SEOUL | Xinhua | South Korea’s transport ministry said on Monday that it will inspect all Boeing 737-800 planes in the country after the same passenger jet of Jeju Air crashed on Sunday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport planned to conduct the special inspection of all B737-800, operated …
Read More »JET CRASH: 179 people aboard S. Korean jet confirmed dead, 2 rescued
SEOUL, South Korea | Xinhua | All the 179 people aboard a passenger jet that crashed while landing at an airport in southwest South Korea were confirmed dead except only two rescued, multiple media outlets said Sunday, citing the fire authorities. It was reported at about 9:03 a.m. local time …
Read More »South Korean President Yoon defies summons
SEOUL | Xinhua | South Korean prosecutors said on Sunday that impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol did not comply with a summons for today and they will soon issue another order, Yonhap news agency reported. The special prosecution team handling an investigation into Yoon’s botched martial law imposition said it had …
Read More »What’s next for S. Korea following president’s impeachment
SEOUL, South Korea | Xinhua | With 204 in favor and 85 against, South Korea’s parliament on Saturday passed the second impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol, after the first impeachment motion was dropped a week earlier as the ruling party lawmakers boycotted it. After the motion was passed, an …
Read More »SOUTH KOREA PARLIAMENT: Arrest the President
S. Korean parliament OKs resolution calling for President Yoon’s immediate arrest SEOUL | Xinhua | South Korea’s National Assembly Tuesday passed a bill to appoint a permanent special counsel to investigate insurrection charges against President Yoon Suk-yeol, as well as a resolution calling for Yoon’s immediate arrest over his botched …
Read More »South Korean police may begin to see president as leader of plotters in mutiny case
SEOUL | TASS | South Korean police and prosecutors may possibly view President Yoon Suk Yeol as the “head of the conspirators” in the mutiny case to seize power and overthrow the constitutional order, the Yonhap news agency reported. “As investigative agencies competing with each other narrow down the investigation, there …
Read More »South Korean national arrested on espionage charges posed as writer
MOSCOW | TASS | South Korean national Baek Won-soon, who has been arrested in Russia on charges of espionage, had been posing as a writer and was receiving information constituting state secrets via a messenger app, law enforcement agencies told TASS. “While probing into the case of Baek Won-soon, investigators …
Read More »North Korea’s Kim says ready to occupy South Korea if DPRK’s security requires it
At a plenary meeting of the DPRK’s ruling Worker’s Party of Korea in December, Kim said that the WPK was abandoning the idea of a peaceful reunification with the South through dialogue TOKYO | TASS | The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) considers its southern neighbor, the Republic of …
Read More »Africa CDC head visits SK bioscience to discuss vaccine localization in Africa
Seongnam, South Korea | PRNewswire | Dr. Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa CDC has visited SK bioscience headquarters in South Korea to discuss collaboration with the Partnerships for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM). SK bioscience, is an innovative vaccine and biotech company committed to promoting human health from prevention to cure. Dr. …
Read More »South Korea-Africa cooperation
Seoul commits US$600 million to Africa’s energy, agriculture Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | South Korea has injected US$600 million into the development of Africa’s energy and agricultural sectors as the call to have close to 600 million Africans get access to an electricity grid gathers pace across the continent. The …
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