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North Korea sends a wave of trash balloons over South Korea, with one balloon falling on the presidential compound in central Seoul. The balloon reportedly contained leaflets criticizing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon-hee.
2024-10-24

South Korea says that its forces fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the demarcation line in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. South Korean authorities state that they believe the intrusion, which occurred in a densely forested area, was accidental.
2024-06-11

South Korea begins a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine, with the first doses administered to residents at about 200 nursing homes across the country.
2021-02-26

An oil tanker ship explodes in Ulsan, South Korea, with flames subsequently spreading to an adjacent second tanker. At least ten people are injured.
2019-09-28

South Korea announces an end to the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak that has killed 36 people since May 2015. The virus infected 186 people, with nearly 17,000 people confined to their homes and thousands of schools temporarily closing at the peak of the largest MERS outbreak outside Saudi Arabia, where it first appeared in 2012.
2015-12-23

At least 38 people are killed and 6 injured in a nursing home fire in Lushan County of China's Henan Province.
2015-05-25

A South Korean court orders the dissolution of the Unified Progressive Party citing pro-North Korean stances. [http:--www.miamiherald.com-news-nation-world-article4651965.html (AP via "Miami Herald")]date=August 2019
2014-12-19

South Korean soldiers on the world's most heavily armed border now have orders to shoot back immediately if they come under attack.
2013-02-7

Officials in South Korea note a significant decrease in the number of refugees from North Korea reaching the country.
2013-01-2

North Korea says it will scrap an accord aimed at preventing accidental naval clashes with South Korea after being blamed for a torpedo attack that sank a South Korean warship.
2010-05-27