A culture of excuses
Between light and shadow lies our reality, a land where triumph and fragility walk side by side.
Between light and shadow lies our reality, a land where triumph and fragility walk side by side.
Yoon Suk Yeol, already serving life for an illegal martial law attempt, has been handed 30 more years for sending military drones over Pyongyang. Prosecutors say he was willing to push two countries to the edge of war.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid homage to the fallen soldiers at the National Cemetery of Korea during his official visit to South Korea on Wednesday.
Addressing a media briefing in the national capital, MEA Secretary (East) P Kumaran highlighted the steady expansion of bilateral defence ties, particularly in the areas of artillery systems, air defence and emerging technologies.
India and South Korea on Monday rolled out a wide-ranging set of agreements and initiatives to deepen their Special Strategic Partnership, as President Lee Jae Myung wrapped up key engagements during his state visit to India.
World leaders have expressed condolences and solidarity with South Korea after the tragic airplane crash in Muan claimed over 170 lives.
A passenger jet carrying 181 people belly-landed and exploded at an airport in South Korea's southwestern county of Muan on Sunday, leaving 176 people dead and three others missing, authorities said.
The death toll has risen to 85 after a plane carrying 181 passengers caught fire following an incident where it went off the runway at an airport in Muan, South Korea, on Sunday, according to the firefighting agency.
South Korea, often hailed as a model of democratic progress in East Asia, is grappling with a political crisis of historic proportions. The impeachment of Acting President Han Duck-soo, following that of President Yoon Suk Yeol, has thrown the nation into unprecedented turmoil.
The five-year relative survival rate for cancer patients, reflecting their likelihood of living compared with the general population, stood at 72.9 per cent, South Korea's health ministry said Thursday.
