The Gyeonggi Provincial Government will waive tolls during the Lunar New Year holidays on three privately financed roads — the West Suwon-Uiwang Expressway, the Third Gyeongin Expressway and Ilsan Bridge.
The death toll from a crackdown over Iran’s nationwide protests last month has reached at least 7,002 people killed, with many more still feared dead, activists said Thursday.
Iran offered its first government-issued death toll Wednesday following a crackdown on nationwide protests, giving a far lower figure than activists abroad.
The death toll from heavy floods and mudslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka rose to 132, with 176 people still missing, authorities said Saturday.
Drivers will be able to travel toll-free on highways across Korea during the upcoming Chuseok holidays from Oct. 4 to midnight on Oct. 7, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced Tuesday.
The death toll from last week's anticorruption protests in Nepal has risen to 72, the country's health ministry said on Sunday, as search teams continued to recover bodies from shopping malls and other buildings damaged in the unrest.
The death toll from the torrential rains that swept across Korea from last Wednesday to Sunday has risen to 24, according to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on Friday.
The death toll from the heavy rains that swept across Korea from July 16 to 20 has risen to 19, with nine people still missing, according to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s daily report on Tuesday.
The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend has surpassed 100 as the massive search continues for missing people. The number of deaths reached 104 on Monday.
The bus was heading from Cheongju International Airport to Osong Station. The driver, identified by his family name of Lee, reportedly took a detour due to road closures.
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