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| Jan.23 |
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North Korea in 'reconciliation' call to the South |
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| Feb.4 |
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Koreas agree to family reunions North and South have agreed to hold reunions for families separated after the Korean War, following calls from Pyongyang to improve ties
| Feb.6 |
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N Korea warns on family reunions |
| Feb.11 |
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North and South Korea begin rare high-level talks
| Feb.16 |
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Deadly bombing hits Egypt tour bus
| Feb.17 |
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S Korea building collapse: At least eight dead
| Feb.19 |
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Two Koreas hold family reunions
Map of Mount Kumgang North Korea More than 100 South Koreans have arrived in North Korea for reunions with their relatives - the first such events since 2010
| Feb.22 |
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S. Korea lodges Olympic figure skating protest |
| Feb.23 |
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S Korea-US military drills begin Joint military drills have begun, amid rare family reunions between North and South Korean relatives separated for decades
| Feb.24 |
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N Korea 'violates' S Korea's border |
| Feb.25 |
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Asiana Airlines fined $500,000 over San Francisco crash |
| Feb.28 |
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S Korea warns Japan over sex slaves |
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| Mar.30 |
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North, South Korea exchange fire across disputed western sea border
Map of Yeonpyeong island South Korea South Korean Marines fired artillery shells across a disputed sea border after North shells from a live fire drill fell into the water south of the frontier | |
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| Apr.3 |
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South Korea says 2 North Korean cargo ship crew members dead, 11 missing |
| 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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| Apr.16 |
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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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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.17 |
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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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Air pockets on stricken ferry offer hope for survivors
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Korea ship: Third officer 'had helm'
| Apr.18 |
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Fake survivor posts add to nation's anguish
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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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‘Sorry’ ferry captain tells of delay
| Apr.19 |
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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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Anger erupts over Korea ferry rescue
| Apr.20 |
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Ferry transcript reveals crew panic
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S Korea leader condemns ferry crew
| Apr.21 |
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South Korea ferry toll passes 100
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SKorea: Ferry didn't take hard turn before sinking |
| 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'
| Apr.23 |
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South Korea ferry disaster: New arrests |
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Ban blames all Syria sides over aid |
| Apr.24 |
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Lawmaker: South Korean ferry was renovated |
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Obama in S Korea amid nuclear fears |
| 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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Obama: US will persist with Middle East peace effort |
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Ferry relatives confront officials |
| Apr.26 |
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All S Korea ferry crew 'in custody' |
| Apr.27 |
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South Korean PM resigns over ferry Prime Minister Chung Hong-won has resigned amid criticism of the government's handling of the sinking of a passenger ferry.
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Bad weather slows search for South Korea ferry dead |
| Apr.28 |
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3 arrested over evidence, call center raided in ferry probe |
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S Korea president in ferry apology
| Apr.30 |
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South Korean ferry survivors return to school |
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| May.2 |
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Dozens hurt in S Korea subway crash |
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Samsung ordered to pay Apple $119.6m |
| May.4 |
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South Korean ferry death toll rises to 242 No one has been found alive since the day the ship sank. The work has become more difficult as divers have had to break through closed cabin...
| May.5 |
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Diver dies while searching in missing in ferry disaster
| May.7 |
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Too much cargo contributed to ferry sinking: Police |
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South Korea ferry company chief detained
| May.12 |
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North Korea rages over South's drone allegations |
| May.14 |
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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
| May.18 |
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S Korea to break up coast guard
South Korea is to break up its coastguard in the wake of the ferry disaster in which about 300 people died, says President Park Geun-hye
| May.22 |
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North Korea fires shells at South Korean vessel |
| May.26 |
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Bounty rises for Korean ferry owner |
| 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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| Jun.9 |
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Crew of sunken S. Korean ferry appear at hearing |
| Jun.17 |
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Russia 1-1 South Korea |
| Jun.20 |
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South Korea ferry company chief 'overloaded ship' |
| Jun.21 |
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South Korean soldier 'kills five comrades, wounds five'
Map of Goseong Gangwon South Korea A South Korean soldier has shot dead five comrades, injured five more and fled from an outpost near the border with North Korea, officials say
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South Korea search for soldier who shot five comrades |
| Jun.22 |
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Algeria downs South Korea in goal-filled match |
| Jun.23 |
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South Korea ferry: Court to hear evidence |
| Jun.24 |
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Asiana flight 214: Crew 'over-relied' on automation |
| Jun.25 |
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S Korea prime minister to keep job |
| Jun.26 |
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South Korea 0-1 Belgium |
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| Jul.2 |
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North Korea tops agenda as China's Xi visits Seoul |
| Jul.9 |
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon: Gaza situation 'on knife-edge'
| Jul.16 |
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5 dead after helicopter crash in South Korea |
| Jul.21 |
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South Korea police 'find body' of fugitive ferry boss
| Jul.24 |
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South Korea ferry owner death cause 'unknown' |
| Jul.28 |
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Student survivors of Sewol ferry disaster testify at murder trial |
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| Aug.3 |
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Gaza crisis: Rafah school strike 'criminal' - UN chief
| Aug.5 |
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Apple and Samsung in legal deal |
| Aug.11 |
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Two more South Korea conscripts in apparent suicides |
| Aug.13 |
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Pope Francis makes first South Korean visit in 25 years
Map of SEOUL South Korea Pope is on the first papal visit to the Asian nation in a quarter century, stepping off the plane onto a red carpet and greeting President Park Geun-hye | |
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North Korea fires projectiles as Pope lands in Seoul
| Aug.15 |
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Pope beatifies South Korea martyrs |
| Aug.17 |
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Pope Francis urges inter-Korean reconciliation |
| Aug.25 |
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At least five dead in South Korea flash floods |
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| Sep.7 |
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Ladies' Code singer Rise dies after crash |
| Sep.29 |
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S. Korean ship runs aground, everyone rescued |
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| Oct.3 |
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North Koreans make surprise visit to South
| Oct.4 |
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North and South Korea 'agree to talks'
| Oct.6 |
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Korean ships exchange warning shots |
| Oct.10 |
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North and South Korea exchange fire |
| Oct.11 |
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UN chief in Libya to make peace plea |
| Oct.14 |
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Koreas 'hold top military talks'
Map of Panmunjom North Korea Senior military officials from the two Koreas are holding talks for the first time in seven years, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports
| 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 | |
| Oct.18 |
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S Korea concert planner found dead
| Oct.19 |
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2 South Korean tourists missing in Thailand boat collision |
| Oct.28 |
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South Korea has solved mystery of Kim Jong Un's 6-week absence |
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195 days later, body found in sunken South Korean ferry |
| Oct.29 |
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Samsung profit lowest in three years |
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| Nov.10 |
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South Korea ends search for victims of ferry disaster |
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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. The Sewol was carrying 476 people when it went ... | |
| Nov.19 |
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Head of ferry operator sentenced to 10 years in jail over April sinking |
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| Dec.2 |
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Trawler: Hopes fade for 52 missing sailors |
| Dec.11 |
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Korean Air chair apologies over daughter's nut rage Cho Yang-ho apologized for the behavior of his adult daughter who delayed a flight in an incident now dubbed 'nut rage'
| Dec.13 |
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Korean Air executive 'made steward bow over nut rage' |
| Dec.21 |
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S Korea holds cyber drill after hack
| Dec.26 |
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3 workers die at nuke plant construction site
| Dec.28 |
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South Korea offers talks to North
| Dec.30 |
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Former Korean Air executive arrested over 'nut rage' incident
| Dec.31 |
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North Korean leader proposes talks
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2014 |
| Jan.23 |
North Korea in 'reconciliation' call to the South |
| Feb.11 |
North and South Korea begin rare high-level talks
| Feb.23 |
S Korea-US military drills begin Joint military drills have begun, amid rare family reunions between North and South Korean relatives separated for decades
| Feb.24 |
N Korea 'violates' S Korea's border |
| Feb.28 |
S Korea warns Japan over sex slaves |
| Mar.30 |
North, South Korea exchange fire across disputed western sea border
Map of Yeonpyeong island South Korea South Korean Marines fired artillery shells across a disputed sea border after North shells from a live fire drill fell into the water south of the frontier | |
| May.12 |
North Korea rages over South's drone allegations |
| May.18 |
S Korea to break up coast guard
South Korea is to break up its coastguard in the wake of the ferry disaster in which about 300 people died, says President Park Geun-hye
| May.22 |
North Korea fires shells at South Korean vessel |
| Jun.21 |
South Korean soldier 'kills five comrades, wounds five'
Map of Goseong Gangwon South Korea A South Korean soldier has shot dead five comrades, injured five more and fled from an outpost near the border with North Korea, officials say
| Jun.21 |
South Korea search for soldier who shot five comrades |
| Jul.9 |
UN chief Ban Ki-moon: Gaza situation 'on knife-edge'
| Aug.3 |
Gaza crisis: Rafah school strike 'criminal' - UN chief
| Aug.11 |
Two more South Korea conscripts in apparent suicides |
| Aug.13 |
North Korea fires projectiles as Pope lands in Seoul
| Aug.17 |
Pope Francis urges inter-Korean reconciliation |
| Oct.6 |
Korean ships exchange warning shots |
| Oct.10 |
North and South Korea exchange fire |
| Oct.11 |
UN chief in Libya to make peace plea |
| Oct.14 |
Koreas 'hold top military talks'
Map of Panmunjom North Korea Senior military officials from the two Koreas are holding talks for the first time in seven years, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports
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2014 |
| Feb.17 |
S Korea building collapse: At least eight dead
| Feb.25 |
Asiana Airlines fined $500,000 over San Francisco crash |
| Apr.3 |
South Korea says 2 North Korean cargo ship crew members dead, 11 missing |
| 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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| 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.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.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.17 |
Air pockets on stricken ferry offer hope for survivors
| Apr.17 |
Korea ship: Third officer 'had helm'
| Apr.18 |
Fake survivor posts add to nation's anguish
| 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 |
‘Sorry’ ferry captain tells of delay
| 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.19 |
Anger erupts over Korea ferry rescue
| Apr.20 |
Ferry transcript reveals crew panic
| Apr.20 |
S Korea leader condemns ferry crew
| Apr.21 |
South Korea ferry toll passes 100
| Apr.21 |
SKorea: Ferry didn't take hard turn before sinking |
| 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'
| Apr.23 |
South Korea ferry disaster: New arrests |
| Apr.24 |
Lawmaker: South Korean ferry was renovated |
| 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.25 |
Ferry relatives confront officials |
| Apr.26 |
All S Korea ferry crew 'in custody' |
| Apr.27 |
South Korean PM resigns over ferry Prime Minister Chung Hong-won has resigned amid criticism of the government's handling of the sinking of a passenger ferry.
| Apr.27 |
Bad weather slows search for South Korea ferry dead |
| Apr.28 |
3 arrested over evidence, call center raided in ferry probe |
| Apr.28 |
S Korea president in ferry apology
| Apr.30 |
South Korean ferry survivors return to school |
| May.2 |
Dozens hurt in S Korea subway crash |
| May.4 |
South Korean ferry death toll rises to 242 No one has been found alive since the day the ship sank. The work has become more difficult as divers have had to break through closed cabin...
| May.5 |
Diver dies while searching in missing in ferry disaster
| May.7 |
Too much cargo contributed to ferry sinking: Police |
| May.7 |
South Korea ferry company chief detained
| 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
| May.18 |
S Korea to break up coast guard
South Korea is to break up its coastguard in the wake of the ferry disaster in which about 300 people died, says President Park Geun-hye
| May.26 |
Bounty rises for Korean ferry owner |
| 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
| Jun.9 |
Crew of sunken S. Korean ferry appear at hearing |
| Jun.20 |
South Korea ferry company chief 'overloaded ship' |
| Jun.23 |
South Korea ferry: Court to hear evidence |
| Jun.24 |
Asiana flight 214: Crew 'over-relied' on automation |
| Jul.16 |
5 dead after helicopter crash in South Korea |
| Jul.21 |
South Korea police 'find body' of fugitive ferry boss
| Jul.28 |
Student survivors of Sewol ferry disaster testify at murder trial |
| Aug.11 |
Two more South Korea conscripts in apparent suicides |
| Aug.25 |
At least five dead in South Korea flash floods |
| Sep.7 |
Ladies' Code singer Rise dies after crash |
| Sep.29 |
S. Korean ship runs aground, everyone rescued |
| 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 | |
| Oct.18 |
S Korea concert planner found dead
| Oct.19 |
2 South Korean tourists missing in Thailand boat collision |
| Oct.28 |
195 days later, body found in sunken South Korean ferry |
| Nov.10 |
South Korea ends search for victims of ferry disaster |
| 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. The Sewol was carrying 476 people when it went ... | |
| Nov.19 |
Head of ferry operator sentenced to 10 years in jail over April sinking |
| Dec.2 |
Trawler: Hopes fade for 52 missing sailors |
| Dec.26 |
3 workers die at nuke plant construction site
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2014 |
| Feb.22 |
S. Korea lodges Olympic figure skating protest |
| Jun.17 |
Russia 1-1 South Korea |
| Jun.22 |
Algeria downs South Korea in goal-filled match |
| Jun.26 |
South Korea 0-1 Belgium |
| Oct.3 |
North Koreans make surprise visit to South
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2014 |
| Feb.16 |
Deadly bombing hits Egypt tour bus
| Feb.25 |
Asiana Airlines fined $500,000 over San Francisco crash |
| May.2 |
Samsung ordered to pay Apple $119.6m |
| May.7 |
South Korea ferry company chief detained
| Jul.21 |
South Korea police 'find body' of fugitive ferry boss
| Aug.5 |
Apple and Samsung in legal deal |
| Sep.7 |
Ladies' Code singer Rise dies after crash |
| Oct.18 |
S Korea concert planner found dead
| Oct.29 |
Samsung profit lowest in three years |
| Dec.11 |
Korean Air chair apologies over daughter's nut rage Cho Yang-ho apologized for the behavior of his adult daughter who delayed a flight in an incident now dubbed 'nut rage'
| Dec.13 |
Korean Air executive 'made steward bow over nut rage' |
| Dec.21 |
S Korea holds cyber drill after hack
| Dec.26 |
3 workers die at nuke plant construction site
| Dec.30 |
Former Korean Air executive arrested over 'nut rage' incident
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2014 |
| Feb.16 |
Deadly bombing hits Egypt tour bus
| Feb.28 |
S Korea warns Japan over sex slaves |
| 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.23 |
South Korea ferry disaster: New arrests |
| Apr.26 |
All S Korea ferry crew 'in custody' |
| Apr.28 |
3 arrested over evidence, call center raided in ferry probe |
| May.7 |
South Korea ferry company chief detained
| 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
| May.26 |
Bounty rises for Korean ferry owner |
| Jun.9 |
Crew of sunken S. Korean ferry appear at hearing |
| Jun.20 |
South Korea ferry company chief 'overloaded ship' |
| Jun.21 |
South Korean soldier 'kills five comrades, wounds five'
Map of Goseong Gangwon South Korea A South Korean soldier has shot dead five comrades, injured five more and fled from an outpost near the border with North Korea, officials say
| Jun.21 |
South Korea search for soldier who shot five comrades |
| Jun.23 |
South Korea ferry: Court to hear evidence |
| Jul.28 |
Student survivors of Sewol ferry disaster testify at murder trial |
| 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. The Sewol was carrying 476 people when it went ... | |
| Nov.19 |
Head of ferry operator sentenced to 10 years in jail over April sinking |
| Dec.21 |
S Korea holds cyber drill after hack
| Dec.30 |
Former Korean Air executive arrested over 'nut rage' incident
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2014 |
| Jan.23 |
North Korea in 'reconciliation' call to the South |
| Feb.4 |
Koreas agree to family reunions North and South have agreed to hold reunions for families separated after the Korean War, following calls from Pyongyang to improve ties
| Feb.6 |
N Korea warns on family reunions |
| Feb.11 |
North and South Korea begin rare high-level talks
| Feb.19 |
Two Koreas hold family reunions
Map of Mount Kumgang North Korea More than 100 South Koreans have arrived in North Korea for reunions with their relatives - the first such events since 2010
| Feb.28 |
S Korea warns Japan over sex slaves |
| Apr.19 |
Anger erupts over Korea ferry rescue
| Apr.20 |
S Korea leader condemns ferry crew
| Apr.23 |
Ban blames all Syria sides over aid |
| Apr.24 |
Obama in S Korea amid nuclear fears |
| Apr.25 |
Obama: US will persist with Middle East peace effort |
| Apr.25 |
Ferry relatives confront officials |
| Apr.27 |
South Korean PM resigns over ferry Prime Minister Chung Hong-won has resigned amid criticism of the government's handling of the sinking of a passenger ferry.
| Apr.28 |
S Korea president in ferry apology
| Jun.25 |
S Korea prime minister to keep job |
| Jul.2 |
North Korea tops agenda as China's Xi visits Seoul |
| Jul.24 |
South Korea ferry owner death cause 'unknown' |
| Aug.13 |
Pope Francis makes first South Korean visit in 25 years
Map of SEOUL South Korea Pope is on the first papal visit to the Asian nation in a quarter century, stepping off the plane onto a red carpet and greeting President Park Geun-hye | |
| Aug.13 |
North Korea fires projectiles as Pope lands in Seoul
| Aug.15 |
Pope beatifies South Korea martyrs |
| Aug.17 |
Pope Francis urges inter-Korean reconciliation |
| Oct.3 |
North Koreans make surprise visit to South
| Oct.4 |
North and South Korea 'agree to talks'
| Oct.11 |
UN chief in Libya to make peace plea |
| Oct.14 |
Koreas 'hold top military talks'
Map of Panmunjom North Korea Senior military officials from the two Koreas are holding talks for the first time in seven years, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports
| Oct.28 |
South Korea has solved mystery of Kim Jong Un's 6-week absence |
| Dec.28 |
South Korea offers talks to North
| Dec.31 |
North Korean leader proposes talks