Update: South Korea Orders Airline Safety Probe After Worst Domestic Crash Kills 179 December 30, 2024 By Ju-min Park and Hongji Kim South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok ordered on Monday an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operation as...
Fiery Plane Crash Kills 179 in Worst Airline Disaster in South Korea December 29, 2024 By Hyunsu Yim, Hongji Kim and Ju-min Park The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off...
South Korea to Advance EV Battery Certification Scheme After Series of Fires August 27, 2024 By Ju-min Park South Korea’s government and ruling party have agreed to move up an electric vehicle battery certification program, the party said...
South Korea Halts Battery Maker’s Operations as It Probes Deadly Blaze June 26, 2024 By Hyunsu Yim and Ju-min Park South Korean authorities ordered a halt on Wednesday to the operations of a manufacturer of lithium batteries after a fire...
Tesla Safety Is Focus of South Korean Criminal Trial Over Fiery, Fatal Crash November 21, 2022 By Ju-min Park In an upscale Seoul neighborhood two years ago, a white Tesla Model X smashed into a parking lot wall. The...
South Korea Begins Investigation Into Deadly Halloween Crush, as Death Toll Rises October 31, 2022 By Soo-hyang Choi and Ju-min Park South Korean investigators combed footage on Monday from more than 50 state and private closed-circuit TV cameras as well as...
Subcontracted Workers Most at Risk from Accidents in S. Korea’s Shipyards October 30, 2019 By Hayoung Choi, Hyunjoo Jin and Ju-min Park Park Chol-hee was working the holiday shift at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard on Labour Day, 2017, when a giant...
Korea Ferry Disaster Exposes Cozy Industry Ties, Soft Penalties May 1, 2014 By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park A culture of cozy personal ties that can blur the lines between businesses and those regulating them, of profit over...
Korea Life Considers Bid for ING’s Asia Insurance Business February 2, 2012 By Ju-min Park Korea Life Insurance Co. Ltd said on Thursday that it is reviewing the feasibility of bidding for ING Groep NV’s...