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South Korean historic landmark collapses after blaze
South Koreans mourned the loss of a 600-year-old building designated as the nation’s top cultural landmark, which collapsed in ruins early on Monday after catching fire. Police…
South Korea warehouse blaze kills 30
At least 30 people were killed on Monday and 10 others missing, feared dead, following a fierce blaze in a South Korean refrigerated warehouse, firefighters said. About 200…
Kim Jong-Il says he is ‘internet expert’
Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has boasted of being an "internet expert," reports said on Saturday. The communist state keeps itself closed to the outside world to…
Korean hostages set to fly home after Afghan ordeal
Nineteen newly freed South Korean hostages were set to fly out of the Afghan capital on Friday after a six-week kidnap drama, sources close to the arrangements said, after a deal…