SEOUL, Jan 20 (Reuters) – About 500 people were evacuated on Friday after fire broke out in a shanty town in the South Korean capital, Seoul, burning down some 60 houses, fire authorities said. The fire erupted at 6:27 a.m.
A woman looks at recruiting information during a job fair in Seoul, South Korea, April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEOUL, Jan 11 (Reuters) – South Korea’s unemployment rate rose to an 11-month high in December 2022, while the annual increase
An image of Earth and the moon captured by South Korea’s Danuri mission on Dec. 28, 2022. (Image credit: KARI) South Korea’s first moon mission is beaming back images of home from its position in low lunar orbit. Danuri, also known
U.S. Air Force F-22 fighter jets take part in a joint drill with South Korea’s Air Force at Kunsan air base, in Gunsan, South Korea, December 20, 2022. The Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) – South Korea
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, supervises what it says is a test of “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in North Korea, December 15, 2022. AP North
Recent North Korean missile tests are pictured in this undated combination photo taken at undisclosed locations and released on November 7, 2022 by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS SEOUL, Nov 7 (Reuters) – North
In this photo provided by the South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korean Air Forces’ KF-16 fighters prepare to take off during a joint aerial drills called Vigilant Storm between U.S and South Korea, in Gunsan, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 31,
Injuried people are helped at the street near the scene in Seoul, South Korea, early Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. South Korean officials said around 50 people were in cardiac arrest and a number feared dead after being crushed by a
A K2 Black Panther tank manufactured by South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem is displayed at the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea, October 20, 2021. REUTERS/Josh Smith SEOUL, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Poland signed an agreement on Wednesday
A screen showing North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un in a news report about North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan, in Tokyo, Japan October 4, 2022. © Issei Kato, Reuters North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missile toward its east coast