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182 died after arson attack in subway 
Map of Daegu South Korea| 135 people are believed to be injured as firefighters struggled to free those still trapped in the city of Daegu | |
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| Mar.8 |
Samsung chief Lee Jae-Yong on trial for bribery
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South Korean firms face rare corruption hearing
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South Korea PM Lee Wan-koo offers to resign over allegations
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S. Korea charges stem-cell pioneer
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Deadly bombing hits Egypt tour bus Sinai: A bomb attack on a tourist bus in the Sinai peninsula has killed at least three South Korean tourists and an Egyptian driver, officials have...
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UN chief shaken by blast Baghdad: A blast interrupted a Ban Ki-moon news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki
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Samsung heir freed from S Korea jail ee Jae-yong has been freed from jail after a South Korean court suspended his five year jail term for bribing the country's ex-president
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| Jun.22 |
South Korean ex-president's friend jailed
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| May.22 |
Park Geun-hye: S Korea trial of impeached president begins South Korea's former President has pleaded not guilty at her trial for corruption, the latest stage in her dramatic fall from grace
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Ousted S Korean President Park Geun-hye faces prosecutors Park Geun-hye is being questioned by prosecutors over a corruption scandal that brought her down
| 2015 |
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| Oct.28 |
Head of ferry operator gets 7 years in prison over deadly sinking
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| May.21 |
South Korea 'nut rage' executive Heather Cho freed
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| Apr.27 |
Appellate court gives captain of S. Korea ferry life sentence
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| Mar.5 |
Charges sought over US envoy attack
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| Feb.2 |
S. Korea soldier gets death sentence for killing spree |
| 2014 |
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| Nov.19 |
Head of ferry operator sentenced to 10 years in jail over April sinking |
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Ferry captain sentenced to 36 years in jail 
Map of Gwangju South Korea Lee Joon-seok, the captain of the ferry which sank in April has been found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison
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Student survivors of Sewol ferry disaster testify at murder trial |
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| Jun.23 |
South Korea ferry: Court to hear evidence |
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| May.14 |
South Korea ferry captain charged with manslaughter Lee Joon-seok, 68, the captain of the sunken South Korean ferry, has been charged with manslaughter, reports say
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Ex-Samsung boss convicted
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| Aug.30 |
Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban  Afghanistan: Kidnappers released the 7 remaining hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials | |
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| Aug.29 |
Taliban frees 12 South Korean hostages. Afghanistan
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| Aug.28 |
Taliban: Korean hostages to be released. Afghanistan
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| Aug.13 |
Two female Korean hostages freed Afghanistan: Kim Kyung Ja and Kim Jina were now in Ghazni's provincial capital, 25 days after they were seized
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| Aug.11 |
Taliban: 2 hostages to be released. Afghanistan
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| Jul.30 |
Taliban resumes talks on hostages. Afghanistan
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| Jul.26 |
S Korean hostage pleads for help. Afghanistan
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| Jul.23 |
Deadline looms for hostages. Afghanistan
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| Jul.22 |
Taliban extend deadline for hostages. Afghanistan
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| Jul.20 |
Taliban threaten abducted South Koreans Afghanistan: The militants threatened to kill a group of abducted Christians within 24 hours unless S. Korea withdraws its troops from Afghanistan
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Uneasy wait for Korea hostage fate |
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| Jun.24 |
S.Korea sounds alert after official websites hacked
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China IP address link to South Korea cyber-attack A cyber-attack on S. Korean banks and broadcasters came from an internet address in China, but the identity of those behind it cannot be con...
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Virus-like attack hits web traffic |
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Samsung raided in political corruption probe
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S Korean named as campus gunman Virginia: Police have named a student who shot dead 32 people at Virginia Tech as 23-year-old Cho Seung-hui
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Ex-South Korean president Park Geun-hye arrested
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President Park's friend Choi detained
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Former Korean Air executive arrested over 'nut rage' incident |
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South Korea ferry company chief detained
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Ferry disaster captain arrested Prosecutors in South Korea have asked a court to issue an arrest warrant for Lee Joon-seok, 69, the captain of the ferry that sank
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US ambassador to South Korea injured in slash attack Map of Sejong Center Seoul South Korea| Mark W. Lippert was slashed by a man screaming about Korean unification Thursday morning in Seoul, and his assailant was immediately detained | |
| 2011 |
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Chinese fishermen 'stab Koreans' A coast guard has been stabbed to death by Chinese fishermen after stopping their boat on suspicion of illegal fishing in the Yellow Sea
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North Korean soldier is shot while defecting across DMZ Map of Panmunjom North Korea| An elite soldier stationed at the heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone made a bold bolt for freedom Monday, defecting to South Korea despite getting shot twice | |
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South Korean soldier 'kills five comrades, wounds five' A South Korean soldier has shot dead five comrades, injured five more and fled from an outpost near the border with North Korea, officials s...
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Leaders warn over nuclear threat Map of Seoul South Korea World leaders have called for closer co-operation to tackle the threat of nuclear terrorism at a summit on nuclear security in Seoul
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Taliban: Male hostage shot dead Afghanistan: A second South Korean hostage held captive has been killed, a spokesman for the militants said. The body was dropped off in the province of ...
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Taliban: Hostages will die Monday. Afghanistan
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| Jul.25 |
Taliban kills South Korean hostage Afghanistan: One of 23 held hostage has been killed because Taliban demands hadn't been met
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| Jun.22 |
South Korean hostage beheaded 
Iraq: Insurgents carried out their threat to behead Kim Sun-il they were holding hostage
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Threat to behead South Korean hostage. Iraq
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Korea ship reaches Somali pirates. Somalia
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| Dec.28 |
'Comfort women': Japan and South Korea hail agreement| The leaders have welcomed the agreement between their two countries to settle the issue of women forced to work in Japanese brothels during WWII | |
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Japan and South Korea to discuss 'comfort women' issue
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