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Tensions in South Korea over president’s corruption scandal
Two people have been killed during mass protests in the South Korean capital Seoul, hours after President Park was removed from office over a corruption scandal.
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South Korea: president impeached
The president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, has been impeached after a secret vote of parliament over a corruption scandal.
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South Koreans sentenced to hard labour in North Korea
Two South Korean citizens arrested in North Korea in March on charges of spying have been sentenced to hard labour for life, South Korea said.
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US envoy to South Korea ‘in great spirits’ after attack
The US ambassador to South Korea says he is “doing well”, after being slashed with a razor by a political extremist at a function in Seoul where he was to give a lecture.
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Hackers threaten South Korea nuclear firm
A threat is made to “stay away” from nuclear reactors in South Korea unless the government shuts three down before Christmas, after a cyber-attack on the power company running them.
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South Korean ferry captain escapes death sentence
A South Korean court finds the captain of a ferry which capsized in April killing more than 300 passengers guilty of negligence and sentences him to 36 years in prison.
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Pope Francis wows crowds in South Korea
Pope Francis, on a five-day tour of South Korea, celebrates a huge open-air mass in the capital Seoul. He also visited a hilltop centre for the sick, disabled and homeless in the town of Kkottongnae.
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South Korean conscript kills five fellow soldiers on border
The parents of a South Korean soldier who killed five comrades on the border with North Korea have pleaded with him to surrender.
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South Korean prime minister resigns over ferry disaster
South Korea’s prime minister resigns over his governments response to the ferry disaster in which more than 300 people have died or are missing, presumed dead.
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South Korean ferry crew’s conduct ‘like murder’
The actions of some crew members as the South Korean ferry sank were tantamount to murder, the country’s president says. The disaster’s confirmed death toll is now 64, with 238 missing, presumed dead.
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Families’ frustration at South Korean ferry recovery process
Divers have managed to get inside the hull of the sunken South Korean ferry for the first time to recover the bodies of those who died, it is reported.
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South Korea: relatives watch rescue operation live
The families of the hundreds still missing after the South Korean ferry disaster huddle together to watch live footage of the underwater operation to find their relatives.
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South Korean ferry disaster: captain ‘bows head’ in apology
The captain of the South Korean ferry that capsized apologises to the families of those who died, admitting that he was at fault.
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South Korea ferry captain held over ferry disaster
South Korean prosecutors are seeking arrest warrants for Captain Lee Joon-Seok and two crew members of the ferry that capsized with hundreds of children on board.
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Why did the South Korean ferry sink? Transcript revealed
Authorities release the transcript of conversation between harbour and ferry officials – but how much do we really know what happened to South Korean ferry Sewol?