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Seoul & Provinces

Mon, October 21, 2019 | 13:53

Cemetery visits

Families pay their respects at ancestral graves in a cemetery at Incheon Family Park in Incheon, Monday, three days before the Chuseok holiday officially starts on Thursday. Yonhap

2019-09-09 17:00

Seoul to extend subway and bus operations for Chuseok

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will extend operation hours of subways and buses during the Chuseok holiday to accommodate passengers returning from their hometowns.

2019-09-08 16:46

Chuseok holiday begins with festivals across the country

Power mostly restored after blackout caused by Typhoon Lingling

The state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) said Sunday it has fixed most of the power failures caused by Typhoon Lingling, which brought heavy rains and strong winds the previous day. While more than 160,000 households across the country experienced a blackout, the KEPCO said it had restored the power supply to 99 percent of the affected homes as of 7:00 a.m. Around 8,0...

2019-09-08 09:28

Typhoon approaching

Waves rise on the coast of Seogwipo on Jeju Island, Friday, as powerful Typhoon Lingling approaches the country. Beginning to affect Jeju and southern parts of the country on Friday, the typhoon is forecast to directly hit the capital region on Saturday. The government has implemented precautionary measures as record-breaking wind is expected. Yonhap

2019-09-06 16:36

Powerful typhoon Lingling approaches Korea

A powerful typhoon is quickly moving upward to South Korea, with strong winds and heavy rain expected to pound the country soon, the weather agency said Friday. Typhoon Lingling, this year's 13th typhoon, passed seas northwest of Okinawa, Japan, at a speed of 20-30 kph at 7 a.m., according to the Korea Meteorological Association. Its central pressure was 940 hectopascals, and...

2019-09-06 10:42

Korea braces for powerful typhoon [PHOTOS]

Typhoon Lingling is forecast to affect the Korean Peninsula as early as Friday and directly hit the wider Seoul metropolitan area on Saturday.

2019-09-05 15:04

Typhoon Lingling on path to slam Korea on Saturday

Modern art in palace

Colorful art installations inspired by the Joseon Kingdom's royal banquets are scattered around the courtyard of Deoksu Palace, Seoul, Tuesday, as part of a special outdoor exhibit themed around the late Joseon era when the country was facing modernization and opening the ports to imperialist countries. The exhibit will be open to the public starting Thursday through next Apr...

2019-09-05 11:54

Typhoon Lingling on path to slam Korea on Saturday

Lingling is forecast to bring downpours across the Korean Peninsula with winds reaching up to more than 100 mph, strong enough to overturn speeding cars, Seoul Shinmun reported Wednesday. The typhoon was hovering over areas near Taiwan, Taiwan News reported Wednesday, after being upgraded from a tropical storm. Lingling was moving north-northeast at a speed of 4 mph. It had a...

2019-09-05 10:18

Korea braces for powerful typhoon [PHOTOS]

Anti-Japan protest continues [PHOTOS]

Amid lingering Seoul-Tokyo tension over trade, security and history, Koreans Wednesday gathered in front of the former Japanese Embassy in Seoul's Jongno District to show their support for the Korean victims of sex slavery by the Japanese imperial army during World War II.

2019-09-04 17:23

School locked down after toxic formalin spill at lab

The accident happened at 11:04 a.m. at Kyongan Middle School in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province. Students accidently dropped a container of formalin to the floor and about a liter of the toxic chemical compound leaked.

2019-09-04 15:38

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