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High winds wreak havoc as Canada breezes to double gold
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Hospital fire kills at least 39 people in South Korea 
Map of Sejong Hospital Miryang South Korea| At least 39 people have been killed and more than 70 injured. The blaze is thought to have started in the emergency room at Sejong Hospital | |
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| Dec.21 |
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South Korea fire at public gym and sauna kills 29
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K-pop superstar T.O.P. in intensive care after overdose
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Samsung crane collapse kills six workers |
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Stellar Daisy: Growing concern for missing ship crew |
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Sewol disaster ferry raised after three years
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Lifting of sunken Sewol ferry under way two years later |
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More than 300 people on board Korean Air plane evacuated over engine fire |
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South Korea confirms first Zika case |
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South Korean military helicopter crashes, killing 3 soldiers |
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Chinese boat capsizes off South Korea; 4 rescued, 5 missing |
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| Jan.24 |
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Fifty dead and thousands stranded as cold snap hits East Asia |
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| Jan.4 |
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Open door forces passenger plane to turn back |
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| Nov.23 |
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Two dead in US Army helicopter crash in South Korea |
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| Oct.28 |
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Head of ferry operator gets 7 years in prison over deadly sinking |
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| Sep.5 |
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8 dead after fishing boat capsizes off southern S. Korean coast |
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| Jul.27 |
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South Korea declares 'de facto end' to Mers virus |
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Explosion at chemical plant in South Korea kills 5 workers |
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| Jun.14 |
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South Korea hospital 'is source of many Mers cases' |
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| Jun.10 |
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S Korea cuts interest rates to record low amid Mers concerns |
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Sixth Mers death in S. Korea amid sharp rises in cases Map of Daejeon South Korea A sixth person has died after contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) in South Korea, amid a sharp rise in infections
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| Jun.4 |
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South Korea doctor 'ignored Mers quarantine order' |
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| Jun.1 |
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South Korea has first two Mers deaths
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| Apr.27 |
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Appellate court gives captain of S. Korea ferry life sentence |
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| Apr.15 |
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President makes ferry pledge as South Korea mourns
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South Korea remembers ferry dead South Korea is marking the first anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster, which left more than 300 people dead
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| Feb.10 |
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100-car pileup leaves 2 dead
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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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| Oct.18 |
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S Korea concert planner found dead
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| Oct.17 |
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At least 16 dead in vent grate collapse at concert in S. Korea Map of Seongnam South Korea A grate over a ventilation shaft collapsed at an outdoor concert in Seongnam. Unknown number of people who fell some 20 meters
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| Jul.21 |
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South Korea police 'find body' of fugitive ferry boss
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| May.27 |
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South Korea hospice fire kills 21 At least 20 patients and a nurse have been killed in a fire at a hospice in Janseong county. Six others are in critical condition
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| May.18 |
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S Korea to break up coast guard
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| May.14 |
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South Korea ferry captain charged with manslaughter
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| May.7 |
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South Korea ferry company chief detained
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| May.5 |
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Diver dies while searching in missing in ferry disaster |
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South Korean ferry death toll rises to 242
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| Apr.28 |
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S Korea president in ferry apology |
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| Apr.27 |
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South Korean PM resigns over ferry
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| Apr.25 |
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Divers find cabins crammed with bodies inside sunken ferry 48 girls obeyed the orders of crew and put on their life vests. They all crammed into a single room meant for 30. None of them survived
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| Apr.22 |
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Crew say they couldn't reach lifeboats as ferry tipped over Crew members made attempts to get to the lifeboats, the crew member said. 'But we slipped so we could not do that'
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South Korea ferry toll passes 100
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| Apr.20 |
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S Korea leader condemns ferry crew
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Ferry transcript reveals crew panic
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| Apr.19 |
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Anger erupts over Korea ferry rescue
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Mate steering doomed ferry navigating waters for first time The third mate steering a ferry that sank, killing 32 and leaving 270 missing, was navigating those waters for the first time, a prosecutor ...
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'Two months' for Korea ferry salvage
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| Apr.18 |
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‘Sorry’ ferry captain tells of delay
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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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Fake survivor posts add to nation's anguish
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Korea ship: Third officer 'had helm'
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Air pockets on stricken ferry offer hope for survivors |
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Weather hampers S Korea ferry search Bad weather, murky water and strong currents are hampering the search for survivors of the South Korean ferry disaster
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S Korea ferry: Desperate search for survivors continues Map of Gwanmae South Korea Emergency services are continuing to search for nearly 300 people missing after a ferry carrying more than 470 people sank
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Rescuers search dark, cold sea for survivors of shipwreck Military dive teams worked the dark, cold waters of the Yellow Sea to find nearly 300 people who remained missing after the ferry Sewol sank
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| Apr.15 |
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South Korea ferry: Hundreds missing as ship sinks Map of Gwanmae South Korea Almost 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea
| The ferry, carrying mainly school students, was travelling from the port of Incheon, to the southern resort island of Jeju.
An armada of small boats motoring right up beside the ferry, which listed heavily on its side before sinking.
Rescuers desperately grabbing teenagers out of the water before they are swept away by the currents and undertow
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S Korea building collapse: At least eight dead |
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| Sep.14 |
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Super typhoon headed for Japan, South Korea |
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| Jun.9 |
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Peru helicopter: 'All 14 killed' |
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| Jan.14 |
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S. Korean Couple rescued from Italian ship 
Italy: Two passengers have been found alive on the submerged Costa Concordia, more than 24 hours after it ran aground off the Italian coast
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| Jul.27 |
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Landslide leaves 32 dead, dozens injured Map of Chuncheon South Korea More than 750 rescue workers had been dispatched to the site after the collapse occurred at midnight
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| Dec.12 |
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S. Korean ship sinks, 4 dead, 17 missing 
Antarctica: A fishing vessel sank in frigid ocean waters about 1,000 nautical miles north of McMurdo Station. Aat least 20 were rescued
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| Mar.30 |
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Navy diver dies in rescue effort |
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| Mar.28 |
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Ship's section believed found
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| Mar.26 |
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S. Korea searches for sailors after sinking
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South Korean navy ship sinking near North Map of Baengnyeong Island South Korea| 104 crew members are on board the 1,500-ton ship in the Yellow Sea off the Seoul-controlled island of Baengnyeong, near North Korea. About 40 sailors are missing. The patrol vessel, with 104 p... | |
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| May.22 |
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UN head tours cyclone-hit Burma. Myanmar
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| Dec.7 |
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Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea Thousands of tons of oil spilled off the western coast of South Korea after an oil tanker collided with a barge carrying a crane
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| Jun.26 |
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'No survivors' in plane |
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| Feb.9 |
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New bird flu outbreak |
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| Oct.3 |
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Concert stampede kills 11 |
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| Dec.21 |
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Bird flu spreading |
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| Sep.14 |
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Troops searching for missing people |
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| Sep.13 |
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Typhoon toll 'may top 100' At least 48 people are dead while another 24 are missing. Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes
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| Sep.12 |
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Typhoon pounds South Korea |
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| Aug.3 |
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Hyundai tour boss 'jumps to death'
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| Feb.18 |
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Grim search in subway |
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| Jan.26 |
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U.S. U-2 spy plane crashes |
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| Sep.1 |
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Clean up after deadly typhoon
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| Apr.15 |
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50 pulled alive from crush |
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| Apr.14 |
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Chinese jet crashes An Air China flight carrying 155 passengers and 10 crewmembers has crashed near Busan. Some people survived the crash
before year 2000
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| Jun. 29, 1995 |
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Sampoong Department Store collapse Map of Seocho District Seoul South Korea| The collapse is the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history as 502 people died and 937 were injured | |
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| Sep. 1, 1983 |
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Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shot down Map of Moneron Island Russia| Russian Far East: The airliner serving the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor near Moneron Island, west of Sakhalin Island, in the Sea of Japan | |
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| 2018 |
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| Jan.25 |
Hospital fire kills at least 39 people in South Korea Map of Sejong Hospital Miryang South Korea| At least 39 people have been killed and more than 70 injured. The blaze is thought to have started in the emergency room at Sejong Hospital | |
| 2017 |
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| Dec.21 |
South Korea fire at public gym and sauna kills 29
| 2014 |
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| May.27 |
South Korea hospice fire kills 21 At least 20 patients and a nurse have been killed in a fire at a hospice in Janseong county. Six others are in critical condition
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| 2015 |
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| Feb.10 |
100-car pileup leaves 2 dead
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| 2017 |
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| Jun.8 |
K-pop superstar T.O.P. in intensive care after overdose
| 2016 |
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| Mar.21 |
South Korea confirms first Zika case |
| 2015 |
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| Jul.27 |
South Korea declares 'de facto end' to Mers virus |
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| Jun.14 |
South Korea hospital 'is source of many Mers cases' |
|
| Jun.10 |
S Korea cuts interest rates to record low amid Mers concerns |
|
| Jun.7 |
Sixth Mers death in S. Korea amid sharp rises in cases Map of Daejeon South Korea A sixth person has died after contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) in South Korea, amid a sharp rise in infections
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| Jun.4 |
South Korea doctor 'ignored Mers quarantine order' |
|
| Jun.1 |
South Korea has first two Mers deaths
| 2007 |
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| Feb.9 |
New bird flu outbreak |
| 2003 |
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| Dec.21 |
Bird flu spreading |
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| 2017 |
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| Apr.2 |
Stellar Daisy: Growing concern for missing ship crew |
|
| Mar.22 |
Sewol disaster ferry raised after three years
| 2016 |
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| Jun.12 |
Lifting of sunken Sewol ferry under way two years later |
|
| Jan.26 |
Chinese boat capsizes off South Korea; 4 rescued, 5 missing |
| 2015 |
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| Oct.28 |
Head of ferry operator gets 7 years in prison over deadly sinking |
|
| Sep.5 |
8 dead after fishing boat capsizes off southern S. Korean coast |
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| Apr.27 |
Appellate court gives captain of S. Korea ferry life sentence |
|
| Apr.15 |
President makes ferry pledge as South Korea mourns
|
| Apr.15 |
South Korea remembers ferry dead South Korea is marking the first anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster, which left more than 300 people dead
| 2014 |
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| Nov.10 |
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
|
| Jul.21 |
South Korea police 'find body' of fugitive ferry boss
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| May.18 |
S Korea to break up coast guard
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| May.14 |
South Korea ferry captain charged with manslaughter
|
| May.7 |
South Korea ferry company chief detained
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| May.5 |
Diver dies while searching in missing in ferry disaster |
|
| May.4 |
South Korean ferry death toll rises to 242
|
| Apr.28 |
S Korea president in ferry apology |
|
| Apr.27 |
South Korean PM resigns over ferry
|
| Apr.25 |
Divers find cabins crammed with bodies inside sunken ferry 48 girls obeyed the orders of crew and put on their life vests. They all crammed into a single room meant for 30. None of them survived
|
| Apr.21 |
South Korea ferry toll passes 100
|
| Apr.20 |
S Korea leader condemns ferry crew
|
| Apr.20 |
Ferry transcript reveals crew panic
|
| Apr.19 |
Anger erupts over Korea ferry rescue
|
| Apr.19 |
Mate steering doomed ferry navigating waters for first time The third mate steering a ferry that sank, killing 32 and leaving 270 missing, was navigating those waters for the first time, a prosecutor ...
|
| Apr.19 |
'Two months' for Korea ferry salvage
|
| Apr.18 |
‘Sorry’ ferry captain tells of delay
|
| Apr.18 |
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
|
| Apr.18 |
Fake survivor posts add to nation's anguish
|
| Apr.17 |
Korea ship: Third officer 'had helm'
|
| Apr.17 |
Air pockets on stricken ferry offer hope for survivors |
|
| Apr.17 |
Weather hampers S Korea ferry search Bad weather, murky water and strong currents are hampering the search for survivors of the South Korean ferry disaster
|
| Apr.16 |
S Korea ferry: Desperate search for survivors continues Map of Gwanmae South Korea Emergency services are continuing to search for nearly 300 people missing after a ferry carrying more than 470 people sank
|
| Apr.16 |
Rescuers search dark, cold sea for survivors of shipwreck Military dive teams worked the dark, cold waters of the Yellow Sea to find nearly 300 people who remained missing after the ferry Sewol sank
|
| Apr.15 |
South Korea ferry: Hundreds missing as ship sinks Map of Gwanmae South Korea Almost 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea
| The ferry, carrying mainly school students, was travelling from the port of Incheon, to the southern resort island of Jeju.
An armada of small boats motoring right up beside the ferry, which listed heavily on its side before sinking.
Rescuers desperately grabbing teenagers out of the water before they are swept away by the currents and undertow
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| 2012 |
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| Jan.14 |
S. Korean Couple rescued from Italian ship Italy: Two passengers have been found alive on the submerged Costa Concordia, more than 24 hours after it ran aground off the Italian coast
| 2010 |
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| Dec.12 |
S. Korean ship sinks, 4 dead, 17 missing Antarctica: A fishing vessel sank in frigid ocean waters about 1,000 nautical miles north of McMurdo Station. Aat least 20 were rescued
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| Mar.30 |
Navy diver dies in rescue effort |
|
| Mar.26 |
S. Korea searches for sailors after sinking
|
| Mar.26 |
South Korean navy ship sinking near North Map of Baengnyeong Island South Korea| 104 crew members are on board the 1,500-ton ship in the Yellow Sea off the Seoul-controlled island of Baengnyeong, near North Korea. About 40 sailors are missing. The patrol vessel, with 104 p... | |
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| 2018 |
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| Feb.12 |
High winds wreak havoc as Canada breezes to double gold
| 2016 |
|
| Jan.24 |
Fifty dead and thousands stranded as cold snap hits East Asia |
| 2012 |
|
| Sep.14 |
Super typhoon headed for Japan, South Korea |
| 2008 |
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| May.22 |
UN head tours cyclone-hit Burma. Myanmar
| 2003 |
|
| Sep.13 |
Typhoon toll 'may top 100' At least 48 people are dead while another 24 are missing. Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes
|
| Sep.12 |
Typhoon pounds South Korea |
| 2002 |
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| Sep.1 |
Clean up after deadly typhoon
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| 2011 |
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| Jul.27 |
Landslide leaves 32 dead, dozens injured Map of Chuncheon South Korea More than 750 rescue workers had been dispatched to the site after the collapse occurred at midnight
|
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| 2005 |
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| Oct.3 |
Concert stampede kills 11 |
|
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| 2016 |
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| May.26 |
More than 300 people on board Korean Air plane evacuated over engine fire |
|
| Feb.14 |
South Korean military helicopter crashes, killing 3 soldiers |
|
| Jan.4 |
Open door forces passenger plane to turn back |
| 2015 |
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| Nov.23 |
Two dead in US Army helicopter crash in South Korea |
| 2014 |
|
| Apr.22 |
Crew say they couldn't reach lifeboats as ferry tipped over Crew members made attempts to get to the lifeboats, the crew member said. 'But we slipped so we could not do that'
| 2012 |
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| Jun.9 |
Peru helicopter: 'All 14 killed' |
| 2007 |
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| Jun.26 |
'No survivors' in plane |
| 2003 |
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| Jan.26 |
U.S. U-2 spy plane crashes |
| 2002 |
|
| Apr.15 |
50 pulled alive from crush |
|
| Apr.14 |
Chinese jet crashes An Air China flight carrying 155 passengers and 10 crewmembers has crashed near Busan. Some people survived the crash
| 1983 |
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| Sep. 1, 1983 |
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 shot down Map of Moneron Island Russia| Russian Far East: The airliner serving the flight was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor near Moneron Island, west of Sakhalin Island, in the Sea of Japan | |
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| 2007 |
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| Dec.7 |
Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea Thousands of tons of oil spilled off the western coast of South Korea after an oil tanker collided with a barge carrying a crane
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| May.1 |
Samsung crane collapse kills six workers |
| 2014 |
|
| Oct.17 |
At least 16 dead in vent grate collapse at concert in S. Korea Map of Seongnam South Korea A grate over a ventilation shaft collapsed at an outdoor concert in Seongnam. Unknown number of people who fell some 20 meters
|
| Feb.17 |
S Korea building collapse: At least eight dead |
| 1995 |
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| Jun. 29, 1995 |
Sampoong Department Store collapse Map of Seocho District Seoul South Korea| The collapse is the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history as 502 people died and 937 were injured | |
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| 2014 |
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| Oct.18 |
S Korea concert planner found dead
| 2003 |
|
| Aug.3 |
Hyundai tour boss 'jumps to death'
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Mar.28 |
Ship's section believed found
| 2003 |
|
| Sep.14 |
Troops searching for missing people |
|
| Feb.18 |
Grim search in subway |
|
|
| 2015 |
|
| Jul.2 |
Explosion at chemical plant in South Korea kills 5 workers |
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