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South Korea's Interior Minister Ko Ki-dong says search and recovery efforts at the crash site were in their final stages

The launch event comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul for talks

Hundreds, bundled up against freezing temperatures and snow, rallied near residence of impeached President

The country's anti-corruption agency said it withdrew its investigators after the presidential security service blocked them from entering President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence for hours due to concerns about their safety

The subcompact crossover SUV comes in six variants and eight colours

Vows to “fight to the end” against what he called “anti-state forces,” as law enforcement prepared to detain him over martial law decree

Sunday crash, the country’s worst aviation disaster in decades, triggers an outpouring of national sympathy

Many observers also worry how effectively the South Korean government will handle the aftermath of Sunday's crash as it grapples with a leadership vacuum

Transport Ministry says the plane was a 15-year-old Boeing 737-800 jet that was returning from Bangkok and that the crash happened at 9:03 am

Toll in the Muan aircrash rose to 62 with firefighters managing to douse the fire

Two Boeing airliners 737-800 were involved in two separate air disasters on the same day in Torp of Norway and Muan of South Korea. While Muan aircrash led to 47 deaths so far, none was injured in the bellylanding at Torp. Incidentally, both incidents happened ont the same day.

28 died when a Jeju airline crashed in Muan airport in South Korea

As of Monday, the number of South Koreans aged 65 or older stood at 10.24 million, accounting for 20.0 per cent of the country's total population of 51.22 million

South Korea's presidential committee on population policy on Tuesday unveiled plans to have up to 70 per cent of fathers take parental leave by 2030 as the government intensifies efforts to tackle the nation's pressing demographic challenges

Japan's Defence Ministry says missiles believed to have already landed at sea and there were no immediate reports of damage

While the visit is aimed to study the Cheonggyecheon Riverfront Development in Seoul, questions are being raised over sending journalists rather than bureaucrats, engineers and experts, for the study tour.

During the tour, the delegation will be visiting the Cheonggyecheon and study the riverfront development works taken up back in 2005. And this is exactly what raises questions. Both projects have more differences than similarities.

Explosions came a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called a meeting with his top military and security officials

Says Seoul had sent unmanned drones over Pyongyang thrice this month

Analysts say N Korea will likely leverage enlarged nuclear arsenal for US concessions like sanctions relief after a new US administration is inaugurated