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South Korean court acquits former police chief over deadly crowd crush
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court found the former police chief of the country’s capital and two other officers not guilty over a botched response to a Halloween crowd crush that killed nearly 160 people in 2022. The verdict by the Seoul Western District Court drew...
Rebecca Kimmel's search for her roots had an unlikely ending: Tips for other Korean adoptees
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Rebecca Kimmel sat in a small room, stunned and speechless, staring at the baby photo she had just unearthed from her adoption file. Something about the photo — the eyes, the ears, an uneasy feeling deep in her gut — confirmed what the Korean adoptee...
South Korean woman sues government and adoption agency after her kidnapped daughter was sent abroad
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 70-year-old South Korean woman sued her government, an adoption agency, and an orphanage Monday over the adoption of her daughter, who was sent to the United States in 1976, months after she was kidnapped at age 4. The damage suit filed by Han Tae-soon,...
AP PHOTOS: In their 80s, these South Korean women learned reading and rap
CHILGOK, South Korea (AP) — Wearing an oversized bucket hat, silver chains and a black Miu Miu shirt, 82-year-old Park Jeom-sun gesticulates, her voice rising and falling with staccato lines about growing chili peppers, cucumbers and eggplants. Park, nicknamed Suni,...
The US and South Korea reach new deal on costs for the American troop presence
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and South Korea have tentatively agreed to a new deal covering the costs of maintaining the American military presence there, the U.S. State Department and South Korean foreign ministry announced Friday. The agreement, which must still be...
South Korea unveils its most powerful missile, which could reach North Korea's underground bunkers
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile and other weapons that could target North Korea during a massive Armed Forces Day ceremony on Tuesday, as the South's president warned the North's regime would collapse if it attempts to use nuclear weapons. ...
81-year-old South Korean falls short in a bid to become oldest Miss Universe contestant
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An 81-year-old model fell short in her bid to become the oldest Miss Universe contestant after competing in the South Korean pageant against much younger rivals. Dressed in a beaded white gown, the silver-haired Choi Soon-hwa strutted across the stage and...
3 police officers sentenced to prison over the Halloween crush in South Korea that killed nearly 160
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court gave three police officers prison sentences on Monday over their botched handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that killed nearly 160 people. It was the first conviction of officials over the failure by...
North Korea has enough uranium to build a 'double-digit' number of bombs, Seoul's spy agency says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has likely enriched enough uranium to build a “double-digit” number of bombs and is making progress in its efforts to develop more powerful and accurate missiles targeting rival South Korea, Seoul’s spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday. ...
North Korea test-fired ballistic missiles in latest military display, neighbors say
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday test-fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern seas, the South Korean and Japanese militaries said, adding to its military demonstrations as tensions with Washington and neighbors escalate. The launches come days after...
