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South Korea's Yoon prepares to widen back-to-work order amid truckers' strike

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday ordered preparations for widening a back-to-work order beyond the cement industry amid a prolonged truckers' strike.

Reuters

South Korea to negotiate with striking truckers again, but gap seen too big

South Korea will meet striking truckers for more negotiations on Wednesday as concerns rose over shortages of petrol, pricier groceries and economic damage, and the government invoked a law forcing 2,500 cement industry drivers back to work.

Reuters

South Korea's Yoon, China's Xi to hold summit in Bali -Yonhap

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will hold a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bali on Tuesday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

Reuters

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South Korea's Yoon says hopes for cooperation with China, Japan -Yonhap

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Saturday he hopes for the early activation of a mechanism for trilateral cooperation with China, Japan, Yonhap news agency reported.

Reuters

South Korea police official found dead amid scrutiny over Halloween crush

A South Korean police official being investigated over the deadly Halloween crush was found dead at his home in Seoul on Friday, the Yonhap news agency reported.

Reuters

US to buy South Korea artillery shells ‘for Ukraine’

South Korea insists policy against providing lethal aid to Ukraine remains unchanged, and ammunition is for US use.

Al Jazeera

South Korea's Yoon to attend ASEAN, G20 summit meetings this month

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will attend meetings of ASEAN and the Group of 20 industrialised nations this month, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

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North Korea fires another missile as South salvages parts of Soviet-era weapon

North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday, as South Korea said it had identified debris from an earlier launch as part of a Soviet-era SA-5 surface-to-air missile.

Reuters

S Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol apologises over deadly Halloween crush

South Korean president promises to hold to account officials who failed to respond to tragedy that killed 156 people.

Al Jazeera

U.S. To deploy B-1B strategic bomber to U.S.-South Korea drill Saturday -Yonhap

The U.S. Air Force plans to deploy B-1B strategic bombers in U.S.-South Korea military exercises on Saturday, Yonhap News reported, after North Korea fired a barrage of weapons tests in recent days to protest allied military drills.

Reuters

S Korea scrambles warplanes as 180 North Korean aircraft detected

The large presence of North Korean fighters and bombers prompted South Korea to mobilise 80 military aircraft.

Al Jazeera

S Korea police stations raided in probe of Halloween crush deaths

Police had received 11 reports of dangerous crowding in Itaewon up to four hours before the tragedy unfolded.

Al Jazeera

N Korean missile lands off S Korea coast, Seoul launches response

Launches follow Pyongyang warning over ongoing military exercises between South Korea and the United States.

Al Jazeera

North Korea gives warning over US, S Korean military air drills

N Korea warns of ‘powerful’ response as more than 240 US and S Korea aircraft take part in ‘Vigilant Storm” exercise.

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The Guardian - AU

A visual guide to how the Seoul Halloween crowd crush unfolded

More than 150 people were killed as mostly young people flooded the narrow, sloping streets of Itaewon to celebrate Halloween

ABC News

Seoul's Halloween crowd crush: How were more than 150 people killed? Here's what we know

More than 150 people were crushed to death, trapped in a narrow Seoul alley for more than an hour. Here's what we know about how the tragedy unfolded.

The Independent UK

Witnesses say 'it was like a hell' inside South Korean crush

A stunned Seoul is beginning to unearth the extent of a Halloween crowd surge that killed more than 150 mostly young people out enjoying festivities in the party neighborhood of Itaewon on Saturday

Al Jazeera

‘Halloween nightmare’: Witnesses recount deadly Seoul crowd crush

Survivors describe people ‘falling like dominoes’ and being trapped in a crush of bodies during the Seoul disaster.

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Dynamite News

South Korea: Death toll climbs to 146 in Seoul Halloween stampede, 150 injured

The death toll in South Korea Halloween stampede has risen to 146, with 150 injured, Yonhap news agency reported citing authorities. Read more on Dynamite News:

France 24

South Korea in national mourning after at least 153 die in Halloween crowd surge

At least 153 people were killed in a stampede at a Halloween event in central Seoul, officials said Sunday, with South Korea's president vowing a full investigation into one of the country's worst disasters.

The Independent UK

S. Korea in shock, grief as 151 die in Halloween crowd surge

Concerned relatives raced to hospitals in search of their loved ones Sunday as South Korea grieved the deaths of at least 151 people, mostly in their teens and 20s, who got trapped and crushed after a huge Halloween party crowd surged into a narrow alley in a nightlife district in…

Al Jazeera

S Korea in national mourning after deadly Halloween crowd crush

Families search for loved ones after a crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon kills 153 people, including 19 foreigners.

Reuters

South Korea's Yoon declares national mourning period over stampede - Yonhap

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday declared national mourning period over a stampede during Halloween festivities, saying it was so miserable to see such a disaster happening in the heart of Seoul, the Yonhap news agency reported.

Tribune News Service

Seoul stampede kills almost 150 people after Halloween party

SEOUL, South Korea — About 149 people were killed and 76 others injured following a stampede at a Halloween party in Seoul, marking one of the worst accidents to take place in South Korea in years.

Tribune News Service

Seoul Halloween stampede leaves over 100 dead, more injured

SEOUL, South Korea — About 146 people were killed and another 150 injured following a stampede at a Halloween party in Seoul’s Itaewon area, South Korean fire and police authorities said.

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