The lithium battery plant fire that killed at least 22 people in Hwaseong on Monday is likely to go down as the worst chemical plant accident in the country’s history, with experts raising questions about lax safety measures as the cause of the disas…

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell expressed “strong” support for “any measures” taken by South Korea in response to the expanding illegal military cooperation between Russia and North Korea in phone talks with his South Korean counterpart …

At least 22 people, including 20 foreign nationals, were confirmed dead in a lithium battery plant fire in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, firefighters said, in what could be the worst accident to occur at a chemical factory.

The death toll could rise fur…

President Yoon Suk Yeol visited the site of a battery plant fire that killed at least 22 people on Monday and ordered government officials to draw up measures to prevent similar accidents from occurring, his office said.

Yoon decided to visit the pl…

A fire broke out at a primary battery manufacturing plant, south of Seoul, on Monday, leaving at least one worker dead and three others injured, firefighters said.

The blaze started at lithium battery maker Aricell’s plant in Hwaseong, 45 kilometers…

North Korea on Monday condemned the U.S. sending of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Korean Peninsula, saying that the North is open to taking “overwhelming and fresh” deterrence measures against such a provocative act.

North Korean Vice De…

A fire broke out at a primary battery manufacturing plant, south of Seoul, on Monday, leaving at least one worker dead and three others injured, firefighters said.

The blaze started at lithium battery maker Aricell’s plant in Hwaseong, 45 kilometers…

South Korea on Monday established a new enshrinement hall for unknown soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, the defense ministry said.

The remains of some 5,800 service members, who have not been identified, were relocated to the new hall a…