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Kim Jong-un's 'bitter sorrow' as bus crash kills Chinese tourists 
Map of North Hwanghae North Korea North Korea: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed 'bitter sorrow' over a bus accident that left 32 Chinese tourists and four North Koreans dead
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High winds wreak havoc as Canada breezes to double gold. South Korea
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Hospital fire kills at least 39 people in South Korea Map of Sejong Hospital Miryang South Korea At least 39 people have been killed and more than 70 injured. The blaze is thought to have started in the emergency room at Sejong Hospital
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| Dec.21 |
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South Korea fire at public gym and sauna kills 29
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| Jun.8 |
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K-pop superstar T.O.P. in intensive care after overdose |
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Samsung crane collapse kills six workers |
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Stellar Daisy: Growing concern for missing ship crew |
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Sewol disaster ferry raised after three years. South Korea
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Lifting of sunken Sewol ferry under way two years later |
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More than 300 people on board Korean Air plane evacuated over engine fire |
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South Korea confirms first Zika case |
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North Korea submarine 'missing' |
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South Korean military helicopter crashes, killing 3 soldiers |
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Chinese boat capsizes off South Korea; 4 rescued, 5 missing |
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Fifty dead and thousands stranded as cold snap hits East Asia |
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Open door forces passenger plane to turn back |
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| Dec.29 |
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North Korea official Kim Yang-gon killed in car crash Kim Yang-gon, 73, a top aide to the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has died in a car crash, state news agency KCNA has said
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| Nov.23 |
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Two dead in US Army helicopter crash in South Korea |
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| Oct.28 |
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Head of ferry operator gets 7 years in prison over deadly sinking |
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| Sep.5 |
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8 dead after fishing boat capsizes off southern S. Korean coast |
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| Jul.27 |
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South Korea declares 'de facto end' to Mers virus |
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| Jul.3 |
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North Korean farmers face dry fields amid drought |
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| Jul.2 |
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Explosion at chemical plant in South Korea kills 5 workers |
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| Jun.16 |
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North Korea faces worst drought in a century |
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| Jun.14 |
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South Korea hospital 'is source of many Mers cases' |
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| Jun.7 |
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Sixth Mers death in S. Korea amid sharp rises in cases Map of Daejeon South Korea South Korea: A sixth person has died after contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) in South Korea, amid a sharp rise in infections
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| Jun.1 |
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South Korea has first two Mers deaths
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| Apr.15 |
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President makes ferry pledge as South Korea mourns |
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South Korea remembers ferry dead South Korea is marking the first anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster, which left more than 300 people dead
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| Feb.10 |
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100-car pileup leaves 2 dead |
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| Dec.22 |
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North Korea partially back online |
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| Nov.10 |
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Ferry captain sentenced to 36 years in jail 
Map of Gwangju South Korea South Korea: Lee Joon-seok, the captain of the ferry which sank in April has been found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison
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| Oct.18 |
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S Korea concert planner found dead |
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| Oct.17 |
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At least 16 dead in vent grate collapse at concert in S. Korea Map of Seongnam South Korea South Korea: A grate over a ventilation shaft collapsed at an outdoor concert in Seongnam. Unknown number of people who fell some 20 meters
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| Jul.21 |
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South Korea police 'find body' of fugitive ferry boss |
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| May.27 |
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South Korea hospice fire kills 21
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| May.18 |
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S Korea to break up coast guard. South Korea
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| May.17 |
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North Korea reports 'serious' Pyongyang construction accident Accident last week at a construction site in the capital claimed casualties and triggered a major rescue operation but no death toll was men...
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| May.14 |
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South Korea ferry captain charged with manslaughter
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| May.7 |
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South Korea ferry company chief detained |
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| May.5 |
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Diver dies while searching in missing in ferry disaster |
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| May.4 |
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South Korean ferry death toll rises to 242
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| Apr.28 |
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S Korea president in ferry apology |
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| Apr.27 |
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South Korean PM resigns over ferry
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| Apr.25 |
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Divers find cabins crammed with bodies inside sunken ferry South Korea: 48 girls obeyed the orders of crew and put on their life vests. They all crammed into a single room meant for 30. None of them survived
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| Apr.22 |
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Crew say they couldn't reach lifeboats as ferry tipped over South Korea: Crew members made attempts to get to the lifeboats, the crew member said. 'But we slipped so we could not do that'
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| Apr.21 |
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South Korea ferry toll passes 100
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| Apr.20 |
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S Korea leader condemns ferry crew. South Korea
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Ferry transcript reveals crew panic. South Korea
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| Apr.19 |
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Anger erupts over Korea ferry rescue. South Korea
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Mate steering doomed ferry navigating waters for first time South Korea: The third mate steering a ferry that sank, killing 32 and leaving 270 missing, was navigating those waters for the first time, a prosecutor ...
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'Two months' for Korea ferry salvage. South Korea
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| Apr.18 |
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‘Sorry’ ferry captain tells of delay. South Korea
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Ferry disaster captain arrested South Korea: Prosecutors in South Korea have asked a court to issue an arrest warrant for Lee Joon-seok, 69, the captain of the ferry that sank
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Fake survivor posts add to nation's anguish. South Korea
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| Apr.17 |
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Korea ship: Third officer 'had helm'. South Korea
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Air pockets on stricken ferry offer hope for survivors |
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Weather hampers S Korea ferry search South Korea: Bad weather, murky water and strong currents are hampering the search for survivors of the South Korean ferry disaster
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| Apr.16 |
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S Korea ferry: Desperate search for survivors continues South Korea: Emergency services are continuing to search for nearly 300 people missing after a ferry carrying more than 470 people sank
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Rescuers search dark, cold sea for survivors of shipwreck South Korea: Military dive teams worked the dark, cold waters of the Yellow Sea to find nearly 300 people who remained missing after the ferry Sewol sank
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| Apr.15 |
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South Korea ferry: Hundreds missing as ship sinks Map of Gwanmae South Korea Almost 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea
| The ferry, carrying mainly school students, was travelling from the port of Incheon, to the southern resort island of Jeju.
An armada of small boats motoring right up beside the ferry, which listed heavily on its side before sinking.
Rescuers desperately grabbing teenagers out of the water before they are swept away by the currents and undertow
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| Feb.17 |
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S Korea building collapse: At least eight dead |
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| Aug.5 |
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UN sends food aid to 38,000 N. Korea flood victims |
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| Feb.11 |
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Seismic activity amid nuclear test concerns |
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| Sep.14 |
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Super typhoon headed for Japan, South Korea |
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| Jun.9 |
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Peru helicopter: 'All 14 killed' |
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| Jan.14 |
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S. Korean Couple rescued from Italian ship. Italy
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| Jul.27 |
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Landslide leaves 32 dead, dozens injured Map of Chuncheon South Korea South Korea: More than 750 rescue workers had been dispatched to the site after the collapse occurred at midnight
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| Dec.12 |
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S. Korean ship sinks, 4 dead, 17 missing. Antarctica
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| Nov.16 |
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N Korea facing hunger due to grain deficit |
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| Mar.30 |
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Navy diver dies in rescue effort |
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| Mar.28 |
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Ship's section believed found. South Korea
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| Mar.26 |
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S. Korea searches for sailors after sinking. South Korea
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South Korean navy ship sinking near North Map of Baengnyeong Island South Korea| 104 crew members are on board the 1,500-ton ship in the Yellow Sea off the Seoul-controlled island of Baengnyeong, near North Korea. About 40 sailors are missing. The patrol vessel, with 104 p... | |
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| Oct.22 |
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N Korea food shortage 'desperate'. North Korea
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| Apr.5 |
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Space launch 'fails'. North Korea
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| Jul.30 |
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U.N.: Millions at risk in N.K. food crisis |
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| Dec.7 |
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Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea. South Korea
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| Aug.13 |
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'Hundreds dead' in floods. North Korea
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| Jun.26 |
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'No survivors' in plane |
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| Feb.9 |
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New bird flu outbreak |
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| Oct.3 |
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Concert stampede kills 11 |
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| Apr.1 |
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N. Korea works to contain bird flu |
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| Mar.27 |
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N.Korea confirms bird flu outbreak |
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| Sep.11 |
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Big blast reported North Korea: A big explosion rocked a northern province near the border with China on the 56th anniversary of the country founding
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| Apr.26 |
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Train blast site 'apocalyptic' |
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| Apr.25 |
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Train disaster death toll rises |
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| Apr.24 |
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Red Cross: Train explosion site flattened |
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| Apr.23 |
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100 bodies found in train blast |
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| Apr.22 |
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Many casualties in train crash North Korea: 2 trains carrying flammable materials have exploded in a station and leaves up to 3,000 people dead or injured
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| Feb.8 |
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Food aid dries up |
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| Dec.21 |
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Bird flu spreading |
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| Sep.14 |
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Troops searching for missing people |
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| Sep.13 |
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Typhoon toll 'may top 100'. South Korea
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| Sep.12 |
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Typhoon pounds South Korea |
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| Aug.3 |
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Hyundai tour boss 'jumps to death' |
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| Feb.18 |
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Grim search in subway |
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| Sep.1 |
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Clean up after deadly typhoon |
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| Apr.14 |
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Chinese jet crashes. South Korea
before year 2000
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| Jun. 29, 1995 |
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Sampoong Department Store collapse Map of Seocho District Seoul South Korea| South Korea: The collapse is the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history as 502 people died and 937 were injured | |
|
| Jan. 1, 1994 |
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North Korean famine| Together with the accompanying general economic crisis are known as the Arduous March, occurred in North Korea from 1994 to 1998 | |
|
| Sep. 1, 1983 |
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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shot down Map of Moneron Island Russia| Russian Far East: The airliner serving the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor near Moneron Island, west of Sakhalin Island, in the Sea of Japan | |
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| 2018 |
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| Jan.25 |
Hospital fire kills at least 39 people in South Korea Map of Sejong Hospital Miryang South Korea At least 39 people have been killed and more than 70 injured. The blaze is thought to have started in the emergency room at Sejong Hospital
| 2017 |
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| Dec.21 |
South Korea fire at public gym and sauna kills 29
| 2014 |
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| May.27 |
South Korea hospice fire kills 21
|
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| 2013 |
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| Feb.11 |
Seismic activity amid nuclear test concerns |
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| 2018 |
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| Mon. |
Kim Jong-un's 'bitter sorrow' as bus crash kills Chinese tourists Map of North Hwanghae North Korea North Korea: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed 'bitter sorrow' over a bus accident that left 32 Chinese tourists and four North Koreans dead
| 2015 |
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| Dec.29 |
North Korea official Kim Yang-gon killed in car crash Kim Yang-gon, 73, a top aide to the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has died in a car crash, state news agency KCNA has said
|
| Feb.10 |
100-car pileup leaves 2 dead |
|
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| 2017 |
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| Jun.8 |
K-pop superstar T.O.P. in intensive care after overdose |
| 2016 |
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| Mar.21 |
South Korea confirms first Zika case |
| 2015 |
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| Jul.27 |
South Korea declares 'de facto end' to Mers virus |
|
| Jun.14 |
South Korea hospital 'is source of many Mers cases' |
|
| Jun.7 |
Sixth Mers death in S. Korea amid sharp rises in cases Map of Daejeon South Korea South Korea: A sixth person has died after contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) in South Korea, amid a sharp rise in infections
|
| Jun.1 |
South Korea has first two Mers deaths
| 2007 |
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| Feb.9 |
New bird flu outbreak |
| 2005 |
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| Apr.1 |
N. Korea works to contain bird flu |
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| Mar.27 |
N.Korea confirms bird flu outbreak |
| 2003 |
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| Dec.21 |
Bird flu spreading |
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| 2017 |
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| Apr.2 |
Stellar Daisy: Growing concern for missing ship crew |
|
| Mar.22 |
Sewol disaster ferry raised after three years. South Korea
| 2016 |
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| Jun.12 |
Lifting of sunken Sewol ferry under way two years later |
|
| Mar.12 |
North Korea submarine 'missing' |
|
| Jan.26 |
Chinese boat capsizes off South Korea; 4 rescued, 5 missing |
| 2015 |
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| Oct.28 |
Head of ferry operator gets 7 years in prison over deadly sinking |
|
| Sep.5 |
8 dead after fishing boat capsizes off southern S. Korean coast |
|
| Apr.15 |
President makes ferry pledge as South Korea mourns |
|
| Apr.15 |
South Korea remembers ferry dead South Korea is marking the first anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster, which left more than 300 people dead
| 2014 |
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| Nov.10 |
Ferry captain sentenced to 36 years in jail Map of Gwangju South Korea South Korea: Lee Joon-seok, the captain of the ferry which sank in April has been found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison
|
| Jul.21 |
South Korea police 'find body' of fugitive ferry boss |
|
| May.18 |
S Korea to break up coast guard. South Korea
|
| May.14 |
South Korea ferry captain charged with manslaughter
|
| May.7 |
South Korea ferry company chief detained |
|
| May.5 |
Diver dies while searching in missing in ferry disaster |
|
| May.4 |
South Korean ferry death toll rises to 242
|
| Apr.28 |
S Korea president in ferry apology |
|
| Apr.27 |
South Korean PM resigns over ferry
|
| Apr.25 |
Divers find cabins crammed with bodies inside sunken ferry South Korea: 48 girls obeyed the orders of crew and put on their life vests. They all crammed into a single room meant for 30. None of them survived
|
| Apr.21 |
South Korea ferry toll passes 100
|
| Apr.20 |
S Korea leader condemns ferry crew. South Korea
|
| Apr.20 |
Ferry transcript reveals crew panic. South Korea
|
| Apr.19 |
Anger erupts over Korea ferry rescue. South Korea
|
| Apr.19 |
Mate steering doomed ferry navigating waters for first time South Korea: The third mate steering a ferry that sank, killing 32 and leaving 270 missing, was navigating those waters for the first time, a prosecutor ...
|
| Apr.19 |
'Two months' for Korea ferry salvage. South Korea
|
| Apr.18 |
‘Sorry’ ferry captain tells of delay. South Korea
|
| Apr.18 |
Ferry disaster captain arrested South Korea: Prosecutors in South Korea have asked a court to issue an arrest warrant for Lee Joon-seok, 69, the captain of the ferry that sank
|
| Apr.18 |
Fake survivor posts add to nation's anguish. South Korea
|
| Apr.17 |
Korea ship: Third officer 'had helm'. South Korea
|
| Apr.17 |
Air pockets on stricken ferry offer hope for survivors |
|
| Apr.17 |
Weather hampers S Korea ferry search South Korea: Bad weather, murky water and strong currents are hampering the search for survivors of the South Korean ferry disaster
|
| Apr.16 |
S Korea ferry: Desperate search for survivors continues South Korea: Emergency services are continuing to search for nearly 300 people missing after a ferry carrying more than 470 people sank
|
| Apr.16 |
Rescuers search dark, cold sea for survivors of shipwreck South Korea: Military dive teams worked the dark, cold waters of the Yellow Sea to find nearly 300 people who remained missing after the ferry Sewol sank
|
| Apr.15 |
South Korea ferry: Hundreds missing as ship sinks Map of Gwanmae South Korea Almost 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea
| The ferry, carrying mainly school students, was travelling from the port of Incheon, to the southern resort island of Jeju.
An armada of small boats motoring right up beside the ferry, which listed heavily on its side before sinking.
Rescuers desperately grabbing teenagers out of the water before they are swept away by the currents and undertow
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| |
| 2012 |
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| Jan.14 |
S. Korean Couple rescued from Italian ship. Italy
| 2010 |
|
| Dec.12 |
S. Korean ship sinks, 4 dead, 17 missing. Antarctica
|
| Mar.30 |
Navy diver dies in rescue effort |
|
| Mar.26 |
S. Korea searches for sailors after sinking. South Korea
|
| Mar.26 |
South Korean navy ship sinking near North Map of Baengnyeong Island South Korea| 104 crew members are on board the 1,500-ton ship in the Yellow Sea off the Seoul-controlled island of Baengnyeong, near North Korea. About 40 sailors are missing. The patrol vessel, with 104 p... | |
|
|
| 2014 |
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| Dec.22 |
North Korea partially back online |
|
|
| 2018 |
|
| Feb.12 |
High winds wreak havoc as Canada breezes to double gold. South Korea
| 2016 |
|
| Jan.24 |
Fifty dead and thousands stranded as cold snap hits East Asia |
| 2015 |
|
| Jul.3 |
North Korean farmers face dry fields amid drought |
|
| Jun.16 |
North Korea faces worst drought in a century |
| 2012 |
|
| Sep.14 |
Super typhoon headed for Japan, South Korea |
| 2003 |
|
| Sep.13 |
Typhoon toll 'may top 100'. South Korea
|
| Sep.12 |
Typhoon pounds South Korea |
| 2002 |
|
| Sep.1 |
Clean up after deadly typhoon |
|
|
| 2011 |
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| Jul.27 |
Landslide leaves 32 dead, dozens injured Map of Chuncheon South Korea South Korea: More than 750 rescue workers had been dispatched to the site after the collapse occurred at midnight
|
|
| 2005 |
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| Oct.3 |
Concert stampede kills 11 |
|
|
| 2013 |
|
| Aug.5 |
UN sends food aid to 38,000 N. Korea flood victims |
| 2007 |
|
| Aug.13 |
'Hundreds dead' in floods. North Korea
|
|
| 2016 |
|
| May.26 |
More than 300 people on board Korean Air plane evacuated over engine fire |
|
| Feb.14 |
South Korean military helicopter crashes, killing 3 soldiers |
|
| Jan.4 |
Open door forces passenger plane to turn back |
| 2015 |
|
| Nov.23 |
Two dead in US Army helicopter crash in South Korea |
| 2014 |
|
| Apr.22 |
Crew say they couldn't reach lifeboats as ferry tipped over South Korea: Crew members made attempts to get to the lifeboats, the crew member said. 'But we slipped so we could not do that'
| 2012 |
|
| Jun.9 |
Peru helicopter: 'All 14 killed' |
| 2007 |
|
| Jun.26 |
'No survivors' in plane |
| 2002 |
|
| Apr.14 |
Chinese jet crashes. South Korea
| 1983 |
|
| Sep. 1, 1983 |
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shot down Map of Moneron Island Russia| Russian Far East: The airliner serving the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor near Moneron Island, west of Sakhalin Island, in the Sea of Japan | |
|
|
| 2007 |
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| Dec.7 |
Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea. South Korea
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Nov.16 |
N Korea facing hunger due to grain deficit |
| 2009 |
|
| Oct.22 |
N Korea food shortage 'desperate'. North Korea
| 2008 |
|
| Jul.30 |
U.N.: Millions at risk in N.K. food crisis |
| 2004 |
|
| Feb.8 |
Food aid dries up |
| 1994 |
|
| Jan. 1, 1994 |
North Korean famine| Together with the accompanying general economic crisis are known as the Arduous March, occurred in North Korea from 1994 to 1998 | |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| May.1 |
Samsung crane collapse kills six workers |
| 2014 |
|
| Oct.17 |
At least 16 dead in vent grate collapse at concert in S. Korea Map of Seongnam South Korea South Korea: A grate over a ventilation shaft collapsed at an outdoor concert in Seongnam. Unknown number of people who fell some 20 meters
|
| May.17 |
North Korea reports 'serious' Pyongyang construction accident Accident last week at a construction site in the capital claimed casualties and triggered a major rescue operation but no death toll was men...
|
| Feb.17 |
S Korea building collapse: At least eight dead |
| 1995 |
|
| Jun. 29, 1995 |
Sampoong Department Store collapse Map of Seocho District Seoul South Korea| South Korea: The collapse is the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history as 502 people died and 937 were injured | |
|
|
| 2014 |
|
| Oct.18 |
S Korea concert planner found dead |
| 2003 |
|
| Aug.3 |
Hyundai tour boss 'jumps to death' |
|
|
| 2004 |
|
| Apr.26 |
Train blast site 'apocalyptic' |
|
| Apr.25 |
Train disaster death toll rises |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Mar.28 |
Ship's section believed found. South Korea
| 2004 |
|
| Apr.24 |
Red Cross: Train explosion site flattened |
|
| Apr.23 |
100 bodies found in train blast |
| 2003 |
|
| Sep.14 |
Troops searching for missing people |
|
| Feb.18 |
Grim search in subway |
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Apr.5 |
Space launch 'fails'. North Korea
|
|
| 2015 |
|
| Jul.2 |
Explosion at chemical plant in South Korea kills 5 workers |
| 2004 |
|
| Sep.11 |
Big blast reported North Korea: A big explosion rocked a northern province near the border with China on the 56th anniversary of the country founding
|
| Apr.22 |
Many casualties in train crash North Korea: 2 trains carrying flammable materials have exploded in a station and leaves up to 3,000 people dead or injured
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