The coffee chain has apologised for its manager's behaviour. 'The investigation revealed that the incident was due to the inappropriate personal actions of a franchise manager,' it stated.

A South Korean court has sentenced three men to lengthy jail terms for the gruesome murder of a compatriot near Pattaya last year.

Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

SEOUL: An Air Busan plane caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan in South Korea on Tuesday (Jan 28) and all 169 passengers and seven crew members evacuated without casualties, Yonhap news agency reported,

The South Korean market might knock the Chinese off the top spot for arrivals in Chiang Mai this year, thanks to an uptick in direct flights and cool winter weather, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

South Korea’s authorities investigating last month ... The Boeing 737-800 jet, from Bangkok and scheduled to arrive at Muan International Airport, overshot the runway as it made an emergency ...

South Korea will extend runway safety areas and redesign infrastructure after the crash of a Jeju Air Co flight last month that killed almost everyone on board, sparking criticism that the design of the airport might have exacerbated the accident.

The report also said the plane’s two black boxes — the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder — stopped recording about 4 minutes before the crash. This could complicate efforts to find the cause of the crash.

Train stations and airports across the country have been jam-packed for weeks as millions returned home to spend the holidays with their loved ones in an annual migration that is expected to be a record.

Diplomacy 09:08 Jan. 30 Thursday's weather forecast SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Thursday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility ... National 09:01 Jan. 30 #bank branches ...

South Korean authorities are to carry out an "all-out investigation" into the fatal crash involving a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800, as they release the preliminary report into the 29 December accident.