A helicopter that had been involved in the search for missing passengers from the sunken Sewol ferry has crashed in the South Korean city of Gwangju, killing all five people on board.

 An interim South Korea government report says the 16 April sinking of the Sewol ferry was partly due to government negligence and corruption.

 A South Korean court is to hear evidence in the trial of the captain and 14 crew members of a ferry that sank in April, killing more than 300.

 South Korean troops have cornered a soldier who shot dead five colleagues and fled his post near North Korea's border, sparking a massive manhunt.

 South Korea's president has revamped her cabinet in an apparent bid to win back public support after April's Sewol passenger ferry disaster.

 At least 20 patients and a nurse have been killed in a fire at a hospice in Janseong county, South Korea.

 A civilian diver searching for bodies in the South Korean ferry that sank last month has died, authorities say.

 All 15 crew members involved in the navigation of the ill-fated South Korean passenger ferry Sewol are now reportedly in custody, facing criminal negligence charges.

 Death toll in South Korea's ferry sinking disaster continued to rise to 171 on Thursday, but those recovered from the sunken ferry grew at a relatively slower pace as search operations were hampered by the unexpectedly swift currents.

A resort building crashed down in the southeastern city of South Korea Monday night, killing 10 people, including nine college students, and injuring dozens of others,

In the first ten months this year, Japanese investors registered FDI capital of $4.8 billion, staying firm as the biggest foreign investor in Vietnam. However, South Koreans have also been marching towards Vietnam, with $4 billion.

 VietNamNet Bridge – South Korea has started loosening visa procedures for Vietnamese visitors by reducing visa application fees and simplifying financial capability provability procedures to woo more travelers.

 Russia’s energy company Gazprom should work closely with the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to speed up joint projects, says President Truong Tan Sang.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The international community pledged to provide Vietnam total official development assistance (ODA) of nearly USD80 billion over the past two decades.  

 Deputy PM heads Fatherland Front; President holds talks with Japanese firms; NA Chairman says Viet Nam wants closer legislative link with Timor Leste; Singapore PM to pay official visit

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese cyclists, Tran Van Cuong and Le Anh Dung, will be sent to train in South Korea in one month and a half in preparation for international tournaments.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese Government has issued a new five year pilot policy program to collect a refundable deposit of US$4,800 from a laborer prior to leaving for work in South Korea.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Sinh Hung left Ha Noi on July 21 for a three-day official visit to South Korea at the invitation of its National Assembly Speaker Kang Chang-hee.

 North and South Korea will hold fresh talks Wednesday on reopening their joint industrial zone with low hopes of an early agreement following months of friction.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Van Ngoc Tu successfully defended her title of the women's U52kg kurash event at the ongoing Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games in Incheon, South Korea yesterday, July 4.