N. Korean trash balloon lands in Seoul's presidential compound
N. Korean trash balloon lands in Seoul's presidential compound

A North Korean balloon carrying trash landed on Seouls presidential compound on Thursday, authorities said, with local media reporting it contained propaganda leaflets ridiculing President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife. Activist groups in South Korea have long sent propaganda northwards, typically...

Seoul court acquits ex-police chief over Halloween crush killing 150 people
Seoul court acquits ex-police chief over Halloween crush killing 150 people

A South Korean court acquitted the former Seoul police chief and two officers Thursday of professional negligence over a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush that killed more than 150 people. The court ruled that Kim Kwang-ho -- the highest-ranking police official indicted over the crush -- could...