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A passenger on an Asiana Airlines flight told police he opened a door on the plane minutes before it landed in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday because he was "uncomfortable", Yonhap News Agency reported.


SEOUL: A passenger opened an emergency exit on an Asiana Airlines flight as it was preparing to land on Friday, the carrier said, adding that the plane landed safely but several people were taken to hospital.

Documents dating from February suggest looming risk to Ukraine’s ability to protect troops and vital sites from Russian airpower

Kim Jong Un maintains his nuclear weapons are focused on defending North Korea against a hostile US and South Korea.

North Korea fired four cruise missiles off its east coast on Wednesday as its rivals South Korea and the United States held joint military exercises, the South Korean military said.

South Korean prosecutors indicted opposition leader Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday on corruption charges in a $1 billion property development scandal dating to his previous stint as a mayor, the Yonhap news agency said.

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled their plan to invest $230 billion over the next 20 years in a new semiconductor production mega cluster in South Korea. The country's government believes that the new chip manufacturing site and the expansion of existing fabs will make South Korea the world's largest producer of…

Court rules that So Seong-wook and Kim Yong-min should be treated the same as a heterosexual couple by state insurer.

Seoul high court rules gay couple allowed same health insurance rights as heterosexual couple in landmark case