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13 confirmed dead in Japan after magnitude 7.1 earthquake, additional damage reported

A mall in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, collapsed as a result of the tremors, with many people presumed to be trapped inside.

2026.7.29

Pictured is an apartment building in the Eunma Apartments complex in Daechi-dong, Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on Feb. 24, after a fire. One person died and at least three others were injured. [YONHAP]

1 dead, 3 injured in apartment building fire in Gangnam

One person has died and at least three others were injured after a fire broke out at an apartment building in southern Seoul’s Gangnam District on Tuesday morning, fire authorities said.

2026.2.24

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A traffic accident involving two cars and a taxi occurred on a road in front of Jonggak Station in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Jan. 2, which ultimately resulted in 15 casualties. The taxi shown in this image crashed into a guardrail on a sidewalk. [YONHAP]

Morphine found in taxi driver after Seoul crash that killed 1, injured 14

A taxi driver who drove onto a sidewalk in Jongno District, central Seoul, killing at least one person, has tested positive for morphine and was placed under emergency arrest, police said Saturday.

2026.1.3

Smoke rises from apartments after a major fire swept through several blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong's Tai Po district on Nov. 27. Hong Kong firefighters were scouring a still-burning apartment complex for hundreds of missing people on Nov. 27, a day after the blaze tore through the high-rises, killing at least 44. [AFP/YONHAP]

At least 83 dead as Hong Kong firefighters battle burning towers for second day

Firefighters battled for a second day to extinguish a blaze at a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong on Thursday, as the death toll rose to 83 in one of the deadliest blazes in the city's modern history.

2025.11.28

Displaced Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip flee with their belongings along Al-Rasheed Street, west of Gaza City, on Sept. 1. According to the UN, around 90 percent of the population or 1.9 million people in Gaza have been displaced since the start of the conflict. [EPA/YONHAP]

Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide

Israel launched strikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 31 people as it presses ahead with a major offensive in the territory's largest city, according to health officials.

2025.9.2

Flowers and messages are seen at the site of the Seoul City Hall crash that took place on July 1, 2024, on July 15, 2024. [NEWS1]

One year after City Hall crash, Seoul prioritizes older driver safety and pedestrian protections

On the first anniversary of a crash near City Hall in Seoul that killed nine people, concerns grow over the rising number of traffic accidents caused by older drivers, prompting a focus on improved pedestrian protections and licensing regulations.

2025.7.1

Rescue workers carry out a search operation at the site of a building that collapsed following an earthquake, in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 30. At least 17 people were confirmed dead, 32 injured and 83 were still missing in Bangkok, following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and caused tremors in neighboring Thailand. [EPA/YONHAP]

Korean Embassy in Myanmar dispatches consul to stricken Mandalay as Seoul offers $2 million in earthquake relief

Korea’s Foreign Ministry announced that it would dispatch a consul from the Korean Embassy in Yangon to Mandalay to provide necessary consular assistance, including daily necessities, to Korean residents affected by the earthquake in Myanmar.

2025.3.30

Wildfires spread in Andong, North Gyeongsang, on March 25. [NEWS1]

24 dead as wildfires continue to rage across southeastern Korea

At least 24 people had died from wildfires in the Gyeongsang region as of 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters.

2025.3.26

A photo released by the Ukrainian military in December last year that shows bodies presumed to be of Russian and North Korean soldiers killed in action. [SCREEN CATPURE]

North Korea's Ukraine war dead on ice as Kim regime considers options

North Korea, which reportedly recently undertook its second large-scale deployment of troops to Russia, is apparently refusing to receive and process the bodies of its soldiers who died on the battlefield in the Ukraine war.

2025.2.27

An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles toward Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel on Sunday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

South Korea strongly condemns Iran's attack on Israel

Seoul strongly condemned Iran's attack on Israel, which did not result in any Korean casualties, according to the Foreign Ministry.

2024.4.14