The Army has suspended all shooting training involving small firearms after an elementary school student was wounded by a bullet in Daegu while such training was underway at a nearby military range, officials said Tuesday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a factory for light, portable munitions, where he and his teenage daughter tested pistols together, according to state media Thursday.
Australia's most populous state is set to pass tougher gun laws, ban the display of terrorist symbols and curb protests after the state parliament's lower house cleared a bill late on Monday in an emergency sitting following the Bondi mass shooting.
The perpetrator told police he “mistook [the victim] for a wild boar in the dark.”
The discovery of possibly functional homemade guns has police on high alert as the leaders of nations and businesses flock to Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
Police have launched a nationwide investigation after receiving intelligence suggesting that homemade firearms could be produced ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting scheduled to begin Friday.
A man in his 30s was found dead on Thursday in an apparent firearm accident at a defense contractor's factory in Busan, police said.
Police have launched an investigation after an air rifle and dozens of live rounds were discovered in an abandoned factory in Guro District, western Seoul.
The National Police Agency announced Monday that it will hold a monthlong illegal weapons amnesty from April 1 to 30 in coordination with the Defense Ministry and the Interior Ministry.
A police inspector shot and killed a man who attacked him with a knife in Gwangju early Wednesday, according to police.
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