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Wed, October 16, 2019 | 16:07

Another body found in Budapest search for boat accident victims

The body of what appeared to be an Asian person was found some 82 kilometers downstream from the sinking site of a tour boat in the Danube River in Budapest on Wednesday (Hungary time), officials said. Hungarian authorities are trying to identify the body. Should it be confirmed to be a South Korean victim, it will bring the total number of Koreans killed in the May 29 sinkin...

2019-06-13 09:50

Sunken Hungary tour boat lifted [PHOTOS]

Four bodies, three of them believed to be South Koreans, were found in the wreck of a tour boat raised from the Danube River early Tuesday (Budapest time), nearly two weeks after its deadly sinking left 26 South Koreans dead or missing. One of the bodies appears to be the Hungarian captain of the sightseeing boat, the Hableany, while the three others are believed to be South ...

2019-06-11 15:02

Four more bodies recovered from the Hableany [VIDEO]

Hungary to lift sunken tour boat

Hungarian authorities will start salvaging a sunken tour boat from the Danube River early Tuesday (Budapest time), officials said, nearly two weeks after its deadly sinking left 26 South Koreans dead or missing. Operations to lift the Hableany from waters beneath the Margit bridge in central Budapest will begin at around 6:30 a.m. local time (1:30 p.m. Korean time), the South...

2019-06-11 10:05

Pompeo to accompany Trump to South Korea this month

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will accompany President Donald Trump on a visit to South Korea late this month, the State Department said Monday. Trump is due to visit Seoul for talks with President Moon Jae-in after attending a Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28 and 29.

2019-06-11 09:15

US embassy in Seoul takes down rainbow flag

The U.S. Embassy in Seoul has taken down a large rainbow flag from the mission building, after displaying the flag for three weeks, apparently in support of “LGBTQ Pride Month.” The move comes amid media reports that the U.S. State Department disapproved all embassy requests to fly the popular symbol of gay rights outside their buildings this year - a revelation suggests that...

2019-06-10 16:53

Pence confirms rainbow flag ban at US embassies

Seoul, London agree on post-Brexit FTA

South Korea and Britain reached an agreement Monday to maintain their current free trade agreement even after the "no deal" Brexit, with Seoul becoming a major non-EU member economy to seal such a deal as it braces for the fallout from the divorce.

2019-06-10 11:38

Seoul asks Washington to consider exporters' woes after scrapped Iran sanctions waiver

South Korea's finance minister has called for positive U.S. consideration in resolving difficulties facing smaller South Korean companies due to U.S. sanctions on Iran, the finance ministry said Monday.

2019-06-10 11:00

G20 finance chiefs vow to act on 'intensifying' global tensions

South Korea, Finland to hold summit on peace, startups

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will hold bilateral talks with his Finnish counterpart, Sauli Niinisto, on Monday, commencing another round of his summit diplomacy to harden international support for the Korea peace process and broaden partnerships on Seoul's search for future growth engines. Moon arrived in Helsinki on Sunday for a three-day state visit, the first leg of ...

2019-06-10 09:46

President Moon pushes for summits with Xi, Abe

President Moon pushes for summits with Xi, Abe

President Moon Jae-in is pushing for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the upcoming G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, later this month. The high-stakes leadership meeting comes at a pivotal moment of complicated diplomacy among the participating countries.

2019-06-09 17:23

South Korea, Finland to hold summit on peace, startups

Confirmed Korean death toll rises to 19 from Hungary boat sinking

A joint South Korean-Hungarian team identified a body found in the Danube River a day earlier to be a South Korean female Sunday, bringing the confirmed death toll from the tragic boat sinking in Hungary last month to 19. The Hableany tour boat was carrying 33 Korean tourists and two Hungarian crew members when it capsized and sank in the Danube River on May 29 after being hi...

2019-06-09 13:35

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