week, according to immigration agents.
