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South Korea: Monsoon Rains Cause Widespread Flooding, Evacuations

Monsoon rains have caused chaos across East Asia, leading to widespread flooding in South Korea on Sunday, August 3. Over 2,500 people were forced to evacuate across major southern cities and provinces, with one man found dead in Muan.

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Plane crash in S. Korea

South Korean national flags are flown at half-staff at a South Korean government building in Seoul on Dec. 30, 2024, to mourn those killed in a Jeju Air passenger plane crash at Muan International Airport in the province of South Jeolla, South Korea, on Dec. 29.

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Plane crash in S. Korea

South Korean national flags are flown at half-staff at a South Korean government building in Seoul on Dec. 30, 2024, to mourn those killed in a Jeju Air passenger plane crash at Muan International Airport in the province of South Jeolla, South Korea, on Dec. 29.

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Plane crash kills 179 in S. Korea

Family members and acquaintances of those who were aboard a passenger jet that crashed at Muan International Airport gather to hear South Jeolla Province Gov. Kim Yong Rok (L) speak in an airport lobby in Muan County in the province of South Korea on Dec. 29, 2024. The Jeju Air flight, carrying 181 passengers and crew, belly-landed around 9 a.m. before making a large impact, with the National Fire Agency saying two of the crew were rescued.

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South Korea: Typhoon Jongdari Brings Heavy Rainfall, Strong Winds 3

Typhoon Jongdari brought heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds to parts of South Korea on Tuesday, August 20, as it continued to move northward.

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South Korea: Typhoon Jongdari Brings Heavy Rainfall, Strong Winds 2

Typhoon Jongdari brought heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds to parts of South Korea on Tuesday, August 20, as it continued to move northward.

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South Korea: Typhoon Jongdari Brings Heavy Rainfall, Strong Winds

Typhoon Jongdari brought heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds to parts of South Korean on Tuesday, August 20 as it continued to move northward.

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SOUTH KOREA-HEAVY RAINS-DEATH TOLL

(230715) -- SEOUL, July 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer inspects a flooded greenhouse in Wanju county of North Jeolla Province, South Korea, July 15, 2023. Heavy rains in South Korea had left at least seven people dead, three missing and seven others injured, Yonhap news agency said Saturday citing relevant authorities. (NEWSIS via Xinhua)

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S. Koreans oppose IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan

STORY: S. Koreans oppose IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan DATELINE: July 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:31 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the demonstration 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): YONG HYE-IN, Lawmaker of the minor progressive Basic Income Party 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Korean): PARK GWANG-HOON, Resident in Seoul 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Korean): KIM CHOONY, Secretary general of the Korea Federation for Environmental Movements (KFEM) 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Korean): LEE KI-SAM, Fisherman from South Jeolla province STORYLINE: A group of South Korean citizens gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to voice opposition against the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) final report on Japan's planned discharge of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific. The protesters include civic activists, politicians, and fishermen. They demonstrated near the South Korean foreign ministry building, where the visiting IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi was scheduled to meet with the South Korean foreign m

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SOUTH KOREA-CAPSIZED FISHING BOAT

(230205) -- MOKPO, Feb. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A boat carrying rescued fishermen from a capsized fishing boat is pictured at a port in Mokpo city, South Jeolla province, South Korea, on Feb. 5, 2023. Nine people went missing as a fishing boat capsized in the waters off southwestern South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday. (NEWSIS via Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-CAPSIZED FISHING BOAT

(230205) -- MOKPO, Feb. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A rescued fisherman from a capsized fishing boat is being transferred to hospital at a port in Mokpo city, South Jeolla province, South Korea, on Feb. 5, 2023. Nine people went missing as a fishing boat capsized in the waters off southwestern South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday. (NEWSIS via Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-CAPSIZED FISHING BOAT

(230205) -- MOKPO, Feb. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A rescued fisherman from a capsized fishing boat is being transferred to hospital at a port in Mokpo city, South Jeolla province, South Korea, on Feb. 5, 2023. Nine people went missing as a fishing boat capsized in the waters off southwestern South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday. (NEWSIS via Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-CAPSIZED FISHING BOAT

(230205) -- SINAN, Feb. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 4, 2023 shows a capsized fishing boat in the waters off Sinan county in South Jeolla province, South Korea. Nine people went missing as a fishing boat capsized in the waters off southwestern South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday. (NEWSIS via Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-CAPSIZED FISHING BOAT

(230205) -- MOKPO, Feb. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A rescued fisherman from a capsized fishing boat is being transferred to hospital at a port in Mokpo city, South Jeolla province, South Korea, on Feb. 5, 2023. Nine people went missing as a fishing boat capsized in the waters off southwestern South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday. (NEWSIS via Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-CAPSIZED FISHING BOAT

(230205) -- SINAN, Feb. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 4, 2023 shows a capsized fishing boat in the waters off Sinan county in South Jeolla province, South Korea. Nine people went missing as a fishing boat capsized in the waters off southwestern South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday. (NEWSIS via Xinhua)

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S. Korean A-bomb survivor files suit

NAGASAKI, Japan - Supporters of Pak Jong Gyu, a 90-year-old South Korean man who was forced to come to Japan as a worker in August 1944 one year ahead of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, arrive at the Nagasaki District Court in the city of Nagasaki on Jan. 14, 2014. Pak, a resident of South Korea's South Jeolla Province, filed a lawsuit with the court the same day against the Nagasaki city government seeking official recognition as an atomic-bomb sufferer.

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Aiming for heritage status for reservoirs

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in 2009 shows the Sayamaike reservoir built in the early seventh century in Osakasayama in Japan's Osaka Prefecture. The Japanese city and Gimje city in South Korea's North Jeolla Province on June 27, 2012, signed a document of mutual cooperation aiming to put ancient water reservoirs they both host on the World Heritage list. The Sayamaike reservoir and South Korea's Byuk Gol Jae reservoir dating from the early fourth century are built using the same special method in which leaves are inserted between layers of earth for fortification, representing East Asia's ancient irrigation techniques.

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Train derailment injures 30 in South Korean capital

STORY: Train derailment injures 30 in South Korean capital DATELINE: Nov. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:04 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yeongdeungpo station 2. various of workers dealing with the accident STORYLINE: Thirty people were injured in South Korea's capital Seoul Sunday night after a passenger train derailed, according to Yonhap news agency. The train, which was traveling from the Yongsan district in Seoul to the city of Iksan in North Jeolla province, derailed near the Yeongdeungpo station in Seoul at about 8:55 p.m. local time (1155 GMT). Among 275 passengers on board the train, 30 people were reportedly injured. The Korea Railroad Corporation, the country's national railroad operator, was investigating the cause of the derailment. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Seoul. (XHTV)

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Win-win economic cooperation deepens China-South Korea relationship: South Korean official

STORY: Win-win economic cooperation deepens China-South Korea relationship: South Korean official DATELINE: July 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Korean): KIM KWAN-YOUNG, Governor of North Jeolla Province, South Korea STORYLINE: An official in South Korea said win-win economic cooperation between South Korea and China has enabled the two countries to establish a deeper relationship. China has become South Korea's largest trading partner, export destination and import source. In 2021, the trade volume between China and South Korea reached 362.35 billion U.S. dollars. SOUNDBITE (Korean): KIM KWAN-YOUNG, Governor of North Jeolla Province, South Korea "Since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1992, the relations between South Korea and China have made amazing progress. South Korea and China can deepen cooperation in the automotive sector. Both our country and China have witnessed a great improvement in car manufacturing. In addition to Hyundai Motor's s

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SOUTH KOREA-BUAN-SEA SALT MAKING

(220621) -- BUAN, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People load up a container with salt crystals in a sea salt making pond in Buan County, North Jeolla Province, South Korea, June 21, 2022. Located in coastal area, the chequered salt ponds here maintain the traditional practice of producing salt. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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SOUTH KOREA-BUAN-SEA SALT MAKING

(220621) -- BUAN, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People shove salt crystals in a sea salt making pond in Buan County, North Jeolla province, South Korea, June 21, 2022. Located in coastal area, the chequered salt ponds here maintain the traditional practice of producing salt. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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SOUTH KOREA-BUAN-SEA SALT MAKING

(220621) -- BUAN, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man shoves salt crystals in a sea salt making pond in Buan County, North Jeolla Province, South Korea, June 21, 2022. Located in coastal area, the chequered salt ponds here maintain the traditional practice of producing salt. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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SOUTH KOREA-BUAN-SEA SALT MAKING

(220621) -- BUAN, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers shove salt crystals in a sea salt making pond in Buan County, North Jeolla Province, South Korea, June 21, 2022. Located in coastal area, the chequered salt ponds here maintain the traditional practice of producing salt. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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SOUTH KOREA-BUAN-SEA SALT MAKING

(220621) -- BUAN, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 21, 2022 shows chequered sea salt ponds in Buan County, North Jeolla Province, South Korea. Located in coastal area, the chequered salt ponds here maintain the traditional practice of producing salt. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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SOUTH KOREA-BUAN-SEA SALT MAKING

(220621) -- BUAN, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man shows salt crystals in a sea salt making pond in Buan County, North Jeolla Province, South Korea, June 21, 2022. Located in coastal area, the chequered salt ponds here maintain the traditional practice of producing salt. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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Japanese to receive honorary citizen status from S. Korean province

Shiozo Nishimori, former speaker of the Kochi prefectural assembly, stands in front of a monument to Chizuko Tauchi, known as the "Japanese mother of Korean orphans," in Kochi, western Japan, on Sept. 26, 2015. Nishimori will receive an honorary citizen award from South Korea's South Jeolla Province for his efforts to promote civil exchanges. He will become the first Japanese to receive the award. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Japanese awarded honorary citizenship from S. Korea province

Shiozo Nishimori (R), former speaker of the Kochi prefectural assembly in western Japan, and Japanese journalist Masaki Tachikawa (R) receive on Oct. 20, 2015, an honorary citizen award from South Jeolla Province in southwestern South Korea in the in the provincial city of Yeongam for their efforts to promote civil exchanges between the two countries. Tachikawa deepened friendship with the late former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung who hailed from the province and reported on the country's democratization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese awarded honorary citizen status by S. Korea province

Shiozo Nishimori (R), former speaker of the Kochi prefectural assembly in western Japan, receives on Oct. 20, 2015, an honorary citizen award from South Jeolla Province in southwestern South Korea in the provincial city of Yeongam for his efforts to promote civil exchanges between the two countries. He has helped build a monument dedicated to Chizuko Tauchi, known as the "Japanese mother of Korean orphans," in the western Japanese city of Kochi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lee Nak Yon approved by parliament to become S. Korean PM

South Korea's parliament approves new President Moon Jae In's nomination of former South Jeolla Province Gov. Lee Nak Yon as prime minister on May 31, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lee Nak Yon gets parliamentary approval as S. Korea's PM

Undated photo shows Lee Nak Yon, former governor of South Korea's South Jeolla Province. The country's parliament approved President Moon Jae In's nomination of Lee as prime minister on May 31, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea PM nominee Lee gives farewell speech as province governor

South Korea's Prime Minister nominee Lee Nak Yon (L) and Takaaki Iwaki, vice governor of Japan's Kochi Prefecture, shake hands in Muan, South Korea, on May 12, 2017, as a farewell ceremony was held for Lee as governor of South Jeolla Province. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea PM nominee Lee gives farewell speech as province governor

South Korea's Prime Minister nominee Lee Nak Yon waves to officials of South Jeolla Province in Muan, South Korea, on May 12, 2017, after attending a farewell ceremony as the province's governor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea PM nominee Lee gives farewell speech as province governor

South Korea's Prime Minister nominee Lee Nak Yon delivers a farewell speech as governor of South Jeolla Province in Muan, South Korea, on May 12, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's Moon nominates provincial governor as premier

New South Korean President Moon Jae In (far L) introduces key staff appointments and nomination during a press conference at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on May 10, 2017. Moon nominated South Jeolla Province Gov. Lee Nak Yon (2nd from L) as prime minister, and appointed Seo Hoon (2nd from R), a former intelligence officer, as head of the National Intelligence Service, and Lim Jong Seok, a former two-term lawmaker, as his chief of staff. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's Moon nominates provincial governor as premier

New South Korean President Moon Jae In speaks at a press conference at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on May 10, 2017. Moon officially nominated South Jeolla Province Gov. Lee Nak Yon as his prime minister. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's Moon nominates provincial governor as premier

New South Korean President Moon Jae In speaks at a press conference at the Blue House presidential office in Seoul on May 10, 2017. Moon officially nominated South Jeolla Province Gov. Lee Nak Yon as his prime minister. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo