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Police said on Thursday that a murder suspect, who allegedly stabbed a female high school student, was caught in the downtown area of Suncheon, South Jeolla.
A farmer in Haenam County, South Jeolla, looks at a rice paddy that was flooded due to extreme rainfall over the weekend on Monday.
A fire broke out and spread across four factories in Gunsan, a port city in North Jeolla, early Monday morning.
The mercury soared above 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in most parts of the nation on Wednesday, with the state weather agency issuing heat wave warnings for most areas in North Jeolla.
The southwestern province of North Jeolla drew 47.3 million tourists, who stayed for an average of 2,922 minutes.
Overnight downpours pummeled southwest regions in South Jeolla, resulting in evacuations, flooding and heightened landslide hazards.
The Jeonbuk International Cooperation Agency selected 13 international students to work as interns at various governments and public institutions in the province.
The South Jeolla regional government announced Tuesday it will work closely with Mokpo National University and local institutes to help the university's selection bid for the Glocal University 30 project.
A fishing vessel capsized near Gageo Island in South Jeolla, on Thursday, leaving the Korean captain dead and two others missing.
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck 4 kilometers outside of Buan, North Jeolla Wednesday morning, the Korea Meteorological Administration announced the same day.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap