South Korea’s Yoon gets 5-year jail term
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A fire in one of Seoul's last-remaining shanty towns has burned makeshift houses and forced dozens of residents to flee
A bus crashed into a building in South Korea's capital Seoul on Friday, leaving 13 people injured, including two in a serious condition, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
A growing marketing tactic in southern Seoul's Gangnam District has been drawing complaints, as promoters approach young women, offer them “free skincare treatments” and then pressure them into making costly purchases.
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Icebreaker on Seoul-Incheon Canal
An icebreaker owned by the state-run Korea Water Resources Corp. sails through ice in the Seoul-Incheon Canal in the city of Incheon, west of Seoul, on Jan. 14, 2026, to make a path amid a cold wave.
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Third land bridge officially named Cheongna Sky Bridge
The official name of the "Third Land Bridge," the third bridge connecting Yeongjong Island—home to Incheon International Airport—and inland areas, has been decided as "Cheongna Sky Bridge." According to Incheon City and related sources on the 14th,
A worker died five days after an explosion during a chemical mixing operation at a manufacturing plant in Gimpo, Gyeonggi, police and labor authorities said on Wednesday.
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Bus union continues to launch strike
Commuters wait for buses heading for Seoul at a bus stop in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, on Jan. 14, 2025, as unionized intracity bus workers in the capital launched an indefinite strike for the second straight day following the breakdown of their wage hike negotiations with management.