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A South Korean child holds up a placard reading ‘Park Geun Hye out’ during a rally against the South Korean president on Dec 10, 2016.PHOTO: EPA
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A North Korean soldier stands guard at the truce village of Panmunjom.
North Korea Offers To Send Families of Restaurant “Abductees” To Seoul
SEOUL, April 22 – For the 2nd time now, North Korea offered on Friday to send to Seoul the families of a group of restaurant workers who according to state media, it says were abducted to the South, after South Korea rejected the first approach. 13 North Korean...Caption:
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won bows during of a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, 27 April 2014, where he announced his intent to resign over the Sewol ferry sinking. (EPA/YONHAP)
South Korean PM resigns over government response to ferry disaster
Seoul, Reuters—South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on Sunday over the government response to the ferry disaster, in which it was first announced that everyone had been rescued, focusing attention on poor regulatory controls. The Sewol...Caption:
his photo taken at sea some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo on April 16, 2014 shows coast guard members searching for passengers near a South Korean ferry that capsized on its way to Jeju island from Incheon. (AFP Photo / Dong-A Ilbo)
283 missing, 4 dead in South Korea ferry disaster
Mokpo, AP—A ferry carrying 462 people, mostly high school students on an overnight trip to a tourist island, sank off South Korea’s southern coast on Wednesday, leaving more than 280 people missing despite a frantic, hours-long rescue by dozens of ships and...Caption:
A ferry sinks in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. (AP Photo/South Korea Coast Guard via Yonhap)