Senior Hiroshima official honors Korean survivors of atomic bomb

Mika Yokota, vice governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, traveled to Hapcheon and publicly acknowledged the pain of Korean survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing, a historic first for a sitting Hiroshima vice governor.

2025-07-14

Russia launches biggest aerial attack on Ukraine since the start of the war

Russia launched its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine overnight, a Ukrainian official said Sunday, part of an escalating bombing campaign that has further dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the 3-year-old war.

2025-06-29

Alarm grows after the U.S. inserts itself into Israel's war against Iran with strikes on nuclear sites

The world grappled Sunday with the enormous implications after the United States inserted itself into Israel's war against Iran with an attack that raised urgent questions about what remained of Tehran’s nuclear program.

2025-06-23

Air Force investigation finds two officers negligent in Pocheon residential bombing

The Defense Ministry's Investigation Command booked two Air Force officers on charges of negligence in connection with a mistaken bombing of a residential area last month during a live-fire training exercise in Pocheon, Gyeonggi.

2025-04-14

Gyeonggi gov't to provide 1 million won subsidies to residents of area accidentally bombed by Air Force

The Gyeonggi provincial government said Thursday it will provide subsidies of 1 million won ($680) to the residents of Idong-myeon, Pocheon, who were accidentally bombed by the Korean Air Force.

2025-03-20

Defense Ministry resumes live-fire military drills after Pocheon bombing incident

The Defense Ministry said Tuesday it has partially resumed live-fire military drills after their full suspension due to an accidental fighter jet bombing earlier this month.

2025-03-18

North Korea urges Japan to apologize to Korean victims of 1945 Tokyo bombing

North Korea on Monday urged Japan to investigate and apologize to Korean victims killed in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in 1945, near the end of World War II, a day before Japan is set to mourn the victims of the devastating air raid.

2025-03-10

Gov't declares Pocheon village 'special disaster zone' after accidental bombing wounds 31, damages 142 properties

A total of 31 people were injured and 142 civilian properties were damaged in an accidental Air Force bombing in Pocheon, Gyeonggi, on Thursday, according to the city's government on Sunday.

2025-03-09

Yoon, Kishida pay respects to Korean A-bomb victims

President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida paid their respects to Korean victims of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing at a memorial park in Japan on Sunday in a show of strengthened bilateral ties.

2023-05-21

Yoon and Kishida pay tribute to Korean atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima

President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida paid respects to Korean victims of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing at a memorial park in Japan on Sunday.