Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Tensions flare between North and South Korea as countries conduct military drills
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- Air Force military trainings took place in both North and South Korean airspaces as the two nations continue to ratchet up tensions on the Korean Pen...
Nov 04, 2022
North Korea fires six ballistic missiles, launching tests for 2nd consecutive day
JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korea test-fired six missiles on Thursday, a day after launching its most tests in a single day. One long-range and two short-range balli...
Nov 03, 2022
North and South Korea test missiles off coasts, raising tensions
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- Tensions rose in the Korean Peninsula while the two Koreas test-fired missiles one after another in a series of tit-for-tat moves on Wednesday. North...
Nov 02, 2022
Who is Lula? Winner of Brazil's presidential election
Daniel Munoz/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Brazil’s voters on Sunday chose a new president: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known by the name Lula. Lula narrowly beat out Jair...
Nov 02, 2022
US citizen imprisoned in Saudi Arabia over tweets
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. citizen and Florida resident Saad Ibrahim Almadi was arrested for a series of tweets he published that were critical of Saudi Arabia while visitin...
Nov 02, 2022
South Korean police say first calls were made four hours before deadly crowd crush
Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Delayed police responses and an illegal street obstruction were contributing factors to the weekend’s crowd crush in Seoul, South Korea, officials...
Nov 01, 2022
Seoul crowd crush exemplifies need for event control: Experts
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As investigators in Seoul, South Korea continue to determine how 154 partygoers were killed in a crowd crush during a Halloween party over the weekend, crowd c...
Nov 01, 2022
Dozens killed after bridge carrying hundreds collapses into river in India
Twitter/@NarendraModi(NEW YORK) -- Dozens of people have died after a cable bridge carrying hundreds of people collapsed into a river in India, according to officials. At least 140 people were killed ...
Oct 30, 2022
South Korean police apologize after deadly Halloween crowd crush
ABC News(SEOUL, South Korea) -- South Korea’s national police apologized on Monday, saying they’d only deployed 137 officers to handle a crowd of about 100,000 revellers who were celebrati...
Oct 30, 2022
At least 120 dead in crowd crush during Halloween festivities in Seoul: Officials
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- At least 120 people are dead and 100 are injured after being crushed in a crowd during Halloween festivities in Seoul, officials in South Korea ...
Oct 29, 2022