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Rescue crews work at the site of the plane crash at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea.

Bird feathers found in engines of South Korean plane that crashed

The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane’s engines, though officials haven’t determined the cause of the accident that killed 179 people.

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Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing in his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court on January 21 in Seoul.

South Korean prosecutors indict president on martial law charges

Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol will face trial on insurrection charges relating to his short-lived insurrection attempt.

  • Lisa Visentin
The two surviving flight attendants were rescued from the plane’s tail.

Crashed South Korean jet’s black boxes missing final minutes

Both the flight data and cockpit voice recorders suspended recording for the final four minutes before the plane made an emergency landing, depriving investigators of crucial evidence.

  • Heejin Kim
As investigators look into what caused Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 to crash, the airline has come under intense government and public scrutiny for how it operates.

Jeju Air was shaky even before horror crash

As investigators look into what caused Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 to crash, the airline has come under intense government and public scrutiny for how it operates.

  • Daisuke Wakabayashi
Three-year-old Ko Yoonwoo, the youngest victim of the Jeju Air crash, with his parents Jin Lee Seon and Kang Ko, who were also killed.

Pictured: Youngest victim of South Korean plane crash on first trip abroad

South Korean authorities have begun releasing the bodies of the crash victims to their families.

  • Beatrice Siviero
Firefighters and rescue teams work at the wreckage of a passenger plane at Muan International Airport in Muan-gun, South Korea.

‘More questions than answers’: Uncertainty surrounds the deadly South Korean plane crash

The single-aisle aircraft was seen skidding down the runway with no landing gear deployed, before hitting a wall in an explosion of flame and debris.

  • Bart Meijer and Lisa Barrington
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is pictured here in a photo released by his office on Saturday.

South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will take over as acting president while the Constitutional Court decides whether to dismiss Yoon or to restore his powers.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol apologises for his actions at the presidential office in Seoul on Saturday.

Police raid the offices of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol: reports

The search comes after the country’s two highest-ranking police officers were detained amid the fallout from Yoon’s short-lived martial law decree last week.

A protest against President Yoon Suk Yeol outside Seoul’s national assembly on Saturday.

South Korea arrests ex-defence minister over martial law stunt as president avoids impeachment

Most lawmakers from the country’s ruling party boycotted a parliamentary vote to deny a two-thirds majority needed to suspend Yoon Suk Yeol’s presidential powers.

  • Kim Tong-hyung and Hyung-jin Kim
Defectors prepare to release balloons carrying leaflets and a banner denouncing Kim Jong-un in 2016. Such continued campaigns have enraged the Kim regime.

A North Korean voice Kim Jong-un would love to silence

Kim Seongmin was on his way to Pyongyang for certain execution when he jumped out of the window. What he did next has infuriated the North Korean leader.

  • Choe Sang-Hun

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