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Tue, November 12, 2019 | 22:09

Daycare center bus crashes in Cheongju, killing 2 and injuring 10

Daycare center bus crashes in Cheongju, killing 2 and injuring 10

A daycare center-run bus crashed into a sidewalk, Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 10 others according to police. After hitting the sidewalk, the bus also collided with three cars heading in the opposite direction. The accident occurred around 12:26 p.m. near an intersection at Sachang-dong, Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. Two elderly women, identified by thei...

You Soo-sun | 2017-07-06 16:31

Former Korea Times CEO dies at 80

Former Korea Times CEO dies at 80

Former Korea Times President-Publisher Han Kon-ju died at the age of 80, his family said Wednesday. Born in 1937, he went to work for the nation’s first English daily, the sister paper of the Hankook Ilbo, as a staff reporter in 1962. Han was promoted to business desk editor in 1982 and served as managing editor in 1991. He served as chief executive editor in 1994 before bein...

Lee Kyung-min | 2017-07-06 09:08

Ex-Boston Marathon champion Suh Yun-bok passes away

Ex-Boston Marathon champion Suh Yun-bok passes away

Sun Yun-bok, who won the 1947 Boston Marathon with a world record time, died on Tuesday. He was 94 years old.

Lee Han-soo2017-06-27 11:33

Top rocker's wife dies of cancer

Top rocker's wife dies of cancer

Song Nam-young, the musical actress and wife of Korea’s top rocker Yim Jae-beum, has died of cancer. She was 45. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2011. It spread to liver, stomach and womb despite chemotherapy and surgery, according to Yim’s agency.

Park Si-soo | 2017-06-13 12:34

A sad ending for deported adoptee

A sad ending for deported adoptee

A deported Korean-American adoptee was found dead in an apparent suicide in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, officials said. Phillip Clay, 42, was found dead around 11:40 p.m., Sunday, outside an apartment building in Ilsan, according to officials from Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link (G.O.A’.L), a non-governmental organization run by adoptees in Seoul. While a police investigation i...

You Soo-sun | 2017-05-24 17:50

RIP James Bond: 007 actor Roger Moore dead at 89

RIP James Bond: 007 actor Roger Moore dead at 89

Legendary British actor Sir Roger Moore -- deemed one of the best to play James Bond in the 007 spy series -- died from cancer on Tuesday, according to his family.

Lee Han-soo | 2017-05-24 17:02

Busan film festival deputy director dies of heart attack

Busan film festival deputy director dies of heart attack

Kim JI-seok, deputy executive director of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), has died of a heart attack. He was 57.

Park Si-soo | 2017-05-19 11:03

부산국제영화제 김지석 부집행위원장, 심장마비로 사망

부산국제영화제 김지석 부집행위원장, 심장마비로 사망

부산국제영화제 창립멤버인 김지석 부집행위원장이 칸 영화제 출장 중이었던 18일 저녁 (프랑스 현지 시간) 심장마비로 별세했다. 향년 58세.

Choi Ha-young | 2017-05-19 10:48

Gallup Korea chairman dies at 74

Park Moo-ik, chairman of Gallup Korea, passed away at age 74, Wednesday. According to the public pollster, Park was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a respiratory disorder, in 2004 and underwent a lung transplant last year. “His weak kidney function in the rehabilitation process led to his death,” Gallup Korea said. Park, born in 1943 in Gyeongsan, North ...

Kang Seung-woo | 2017-04-20 15:56

Another ex-comfort woman dies

Another ex-comfort woman dies

Another South Korean woman who was coerced into Japan's wartime sexual slavery died Tuesday, a local civic group said. The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan said Lee Soon-deok died at around 7:30 a.m. at the age of 99. Her death leaves only 38 surviving victims of Japan's brutal wartime crime. Initially, 238 women were on the list of go...

Lee Han-soo2017-04-04 14:27

UN calls for Seoul-Tokyo 'comfort women' deal to be revised

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