Sources: Yonhap
At least one person, the perpetrator, is killed and six others are injured, in an arson attack when a man sets fire to an apartment building with a flamethrower in Bongcheon-dong, Seoul, South Korea. 2025-04-20
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
Two people are killed and 29 others are injured in a fire at a residential building in Seoul, South Korea. 2023-12-25
The High Court of Seoul, South Korea, orders Japan to pay compensation of ₩200 million (around 22 million or US$154,000) to 16 comfort women, overturning a previous ruling that denied the women's claims due to sovereign immunity. 2023-11-23
Five people are killed and 37 others injured in a fire caused by the collision of a freight truck and a bus on the Second Gyeongin Expressway near Seoul, South Korea. 2022-12-29
South Korea orders most schools in Seoul Capital Area to close and move classes back online as the country battles a resurgence in cases. All students, except for high school seniors, in the cities of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province, will take classes online until September 11. 2020-08-25
North Korea accuses South Korea of kidnapping its citizens and demands their immediate return after Seoul's Ministry of Unification said 13 of them had defected to South Korea from China, where they worked in a Pyongyang-operated restaurant. China says that the 13 people, a male manager and 12 young female employees, had legitimate passports and had freely exited China. [http:--www.straitstimes.com-asia-east-asia-north-korea-claims-defectors-were-kidnapped-by-seoul ("The Straits Times")]North Korean defectors2016-04-12
South Korean soldiers fire warning shots at a suspected North Korean drone near the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The "unidentified flying object" was spotted around 29 miles north of Seoul, near South Korea's Dora Observation Post. 2016-01-13
A Seoul-based radio station targeting North Koreans reports that a train carrying birthday gifts for North Korean future leader Kim Jong-un derailed, in what it describes as a possible act of revolt by opponents. South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) states that it is checking the report. 2010-12-27
World leaders gather in Seoul, South Korea, for the G-20 summit. 2010-11-11