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S. Korea Launches First Spy Satellite With SpaceX

A SpaceX rocket on Friday launched South Korea's first military spy satellite, intensifying a space race on the peninsula after Pyongyang launched its own first military eye in the sky last week.

International Business Times

Kim Jong Un Reviews Satellite Photos Of US Bases In Hawaii, S. Korea: State Media

North Korean state media said Saturday leader Kim Jong Un reviewed images taken by his country's new spy satellite of a US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and "major target" sites across South Korea.

International Business Times

South Korea: Man crushed to death by robot that confused him for box of vegetables

Employee was working on robot when it slammed him into conveyor belt

Evening Standard

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South Korea launches campaign to squash bedbugs after outbreak takes hold

Bedbugs were almost eradicated via nationwide campaign in 1960s but thanks to lifting of travel restrictions after Covid-19 pandemic they’re back

The Guardian - AU

Kim Jong Un sees bigger cash-cow in Russia arms than embassies

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is launching his biggest scaling back of country’s embassies, likely betting he can earn a larger payout in arms deals with the Kremlin than through missions suspected of sending him a cut of their alleged crimes.

The Times of India

South Korea authorities detain man after two police officers stabbed

Suspect in his 70s attacked officers after being asked to move past government building, Yonhap News Agency says.

Al Jazeera

N Korea stages ‘tactical nuclear attack drill’ in warning to enemies

Pyongyang says it carried out a nuclear attack drill with mock atomic warheads attached to two long-range missiles.

Al Jazeera

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Heat sickness, snakes and then a typhoon - how the World Scout Jamboree turned into a disaster

The more than 40,000 attendees had been promised a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience - instead the event quickly descended into chaos, Tara Cobham writes

The Independent UK

US, UK scouts quit S Korea World Scout Jamboree campsite over extreme heat

Hundreds of participants in scouting event in South Korea’s southwest have fallen ill due to soaring temperatures.

Al Jazeera

‘A bit horrific’: Scouts at jamboree in South Korea on campsite conditions

UK Scouts are being moved to Seoul hotels after heatwave caused chaos and medical issues

The Guardian - UK

South Korea floods: president urges climate crisis action as death toll hits 40

President Yoon Suk Yeol calls for overhaul of national preparedness as extreme weather becomes ‘commonplace’

The Guardian - AU

Seven dead in S Korea as flash floods trap 15 vehicles in tunnel

Rescuers find seven bodies in central Osong as they scramble to reach people trapped in flooded underpass.

Al Jazeera

At least 22 dead in Korean storms

SEOUL: At least 22 people have died and 14 are missing after heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in South Korea, officials said on Saturday, with thousands more ordered to evacuate their homes.

Bangkok Post

N Korea opens key party meeting to discuss defence, diplomacy

N Korea leader Kim Jong Un attends meeting on diplomatic, defence strategy amid ‘changed international situation’.

Al Jazeera

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S Korea, Japan scramble jets due to China-Russia joint air patrol

China’s defence ministry says patrol with Russian bomber aircraft was part of exercises that first started in 2019.

Daily Mirror

'I got a weird feeling about the man next to me - then he opened the plane door'

Passengers has told of their terror when a man opened an Asiana Airlines plane door as the aircraft was coming in to land in Daegu, South Korea on Friday

Reuters

South Korean court issues warrant for man who opened Asiana plane door mid-air, Yonhap reports

A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant on Sunday for a passenger who opened an Asiana Airlines plane door minutes before it landed in Daegu, South Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Al Jazeera

S Korea’s Asiana Airlines bans emergency seats after door opens

The move comes after a passenger opened an emergency exit door midair, causing shock and panic on board.

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The Independent UK

Man who opened emergency door on South Korea flight told police he felt suffocated, wanted off plane

South Korean media say a man who opened an emergency exit door during a domestic flight told police he felt suffocated and tried to get off the plane quickly as it was landing

Al Jazeera

Man who opened Asiana plane’s door in flight was ‘uncomfortable’

Passenger opened emergency door on Asiana Airlines Airbus A321 when it was 213 metres (700 feet) above ground.

Reuters

Man who opened Asiana plane door in mid-air tells police he was 'uncomfortable,' Yonhap reports

A passenger on an Asiana Airlines flight told police he opened a door on the plane minutes before it landed in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday because he was "uncomfortable", Yonhap News Agency reported.

Bangkok Post

Chaos as passenger opens plane door in flight

 SEOUL: A passenger opened an emergency exit on an Asiana Airlines flight as it was preparing to land on Friday, the carrier said, adding that the plane landed safely but several people were taken to hospital.

Reuters

N.Korea defectors prompted to flee by strict COVID-19 controls -S.Korea spy agency

Defectors who fled North Korea early this month decided to do so because of the country's strict COVID-19 controls, South Korea's spy agency said on Friday.

Reuters

Germany's Scholz to hold a summit with South Korean President Yoon later this month - Yonhap

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit South Korea on May 21 and hold a summit with President Yoon Suk Yeol, news agency Yonhap reported on Thursday.

WEKU

The K-pop star Moon Bin is found dead at his home at the age of 25

Police are investigating the death of the singer for the boy band Astro, but have so far found no signs of foul play, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.

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