Topic: South Korea
176 killed in South Korea as plane crashes while landing at Muan Airport; only two rescued
At least 176 people have been killed when a passenger plane caught fire after skidding off a runway and crashing at an airport in South Korea’s Muan city.
Dozens killed in S Korea as plane crashes at Muan airport
A passenger plane has veered off the runway and crashed at an airport in the South Korean city of Muan, killing at least 85 people.
South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”
South Korea Halloween stampede death toll rises to 149, hundreds injured
At least 149 people were killed in a stampede when a huge crowd celebrating Halloween surged into an alley in the South Korean capital...
Legendary filmmaker Kim Ki-duk dies of COVID-19
Award-winning and legendary Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk died from Covid-19 complications in Latvia, the country's media have reported.
