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An American soldier is arrested in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct. According to US officials, the soldier was based in South Korea and had been accused of stealing from a woman.
2024-05-6

Two people are killed and 29 others are injured in a fire at a residential building in Seoul, South Korea.
2023-12-25

South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics suspends all shipments to Russia due "to current geopolitical developments". Samsung is the largest supplier of smartphones in Russia with a 30% market share.
2022-03-5

South Korea reports a record for the third consecutive day of 36,362 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 971,018.
2022-02-5

Scientific studies have offered evidence that a geothermal plant may have caused the earthquake in South Korea.
2018-04-27

The South Korean Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board issues its final report on the March 2016 near-collision between a China Southern Airbus A319 and a Korean Air Boeing 737-800 on a runway in Cheongju, South Korea. The Board reports the Airbus crew misunderstood the full meaning of the specific ground control runway instruction.
2018-03-27

Choi Soon-sil, the woman at the centre of a South Korean political scandal involving her friend President of Korea Park Geun-hye, is detained for questioning.
2016-11-1

An elderly man shoots and kills three people and then himself in the South Korean city of Hwaseong.
2015-02-27

A Panamanian registered ship sinks off the coast of South Korea, killing 9 sailors and leaving 2 others missing. Coast Guard officials rescue another 8 crew members.
2013-10-16

North Korea accuses South Korea of using "human shields" during the incident.
2010-11-27