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South Korea says North Korea has test-fired another missile

South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern sea, the latest in a series of weapons tests that have raised tensions in the region

The Independent UK

Son Heung-min a major doubt for World Cup as he requires surgery on facial injury

South Korea’s first World Cup game against Uruguay is 22 days away

The Independent UK

Son Heung-min major doubt for World Cup as he requires surgery on facial injury

South Korea’s first World Cup game against Uruguay is 22 days away.

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Bangkok Post

Tottenham's Son Heung-min to undergo eye fracture surgery putting South Korea World Cup in doubt

Tottenham news: Heung-min Son is set to undergo surgery to stabilise a fracture in his eye

Football London

North Korea’s recent drills show west cannot ignore nuclear threat

Country firing close to South Korean waters in response to Washington-Seoul drills, as it also sells missiles to Russia

The Guardian - UK

Families, friends struggle to cope after Seoul crush

As bereaved families and friends struggle to make sense of a Halloween crowd crush that killed 156 people in South Korea’s capital, their grief is mixed with anger about officials’ failure to employ crowd controls in a small nightlife district swarmed with tens of thousands of partiers

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South Korea expedites efforts to establish Iron Dome-style air defense system

SEOUL -- The administration of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is expediting efforts to develop an advanced air defense system to counter North Korean rocket launches.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

North Korea fires six more missiles - South Korea military

North Korea fired six additional missiles off its east and west coasts on Wednesday, after launching 17 missiles earlier in the day, South Korea's military said.

Reuters

Japanese ex-PM Aso to visit South Korea to improve ties

Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has left for Seoul to meet with South Korean officials as the two countries try to improve ties that were badly strained by Japanese wartime atrocities

The Independent UK

U.S. condemns North Korea's latest missile launch

The United States on Wednesday condemned North Korea's latest launch of a ballistic missile, which landed less than 60 kilometres off South Korea's coast, the first time an apparent test had landed near the South's waters, a State Department spokesperson said.

Reuters

North and South Korea fire missiles off each other’s coasts for first time

One ballistic missile landed less than 60 kilometres off South Korea’s coast, the first time an apparent test had landed near the its waters

Evening Standard

N. Korea Fires 100 Artillery Rounds into Maritime 'Buffer Zone'

North Korea fired 100 artillery rounds into a maritime "buffer zone" Wednesday, Seoul's military said, hours after Pyongyang launched a series of missile tests including one that landed near South Korean waters. "North Korea fired around 100 artillery rounds from the Kosong area in Kangwon into the 'buffer zone' north…

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea fired more than 100 artillery rounds - South military

North Korea fired more than 100 rounds of artillery on Wednesday from its east coast into a military buffer zone established in a military agreement with the South, South Korea's military said.

Reuters

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Desperate calls for help came hours before the Seoul crowd surge turned deadly

"It looks like people will be squashed to death," said a person who called police nearly three hours before the first fatality. On Wednesday, the team investigating the incident raided Seoul police.

The Independent UK

Investigators raid Seoul police over deadly crowd surge

South Korea’s National Police Agency has raided local police departments in the capital, Seoul, and the city’s Yongsan district office as it investigates whether official ineptitude contributed to a deadly crowd surge that killed 156 people in the neighborhood of Itaewon

Reuters

Trauma of South Korea Halloween party tragedy is pervasive, expert says

As South Korea mourns the deaths of more than 150 people in a Halloween party crush, many people - even those not directly involved - are dealing with trauma and a search for answers that has at times blamed the victims, a psychiatry expert says.

Dynamite News

International: North Korea Fires Missile Across Maritime Border

South Korea later fired three missiles in response to the North. Seoul's President Yoon Suk-yeol called Pyongyang's launch an "effective territorial invasion", the BBC reported. Read on for details:

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Wales Online

North Korea fires ‘more than ten’ missiles after issuing nuke threat to US

Seoul authorities send residents of an eastern island to underground shelters as it issues an air raid alert amid increasing tensions in the area

Axios

North Korean missile fired across maritime border with South for first time

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called Pyongyang's actions an "effective act of territorial encroachment."

Reuters

South Korea lifts air raid alarm on island

South Korea's military said on Wednesday it has lifted an air raid alarm imposed earlier in the day on the island of Ulleung off the country's east cost.

Al Jazeera

S Korea police stations raided in probe of Halloween crush deaths

Police had received 11 reports of dangerous crowding in Itaewon up to four hours before the tragedy unfolded.

Reuters

S.Korea's nuclear regulator keen to share knowledge along with plant exports

South Korea's top nuclear regulator sees an important role in sharing their safety knowledge along with the plants it is exporting as Europe and Asia revisit nuclear power to meet carbon emissions goals and ensure energy security.

Reuters

South Korea fires air-to-ground missiles in response to North Korea launches

South Korea's military said it fired three air-to-ground missiles towards north of its maritime border with North Korea on Wednesday in response to the North's firing of at least 10 missiles earlier in the day, including one which landed less than 60 kilometres off South Korea's coast.

France 24

S. Korea conducts missile tests in response to N. Korean launches

South Korea says it has conducted air-to-surface missile tests in response to North Korean missile launches.

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