Fire authorities confirmed the death of 127 passengers who boarded Jeju Air Flight 7C 2216, as of 4:18 p.m., which crashed at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla on Sunday morning.
A gasoline-powered BMW X3, which was idling at a traffic light, caught fire for unknown reasons while driving on Friday at around 9:38 a.m. in Bundang District in Seongnam, Gyeonggi.
At least two people were killed, multiple injuries and power outages were reported, and over 100 flights were canceled on Wednesday after a heavy snowstorm pelted the nation.
A teenager drove a car into a water fountain park in front of the Blue House just after midnight on Thursday.
The 68-year-old driver involved in a deadly car crash near Seoul City Hall in July denied criminal wrongdoing during questioning at the Seoul Central District Court on Friday, claiming he did not press the accelerator of his vehicle.
Police said on Tuesday that it filed arrest warrants against four suspects involved in a fatal blaze at a hotel in Bucheon, Gyeonggi, which resulted in seven deaths on Aug. 22.
A van driven by a drunk driver collided with a city bus in Daejeon, leaving 28 people injured, police and fire authorities said Wednesday.
Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan was indicted and detained by the prosecution over the fatal fire at the company's Hwaseong-based factory last June.
The record autumnal rainfall from Thursday through Saturday caused one death and 1,500 evacuations, while also causing a large sinkhole in Busan.
An Army private died on Friday after collapsing during a morning run at his base in Paju, Gyeonggi.
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