Tag: South
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North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean road on its side of border, South says
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has blown up sections of an inter-Korean road on its side of the heavily militarized border between the two Koreas, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday. At around midday, some parts of the road north of the military demarcation line dividing the countries were blown up, the…
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North Korea to blow up cross-border roads with the South, Seoul says
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is getting ready to blow up roads that cross the heavily militarized border with South Korea, Seoul said Monday, amid an escalating war of words after the North accused its rival of sending drones over its capital, Pyongyang. North Korean troops were working under camouflage on the roads on…
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Solar storm brings northern lights as far south as Texas
A severe geomagnetic storm brought spectacular light displays to many parts of the United States on Thursday night, with skies as far south as San Antonio bathed in rich hues of magenta and green. The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights as they are commonly known, are often more visible in Earth’s polar regions, but due…
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Northern lights may be visible as far south as Alabama, California
A powerful eruption from the sun is expected to supercharge the northern lights on Thursday evening, making colorful sky shows visible potentially as far south as Alabama and Northern California. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center said Thursday that plasma and other materials from the sun reached Earth at 11:17 a.m.…
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North Korean army to completely sever road and rail lines to South Korea
North Korea’s Army said it will completely cut off roads and railways connected to South Korea starting from Wednesday, and fortify the areas on its side of the border, state media KCNA reported. The announcement heralds a further escalation in activity close to the demarcation line separating the two Koreas, which had been rare in recent years until this year. North Korea had already been installing landmines and barriers and creating…
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South Korea prosecutors drop charges against first lady over Dior handbag
SEOUL, South Korea — Prosecutors in South Korea have decided not to charge first lady Kim Keon Hee over allegations of inappropriately accepting gifts last year, including a Christian Dior handbag, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing the Seoul prosecutors’ office. The scandal has caused a political uproar in South Korea and contributed to a bruising election…
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North Korean defector steals bus in bid to return home from the South
SEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean defector living in South Korea was detained Tuesday after ramming a stolen bus into a barricade on a bridge near the heavily militarized border, in an apparent attempt to get back to the North, Yonhap news agency reported. The incident took place around 1:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m. Monday…
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South Korea military parade includes ‘monster missile’ and U.S. bomber flypast
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea showcased a ballistic missile capable of carrying an eight-ton warhead and featured a flypast of a U.S. bomber at military parades in Seoul on Tuesday, a show of force now held annually to signal readiness to respond to North Korean threats. The Hyunmoo-5 missile, successfully tested last year, was…
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South Korean police officers jailed over ‘man-made’ Halloween crowd crush
SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court on Monday sentenced the former police chief of a district of Seoul to three years in prison for a botched response to a deadly Halloween crowd crush in the capital’s Itaewon nightlife district in 2022. Yongsan police station chief Lee Im-jae is the first senior police official to be…