Tag: South Korea

South Korean President Park Geun-hye bows after delivering a speech to the nation about the sunken ferry Sewol at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 19, 2014. South Korea's president announced plans Monday to disband the coast guard and root out corruption and collusion between regulators and shipping companies that furious citizens believe led to a ferry disaster last month that left more than 300 people dead or missing. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Ahn Jung-won) KOREA OUT

South Korean president wants coast guard disbanded

HyungJin Kim · May 19, 2014 12:32 pm

Subway explosion lightly injures 11 in South Korea

Subway explosion lightly injures 11 in South Korea

JungYoon Choi · May 19, 2014 11:49 am

People watch a live television program showing South Korean President Park Geun-hye's speech to the nation regarding the sunken ferry Sewol at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 19, 2014. South Korea's president said Monday she will push to disband the coast guard in the wake of last month's ferry disaster that left more than 300 people dead or missing, calling its rescue operations after the disaster a failure. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

S. Korea’s president pushes for end of coast guard

HyungJin Kim · May 19, 2014 3:55 am

South Korea’s president says she will push to disband coast guard in wake of ferry disaster

South Korea’s president says she will push to disband coast guard in wake of ferry disaster

Washington Examiner · May 19, 2014 12:27 am

A huge banner hanging from the front of Seoul's City Hall says "Sorry" for the victims and missing passengers of the sunken ferry Sewol near a group memorial altar in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Koreans see lax safety beyond ferry sinking

Foster Klug · May 16, 2014 12:27 pm

In this April 16, 2014 photo released by South Korea Coast Guard via Yonhap News Agency, South Korean coast guard officers rescue South Korean ferry Sewol Capt. Lee Joon-seok, wearing a sweater and underwear, from the sinking ferry in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, South Korea. Prosecutors indicted the captain of the sunken ferry and three crew members on homicide charges Thursday, May 15, alleging they were negligent and failed to protect more than 300 people missing or dead in the disaster. Less serious indictments were issued against the 11 other crew members responsible for navigating the vessel. (AP Photo/South Korea Coast Guard via Yonhap) KOREA OUT

15 crew indicted over SKorean ferry disaster

HyungJin Kim · May 15, 2014 2:56 pm

SKorean court: Prosecutors indict 15 crew members over ferry disaster, 4 on homicide charges

SKorean court: Prosecutors indict 15 crew members over ferry disaster, 4 on homicide charges

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 5:36 am

South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Cheorwon, South Korea, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. North Korea warned Tuesday that a South Korean official would pay a high price for saying the North "must disappear soon" in an escalation of rhetoric between the rivals. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lim Byung-shik) KOREA OUT

National Security

North Korea threatens to attack South Korea

HyungJin Kim · May 13, 2014 11:14 am

FILE - In this Thursday, April 17, 2014 file photo, South Korean rescue team members try to rescue passengers trapped in the ferry Sewol sinking in the water off South Korea's southern coast near Jindo. Internal partitions in the ferry have become waterlogged and started to bend, said government task force spokesman Ko Myung-seok. Coast guard officials said this can prevent divers from entering different parts of the ferry. Ko also said divers were unable to carry out underwater searches Saturday because of bad weather. (AP Photo/Yonhap, File) KOREA OUT

Search for missing ferry passengers put on hold

JungYoon Choi · May 10, 2014 12:28 pm

Family members holding the portraits of the victims of the sunken ferry Sewol, sit on a street near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 9, 2014. Family members marched to the presidential Blue House in Seoul early Friday calling for a meeting with President Park Geun-hye but ended up sitting on streets near the presidential palace after police officers blocked them. Park's office said a senior presidential official plans to meet them later Friday. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korean ferry owner formally arrested

HyungJin Kim · May 9, 2014 10:27 am

North Korea unleashes racist slurs against Obama

North Korea unleashes racist slurs against Obama

HyungJin Kim · May 9, 2014 10:20 am

South Korean Defense Ministry spokesperson Kim Min-seok speaks about the outcome of a government investigation into unmanned drones recently found near the inter-Korean border areas, during a news conference at the ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Seoul's Defense Ministry announced Thursday that a joint investigation by South Korea and the U.S. concluded three drones found in the South in March and April were flown by North Korea on military surveillance missions. A ministry statement called the drone flights a military provocation and said that South Korea will strongly react to it. North Korea has denied it sent such drones, accusing South Korea of plotting another fabrication that shows its confrontational stance on the North. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. Pool)

National Security

Seoul: North Korea preparing for 4th nuclear test

HyungJin Kim · May 8, 2014 11:04 am