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Typhoon Hinnamnor rips across S.Korea's industrial south, two dead

A powerful typhoon tore through South Korea's southern industrial hubs on Tuesday, leaving at least two people dead, 10 missing and thousands displaced, authorities said.

Reuters · Sep 6, 2022

South Korea closes schools, halts flights as typhoon nears

Typhoon Hinnamnor has already brought heavy rain to southern cities and is due to make landfall on Tuesday near Busan.

Al Jazeera · Sep 5, 2022

S.Korea official: no soft response in case of N.Korea nuclear test

South Korea's national security adviser has said he and his counterparts from the United States and Japan have agreed there will be no soft response if North Korea conducts a nuclear test, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.

Reuters · Sep 1, 2022

Seoul to phase out Parasite-style semi-basement flats after storm deaths

Properties seen in Oscar-winning film to be curbed after three people drown in South Korean capital

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2022

Like a scene from 'Parasite': Floods lay bare social disparity in South Korea

Using a plastic bowl, Ha In-sik bailed water out of his lower ground apartment in the low-income housing district of Sillim in southwestern Seoul on Wednesday, where flooding caused by torrential rain forced his family to sleep at a nearby park.

Reuters · Aug 10, 2022

At least 7 dead, as South Korea’s Seoul deluged by record rain

Heaviest rainfall in 80 years submerges homes and metro system, triggers landslides and knocks out power in capital.

Al Jazeera · Aug 9, 2022

55 Thais disappear from tour group to South Korea

Fifty-five Thais who flew to South Korea's Jeju island with a package tour group last week have disappeared and it is suspected they were illegal job seekers, known as "little ghosts".

Bangkok Post · Aug 8, 2022

S.Korea's presidential office expresses deep regret over N.Korea criticism of Yoon -Yonhap

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's office expressed deep regret over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's criticism of Yoon, the Yonhap news agency said on Thursday.

Reuters · Jul 28, 2022

N.Korea's Kim says nuclear deterrent is ready, slams South's Yoon

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is ready to mobilise its nuclear war deterrent and counter any U.S. military clash, and criticised South Korea's new president for the first time, warning Seoul was pushing towards the brink of war.

Reuters · Jul 27, 2022

S.Korean PM to recommend presidential pardon for Samsung's Lee

South Korea's prime minister said on Wednesday he would recommend to the president a pardon for Jay Y. Lee, vice chairman of the world's biggest memory chip maker, Samsung Electronics.

Reuters · Jul 27, 2022