Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Soldier injured in explosion inside DMZ, condition not life-threatening

One soldier was injured Thursday morning after an explosion occurred inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, officials said.

2025-11-20

Portable battery fire forces Incheon-bound Air China flight to divert

An Air China flight from Hangzhou to Incheon made an emergency landing in Shanghai on Saturday after a fire broke out in an overhead luggage compartment, with the airline citing a portable battery as the cause.

2025-10-19

Three Italian carabinieri killed in apparently deliberate farmhouse explosion

Three carabinieri militarized police officers were killed, and another 13 carabinieri and police officers were injured in an explosion as law enforcement carried out an eviction near the northeastern Italian city of Verona early Tuesday.

2025-10-14

Six crew members injured in fishing boat fire off Jeju

Six crew members were injured after a fire broke out on a large fishing boat near Marado Island in Seogwipo, Jeju.

2025-10-12

Explosion during artillery drill in Gyeonggi injures ten

Ten people were injured in an explosion at a military base in Paju, Gyeonggi, on Wednesday, around 3:30 p.m.

2025-09-10

Blaze extinguished at Seoul National University after battery explosion

A battery exploded at Seoul National University's engineering department building on Tuesday morning. Firefighters are currently working to extinguish the fire. Smoke was reported coming from the building at approximately 10:43 a.m. Tuesday.

2025-08-12

Explosion at U.S. Steel plant in Pennsylvania leaves 1 dead, 1 missing, 10 injured

An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh left one person dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals and heavily damaged the facility, with emergency workers still searching the badly charred rubble for a missing worker, officials said.

2025-08-12

Body of missing worker found after Yeongcheon factory explosion

The body of an employee who went missing during a chemical plant explosion in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang, was recovered Monday, about nine hours after the fire was brought under control.

2025-08-04

At least 5 dead, 19 injured after a chemical plant explodes in China, authorities say

A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in China’s eastern Shandong province around noon Tuesday, killing at least five people and injuring 19, according to local emergency management authorities. Another six people were missing.

2025-05-28

Iran's president visits those injured in port explosion that killed at least 40 people

Iran's president on Sunday visited those injured in a huge explosion that rocked one of the Islamic Republic's main ports, a facility purportedly linked to an earlier delivery of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant.

2025-04-28