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Rescue workers at the site of a car crash that killed at least six people in Seoul, 1 July. Photo: Yonhap

Asia

Car drives into crowd outside Seoul city hall, six dead

At least eight were injured

A balloon believed to have been sent by North Korea, carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash and excrement, is seen over a rice field at Cheorwon, South Korea, May 29, 2024. Yonhap via REUTERS/File Photo

World+Biz

N Korea floats more rubbish-filled balloons over S Korean border

Photo: Courtesy

Corporates

Water Resources State Minister Farooque meets S Korean delegation

Se Jong Daewang class destroyer ROKS Yul Gog Yi I (DDG 992) of the Republic of Korea Navy and Atago class destroyer JS Maya (DDG 179) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force sail alongside the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) while conducting a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise in the Sea of Japan July 16, 2023. Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Samantha Oblander/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

World+Biz

Militaries of S.Korea, Japan and US to hold first joint aerial drill

S Korea keen on lending $1b for MRT-5 southern route

Transport

S Korea keen on lending $1b for MRT-5 southern route

South Korea's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, Chung Byung-won, Japan's Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Funakoshi Takehiro, and China's Assistant Foreign Minister, Nong Rong, pose for photographs during their meeting in Seoul, South Korea, September 26, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon

World+Biz

South Korea, Japan, China agree to hold summit at 'earliest convenient time'

FILE PHOTO: Passengers push their luggage through the international arrivals hall at Beijing Capital International Airport after China lifted the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) quarantine requirement for inbound travellers in Beijing, China January 8, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Coronavirus chronicle

China suspends issuing visas in Japan, S Korea to retaliate for Covid curbs

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol delivers a speech as he holds his first official news conference, after taking office in May, to mark 100 days in office, in Seoul, South Korea August 17, 2022. Chung Sung-Jun/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

World+Biz

South Korea's Yoon says North Korea has nothing to gain from nuclear weapons

World+Biz

S Korea fines Google, Meta billions of won for privacy violations

US Special Representative for the DPRK Ambassador Sung Kim, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Funakoshi Takehiro, and South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Kim Gunn pose for photographs before their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Japan September 7, 2022. Kazuhiro NOGI/Pool via REUTERS

World+Biz

Japan, S Korea, US agree on tighter nuclear ties over N Korea threat

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin interacts at the ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

World+Biz

S Korea, China foreign ministers discuss N Korea, K-pop ban

Shipping containers are stacked at Gwangyang port in Gwangyang, South Korea on 14 June 2022. Photo: Reuters

Global Economy

Trucker strike in South Korea ends with union, government settlement

U.S. President Joe Biden attends a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Yoon Seok-youl (not pictured) at the People's House in Seoul, South Korea, May 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

USA

Biden says US, S Korea alliance works to deter N Korea, keep Indo-Pacific free