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N. Korea ICBM launch appears to have failed, Seoul says

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea unsuccessfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile during a new salvo of launches Thursday, the South Korean military said, with Washington urging all nations to enforce sanctions on Pyongyang.

AFP

North Korea ICBM launch may have been a failure, South’s military says

Intercontinental ballistic missile is believed to have suffered in-flight malfunction, says Seoul, as Japan PM criticises ‘outrageous’ launch

The Guardian - AU

N. Korea ICBM launch appears to have failed, Seoul military says

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired one intercontinental ballistic missile and two short-range missiles Thursday, although the longer-range launch appeared to have failed, Seoul's military said.

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South Korea, U.S. condemn North Korea's missile launches as 'deplorable' -Seoul foreign ministry

South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman strongly condemned North Korea's series of missile launches as "deplorable, immoral" during their phone call on Thursday, Seoul's foreign ministry said.

Reuters

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles, Seoul says

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired one long-range and two short-range ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul's military said, with one prompting warnings for residents of a South Korean island and people in parts of northern Japan to seek shelter.

AFP

Halloween tragedy tests Seoul's unpopular leader

A nightmarish disaster whose victims were predominantly the young. A right-of-centre leader whose popularity is sliding. A political flashpoint potentially in the making once the nation absorbs the tragedy.

Bangkok Post

North Korea’s recent drills show west cannot ignore nuclear threat

Country firing close to South Korean waters in response to Washington-Seoul drills, as it also sells missiles to Russia

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Families, friends struggle to cope after Seoul crush

As bereaved families and friends struggle to make sense of a Halloween crowd crush that killed 156 people in South Korea’s capital, their grief is mixed with anger about officials’ failure to employ crowd controls in a small nightlife district swarmed with tens of thousands of partiers

The Independent UK

South Korea expedites efforts to establish Iron Dome-style air defense system

SEOUL -- The administration of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is expediting efforts to develop an advanced air defense system to counter North Korean rocket launches.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

North Korea fires more than 20 missiles, one close to South

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired more than 20 missiles Wednesday, including one that landed close to South Korea's waters in what President Yoon Suk-yeol said was "effectively a territorial invasion".

AFP

N. Korea fires 23 missiles, one close to S. Korea

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired at least 23 missiles Wednesday, including one that landed close to South Korea's waters in what President Yoon Suk-yeol said was "effectively a territorial invasion".

AFP

N. Korea fires 17 missiles, one close to S. Korea

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired at least 17 missiles Wednesday, including one that landed close to South Korea's waters in what President Yoon Suk-yeol said was "effectively a territorial invasion".

AFP

Seoul police headquarters raided after crowd surge deaths

A team of special investigators has raided the headquarters of the Seoul police force, a move that comes as authorities released records of frantic emergency calls warning that crowds of partygoers were growing dangerously large in the hours before a crush that killed at least 156 people.

Bangkok Post

Japanese ex-PM Aso to visit South Korea to improve ties

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has left for Seoul to meet with South Korean officials as the two countries try to improve ties that were badly strained by Japanese wartime atrocities

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AFP

Seoul's Halloween crush 'predictable, preventable,' analysts say

Seoul (AFP) - On what should have been a night of fun for tens of thousands of Halloween revellers, a bottleneck in a narrow alley of Seoul's entertainment district instead claimed 156 lives, with analysts and top officials blaming a crowd control failure.

Asharq Al-Awsat

N. Korea Fires 100 Artillery Rounds into Maritime 'Buffer Zone'

North Korea fired 100 artillery rounds into a maritime "buffer zone" Wednesday, Seoul's military said, hours after Pyongyang launched a series of missile tests including one that landed near South Korean waters. "North Korea fired around 100 artillery rounds from the Kosong area in Kangwon into the 'buffer zone' north…

AFP

South Korea to hold police accountable for crowd crush failures: PM

Seoul (AFP) - South Korea's prime minister said Wednesday that police must explain failures to respond to multiple emergency calls ahead of a deadly Halloween crowd surge, as investigators raided police stations.

WEKU

Desperate calls for help came hours before the Seoul crowd surge turned deadly

"It looks like people will be squashed to death," said a person who called police nearly three hours before the first fatality. On Wednesday, the team investigating the incident raided Seoul police.

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The Independent UK

Investigators raid Seoul police over deadly crowd surge

South Korea’s National Police Agency has raided local police departments in the capital, Seoul, and the city’s Yongsan district office as it investigates whether official ineptitude contributed to a deadly crowd surge that killed 156 people in the neighborhood of Itaewon

Reuters

Trauma of South Korea Halloween party tragedy is pervasive, expert says

As South Korea mourns the deaths of more than 150 people in a Halloween party crush, many people - even those not directly involved - are dealing with trauma and a search for answers that has at times blamed the victims, a psychiatry expert says.

AFP

Seoul distress calls show four hours of mayhem, police inaction

Seoul (AFP) - South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo vowed on Wednesday to hold police accountable for Seoul's deadly Halloween crowd surge, after a log of emergency calls showed authorities were slow to respond.

Dynamite News

International: North Korea Fires Missile Across Maritime Border

South Korea later fired three missiles in response to the North. Seoul's President Yoon Suk-yeol called Pyongyang's launch an "effective territorial invasion", the BBC reported. Read on for details:

Wales Online

North Korea fires ‘more than ten’ missiles after issuing nuke threat to US

Seoul authorities send residents of an eastern island to underground shelters as it issues an air raid alert amid increasing tensions in the area

AFP

N. Korea fires more than 10 missiles, one close to S. Korea

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired more than 10 missiles Wednesday, including one that landed close to South Korea's waters in what President Yoon Suk-yeol said was "effectively a territorial invasion".

AFP

N. Korea fires more than 10 missiles, one close to S. Korea waters

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired more than 10 missiles Wednesday, including one that landed close to South Korea's waters that President Yoon Suk-yeol said was 'effectively a territorial invasion'.

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