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SEOUL: A blaze destroyed at least 60 homes in one of Seoul’s last remaining shantytowns on Friday, forcing the evacuation of about 500 people just before Lunar New Year, South Korea’s biggest holiday.

About 500 South Koreans were forced to flee their homes after a fire spread through a low-income neighborhood in southern Seoul and destroyed at least 60 homes

Yoon could be using the issue to send a tough message to North Korea, but it could be counterproductive, analysts say.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says his nation’s efforts to be carbon neutral by 2050 would rely in part on returning to nuclear power, even though his predecessor had tried to move away from atomic power

SEOUL -- In an open forum on one of the most contentious issues between Japan and South Korea, a high-ranking South Korean government official laid out the details on Thursday for a plan to resolve the conflict over compensation for wartime requisitioned workers from the Korean Peninsula.

SEOUL: South Korean police on Friday blamed negligence and planning failures for the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul that killed more than 150 people.

Inquiry finds officials in Seoul had failed to employ adequate crowd control for an expected Halloween crowd of 100,000.

Among those recommended for indictment include the mayor of Seoul's Yongsan district, and the district's former police chief — two of the six who have been arrested.

South Korea's police on Friday said a lack of preparations and an inadequate response were the main causes of the deadly Halloween crush in Seoul last year, wrapping up a monthslong investigation into the tragedy that killed 159 people.