Search results for ‘South Korea’
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South Korea ferry: search continues for survivors
Rescue teams fight rising winds and waves as they search for hundreds of people – many of them children – still missing after a South Korean ferry capsized and sank.
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South Korea ferry crash shows ‘sickening’ safety flaws
As rescue efforts continue, experts tell Channel 4 News more disasters on this scale are inevitable unless ships get much safer.
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South Korea: hundreds still missing after ferry sinks
Rescue teams resume their search for nearly 280 people – many of them school children – after a ferry capsizes and sinks in South Korea.
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South Korea drone crash – did it come from the North?
An unmanned aerial vehicle, commonly known as a drone, has crashed in South Korea, officials say, raising suspicions that it is a part of North Korea’s burgeoning espionage arsenal.
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North and South Korea exchange territorial fire
North and South Korea pepper each other’s territorial waters with artillery shells in the latest show of tensions between the two old enemies.
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Ten killed in South Korean building collapse
Ten people die when a building collapses under heavy snow in South Korea. As many as 450 students were believed to have been attending a concert in the building when the roof caved in.
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South Korea proposes fresh talks with North over factories
Three weeks after their last attempt at dialogue collapsed, South Korea offer to hold talks with North Korea aimed at reopening a jointly run factory park near the armed border.
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South Korea on heightened state of alert over missile threat
South Korea and its American allies raise their alert levels on expectation that the north is preparing a missile launch in the coming days. John Sparks reports from the border area.
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North Korea warns foreigners: leave South Korea
Following last week’s warning that foreign diplomats in Pyongyang should quit their embassies, North Korea advises foreigners in South Korea to leave the country.
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South Korean workers speak of tensions in the North
As tension remains high between Pyongyang and the west, John Sparks speaks to workers returning to South Korea after spending the last week on the northern side of the border.
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North Korean border bars South Koreans
North Korea blocks South Koreans from crossing its border to work in a jointly run factory park, amid increasing hostility from Pyongyang.
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South Korea vows to retaliate if North strikes
South Korea’s president vows to strike back quickly “without any political considerations” if the North stages any attack on its territory.
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Hackers target South Korean banks and broadcasters
Officials in South Korea are investigating a suspected cyber attack that shut down two major banks and three TV broadcasters, prompting speculation that North Korea was involved.
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South Korean rapper Psy’s Gangnam Style
Gangnam is topping the British music charts and the video is a YouTube global phenomenon. But is the song a tribute to hipsters or a poke at their faux-style? John Sparks dances around the question.
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Typhoon Sanba batters South Korea
Powerful Typhoon Sanba hit South Korea with strong winds and heavy rain on Monday, leaving one person dead and cutting power to thousands of homes and businesses.
