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Seven injured after South Korea fighter jet accidentally drops bombs

Seven people in South Korea were injured, four of them seriously, after a fighter jet accidentally dropped eight bombs in a civilian district during a live-fire military exercise. The incident involving the Air Force KF-16 aircraft took place at around 10:04 local time (01:04 GMT) in the city of Pocheon, near the border with North

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World

8 Injured After Misfired Shell Hits Residential Area During US-South Korea Military Drills

Last Updated:March 06, 2025, 08:34 IST Fire officials suspected that the shell dropped in the town was from ongoing live-fire joint military exercises conducted by South Korea and the United States, according to an official. Footage showed the shelling in South Korea after the military drills. (Photo: X) At least eight people were hurt on

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Politics

Trump Says Japan and South Korea Want to Invest in $44 Billion Gas Project

President Trump said Tuesday that Japan and South Korea have expressed interest in partnering with the United States on a $44 billion plan to produce and export natural gas from Alaska, reviving interest in one of the world’s biggest energy projects. The project, known as Alaska L.N.G., involves constructing an 800-mile pipeline from fields north

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World

Families attacked online after South Korea plane crash

Kelly Ng & Juna Moon Reporting fromSingapore and Seoul NEWS1 Park Han-shin, who lost his brother in the Jeju Air crash, has been accused of being a “fake bereaved family member” A plane crash in South Korea last December left Park Guen-woo an orphan. The 22-year-old had barely found space to mourn his parents when

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World

First British tourists allowed back into North Korea tell BBC what they saw

Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent Joe Smith The local guides have to follow a strict, pre-approved schedule – which on this tour included a visit to a new, fully stocked pharmacy Don’t insult the leaders. Don’t insult the ideology. And don’t judge. These are the rules tour guides read out to Western tourists as they prepare

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World

North Korea has sent more troops to Russia, South’s spy agency says

North Korea has sent more soldiers to Russia and re-deployed others to the frontline in the western Kursk region, according to South Korea’s intelligence agency. It said the exact number of extra troops sent was unknown, but military officials quoted in South Korean media have said they believed it was at least 1,000. Neither Moscow

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World

North Korea Is Sending More Troops to Russia, South Korea’s Spy Agency Says

Despite the heavy casualties it has suffered in the war between Russia and Ukraine, North Korea appears to have sent more troops to Russia as its soldiers re-entered frontline combat, South Korea’s spy agency said on Thursday. The National Intelligence Service, South Korea’s main spy agency, said it was still trying to assess the size

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Sports

Pink Ladies Cup: Indian Senior Women’s Team Faces 3-0 Rout At Hands Of South Korea | Football News

Last Updated:February 26, 2025, 16:19 IST Strikes from Choi Yoojung and Choi Dagyeong put Korea in the lead in the first half, before Mun Eunju rounded off the tally in the 81st minute. Indian Senior Women’s Football Team. (X) The Indian senior women’s team went down to South 0-3 in their concluding Pink Ladies Cup

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U.S.

Under Trump, America’s New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus

If the old saying is true, that you are known by who your friends are, then President Trump may be telling the world something about who he plans to be in this second term. In a move that redrew the international order, Mr. Trump this week had the United States vote against a U.N. General

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World

At least four dead in South Korea highway construction project collapse

At least four people died and six were injured on Tuesday after a collapse at a highway construction site in an area south of the South Korean capital, Seoul, fire authorities said. The accident took place at 9:49 a.m. (0049 GMT) in Anseong, about 70 km (43.5 miles) from Seoul, when five 50 metre (164

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