South Korea police admit crowd surge response was ‘insufficient’
South Korea's police chief said Tuesday that officers had received multiple urgent reports of danger ahead of a deadly crowd crush at a Halloween event but…
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South Korea's police chief said Tuesday that officers had received multiple urgent reports of danger ahead of a deadly crowd crush at a Halloween event but…
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South Koreans flocked Monday to memorials honoring the 154 people killed in a crowd surge at Halloween celebrations, as authorities faced accusations that lax…
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At least 120 people were killed Saturday and some 100 were injured in a stampede in central Seoul when thousands crowded into narrow streets to celebrate…
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Dozens of people suffered from cardiac arrest in the South Korean capital Seoul on Saturday, after thousands crowded into narrow streets in the city's Itaewon…
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North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, the South's military said, the latest in a blitz of launches that Washington and Seoul have…
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K-pop mega-band BTS will reunite on Saturday to throw a free concert in Busan to support South Korea's bid to host the World Expo, four months after the…
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A Korean-Canadian filmmaker's poignant coming-of-age story has charmed audiences at Asia's top film festival, with the director telling AFP he made the movie…
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Manny Pacquiao called an exhibition fight in December against a South Korean YouTuber "my comeback to the ring," saying he wants to show he "is…
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The biggest drug haul this year, valued at P6.7 million, was made by the Bureau of Customs' Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International…
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North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, the South's military said, the latest in a blitz of launches amid tensions over US-led…
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US and Philippine marines stormed a beach near a disputed rocky outcrop in the South China Sea on Friday as part of joint military drills involving more than…
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Vietnam has asked Netflix to stop showing South Korean drama series "Little Women" in the Southeast Asian country, alleging the series distorted…
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South Korean police on Thursday announced the arrest of a 42-year-old woman accused of murdering two children whose remains were found in suitcases in New…
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When North Korean soldiers found a South Korean fisheries official in their territorial waters, they shot him dead and burned the body — an incident so…
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An Iranian film about a disabled father who looks after his paralyzed son will open Asia's biggest film festival next month, organizers said Wednesday as the…
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Beijing on Monday accused the United States of launching "tens of thousands" of cyberattacks on China and pilfering troves of sensitive data,…
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The United States government, through the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, recently partnered with the Bureau of Fire Protection and the Southern Philippines…
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A hit Netflix K-drama about a high-functioning autistic lawyer is prompting soul-searching in South Korea, where some on the spectrum say they can feel…
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