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North and South Korea fire missiles off each other’s coasts for first time

One ballistic missile landed less than 60 kilometres off South Korea’s coast, the first time an apparent test had landed near the its waters

Evening Standard

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea fired more than 100 artillery rounds - South military

North Korea fired more than 100 rounds of artillery on Wednesday from its east coast into a military buffer zone established in a military agreement with the South, South Korea's military said.

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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.

WEKU

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

The Independent UK

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.

Reuters

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:

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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

Wales Online

North Korean missile fired across maritime border with South for first time

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called Pyongyang's actions an "effective act of territorial encroachment."

Axios

South Korea lifts air raid alarm on island

South Korea's military said on Wednesday it has lifted an air raid alarm imposed earlier in the day on the island of Ulleung off the country's east cost.

Reuters

S Korea police stations raided in probe of Halloween crush deaths

Police had received 11 reports of dangerous crowding in Itaewon up to four hours before the tragedy unfolded.

Al Jazeera

S.Korea's nuclear regulator keen to share knowledge along with plant exports

South Korea's top nuclear regulator sees an important role in sharing their safety knowledge along with the plants it is exporting as Europe and Asia revisit nuclear power to meet carbon emissions goals and ensure energy security.

Reuters

South Korea fires air-to-ground missiles in response to North Korea launches

South Korea's military said it fired three air-to-ground missiles towards north of its maritime border with North Korea on Wednesday in response to the North's firing of at least 10 missiles earlier in the day, including one which landed less than 60 kilometres off South Korea's coast.

Reuters

S. Korea conducts missile tests in response to N. Korean launches

South Korea says it has conducted air-to-surface missile tests in response to North Korean missile launches.

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The Guardian - AU

North Korea missile crosses maritime border with South for first time

One missile landed close to South Korean territorial waters, south of the Northern Limit Line, military chiefs in Seoul say

Tribune News Service

North Korea sends missile across border in biggest daily barrage

North Korea fired at least 10 ballistic missiles Wednesday including one that was the first to fly over a nautical border with South Korea, in its biggest daily barrage under leader Kim Jong Un.

Bangkok Post

Air raid warning on S.Korean island as N.Korea fires 10 missiles

SEOUL: North Korea fired at least 10 missiles of various types on Wednesday, Seoul's military said, shortly after it confirmed that a ballistic missile had landed close to South Korean waters for the first time.

Al Jazeera

N Korean missile lands off S Korea coast, Seoul launches response

Launches follow Pyongyang warning over ongoing military exercises between South Korea and the United States.

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North Korea fires 23 missiles, one landing off South Korean coast for first time

North Korea fired at least 23 missiles into the sea on Wednesday, including one that landed less than 60 km (40 miles) off South Korea's coast, which South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol described as "territorial encroachment" and Washington denounced as "reckless".

Reuters

South Korea PM urges police to explain response to Halloween crush emergency calls

South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on Wednesday police must explain how they responded after receiving multiple emergency calls in the hours before a Halloween party crush killed more than 150 people in Seoul.

The Independent UK

South Korea: N. Korea fires missile toward sea after threat

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff say North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward sea Wednesday, but gave no further details like how far it flew

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Threatens to Use Nuke over S. Korea-US Drills

North Korea issued a veiled threat Tuesday to use nuclear weapons to get the US and South Korea to "pay the most horrible price in history," an escalation of its fiery rhetoric targeting the ongoing large-scale military drills between its rivals. Animosities on the Korean Peninsula have been running high…

The Independent UK

North Korea threatens to use nuke over S. Korea-US drills

North Korea has issued a veiled threat Tuesday to use nuclear weapons to get the U.S. and South Korea to “pay the most horrible price in history

Evening Standard

South Korean police received first emergency call hours before deadly Seoul Halloween crush

‘I barely managed to leave but there are too many people, looks like you should come and control,’ one caller told police

The Guardian - UK

Hunt review – Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae directs 80s-set stunt-filled spy flick

Lee Jung-jae’s directorial debut, set in 1980s South Korea, is busy to the point of exhaustion and ends up chasing its own tail

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