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A wildfire occurs near the Hanul Nuclear Power Plant in Uljin County, South Korea, prompting authorities to issue a national emergency alert and evacuate residents from the area.
2022-03-4

The World Trade Organization rules that the United States violated the organization's rules when it significantly raised the tariff on some South Korean goods, from 9.49% to 59.72%, in May 2016.
2021-01-22

A fire at a four-story warehouse under construction in Icheon, South Korea, kills 38 construction workers and injures 10 others. An additional 40 people remain unaccounted for. The fire is the most deadly in the country since 2003.
2020-04-29

North Korea fires another ballistic missile off its east coast, according to South Korean officials. This occurred while world leaders are attending the annual Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., where North Korea is on the agenda for discussion. [https:--www.theguardian.com-world-2016-apr-01-north-korea-missile-leaders-us-nuclear-security ("The Guardian")] [http:--english.yonhapnews.co.kr-news-2016-04-01-0200000000AEN20160401006900315.html?input=www.tweeter.com (Yonhap)]date=August 2019
2016-04-1

North Korea and South Korea agree to hold talks next week. [http:--english.yonhapnews.co.kr-news-2015-11-20-0200000000AEN20151120004700315.html?input=www.tweeter.com (Yonhap)]date=August 2019
2015-11-20

A search continues for 52 people missing from a South Korean fishing vessel, the "Oriong-501", that sank early in the morning in bad weather in the Bering Sea off Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Eight people have been rescued including one person who subsequently died.
2014-12-1

The Kyodo news agency reports that the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo that could complicate relations with China and South Korea.
2014-10-17

The South Korean navy directs an operation against Somali pirates who hijacked a South Korean ship, rescuing all 21 hostages, while eight pirates are killed and five are captured.
2011-01-21

General Hwang Eui-don, the chief of the South Korean Army, resigns.
2010-12-14