Aug 07 South Korea to mass evacuate scouts from coastal jamboree ahead of storm landfall By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press More than 1,000 vehicles will be used starting Tuesday morning to move 36,000 scouts — mostly teenagers — from the World Scout Jamboree in the southwestern county of Buan, according to Kim Sung-ho, a vice minister at South Korea’s Ministry… Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 3:59 News Wrap: Tree of Life synagogue gunman sentenced to death In our news wrap Thursday, a federal judge formally imposed the death penalty on the gunman who killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the U.S. military is said to be mulling a major new move… Continue watching
Jul 26 Both Koreas mark 70th armistice anniversary in two different ways that highlight rising tensions By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The truce that stopped the bloodshed in the Korean War turns 70 on Thursday and the two Koreas are marking the anniversary in starkly different ways, underscoring their deepening nuclear tensions. Continue reading
Jul 24 North Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in latest weapons test By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The test is apparently in protest of the United States sending major naval assets to South Korea in a show of force. Continue reading
Jul 20 North Korea unresponsive to requests to discuss soldier who crossed border, U.S. says By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press Pvt. Travis King, who was supposed to be on his way to Fort Bliss, Texas, after finishing a prison sentence in South Korea for assault, ran into North Korea while on a civilian tour of the border village of Panmunjom on Tuesday. Continue reading
Jul 19 North Korea stays silent on its apparent detention of a U.S. soldier who ran across the border By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Some observers said the North was unlikely to repatriate him anytime soon amid heightened tensions between the rivals. Continue reading
Jul 17 South Korea's death toll from downpour grows to 40 as workers search for survivors By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press At least 40 people have died, 34 others are injured and more than 10,000 people have had to leave their homes since July 9, when heavy rain started pounding the country. Continue reading
Jul 16 Death toll rises to 37 in South Korea amid floods, landslides fueled by heavy rain By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press South Korean rescuers on Sunday pulled nine bodies from a flooded tunnel where around 15 vehicles were trapped in muddy water, as days of heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides and destroyed homes across the country, officials said. Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch 2:58 News Wrap: Forecasters say U.S. heat wave is entering its most intense phase In our news wrap Saturday, new all-time records heat records could be set across the South and West, doctors say dehydration was likely why Israeli PM Netanyahu had to be taken to a hospital, at least 26 died in landslides… Continue watching
Jul 15 South Korean President Yoon makes surprise visit to Ukraine, pledges to expand support By Felipe Dana, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Saturday, offering support for the invaded country in its war with Russia while demonstrating his own nation's cooperation with NATO. Continue reading