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South Korea ends their COVID-19 restrictions two years after they were imposed. However, the mask mandate will remain in place.
2022-04-18

At an apartment construction site in Gwangju, South Korea, an outer wall of the building collapses, trapping six workers.
2022-01-11

South Korea reports its first confirmed deaths related to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two people in their 90s who died last week at a senior care hospital in Gwangju.
2022-01-3

Two people die and more than 17 are injured when an internal balcony collapses at a nightclub in the South Korean city of Gwangju.
2019-07-26

A 10-tonne fishing boat collides with a 336-tonne fuel tanker near Yeongheung Island, South Korea, killing 13 of the 22 people on board the fishing boat. Two people remain missing.
2017-12-3

A gas explosion at a subway construction site near the South Korean capital Seoul kills four workers and injures ten more.
2016-06-1

North Korea attempts again to launch a BM25 Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of striking South Korea or Japan but is unsuccessful.
2016-05-31

North Korea and South Korea agree to stop airing propaganda at the border and stand down preparations for war.
2015-08-25

A firefighting helicopter searching for missing people from the sinking of the MV "Sewol" in April crashes in the South Korean city of Gwangju with five people aboard.
2014-07-17

North Korea says any attempt by South Korea to launch pre-emptive strikes against its nuclear facilities will be considered a declaration of war.
2010-01-24