A finance ministry spokesperson declined to comment. Yoon's Dec 3 martial declaration stunned South Korea and led to the first arrest warrant to be issued for a sitting president.

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Native Americans have lived in the Grand Canyon for over 600 years and remain permanent residents inside the national park. Packers and tourists are seen here riding into the canyon towards the ...

After two leaders were impeached in as many weeks, a deadly plane crash has prompted South Korea’s feuding political camps to temporarily halt a protracted power struggle. In the immediate ...

Shopping malls have whole floors dedicated to cashmere, the National Museum sweeps visitors from Neolithic times to the 21st century, and the Choijin Lama Temple Museum, in the centre of town ...

Another Jeju Air passenger jet reportedly experienced a landing gear malfunction and had to return to the airport in South Korea on Monday. Jeju Air CEO Kim E-bae , left, and other executive ...

Senior ministry official Joo Jong-wan said representatives from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and Boeing were expected to arrive in South Korea on Monday to participate in the ...

SEOUL (Bernama-Yonhap): South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok on Sunday (Dec 29) announced a period of national mourning over a deadly plane crash that claimed at least 177 lives ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) KIM YONG HAN: (Souting in Korean). KUHN: So Mr. Kim then explained to everybody that he had traveled with a group of 18 people to Thailand, and they returned to South ...

A plane with 181 people aboard crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea on Sunday (local time), South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. The Jeju Air flight, which was carrying 175 ...

The story is updated with new information. SEOUL− At least 174 people were killed in the deadliest air accident ever in South Korea on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and veered off ...