Such a location near the Defense Ministry is expected to allow both sides to smoothly draw up joint operational plans.

Any increases on New Year's Day and Mondays may also be due to the "broken-promise effect theory," the authors wrote, which posits that people may postpone suicide attempts until after the holidays, ...

South Korean authorities say more than 100 people have been confirmed dead in a plane crash at Muan's airport in the country's southwest. NHK World's Kim Chan-ju is at the site to give more details.