SEOUL -- A U.S. MQ-9 drone deployed in South Korea crashed off the coast of Gunsan, about 180 km south of the capital Seoul on Monday, local newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported.
According to the report, the 8th Fighter Wing under the U.S. 7th Air Force in South Korea said the MQ-9, part of the 431st Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron deployed at Gunsan Air Base, experienced an accident at 4:35 a.m. local time near the coast of Gunsan City, while conducting a routine mission. (South Korea-U.S. Military Drone)
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TOKYO -- Former Japanese prime ministers Shigeru Ishiba, Yoshihiko Noda, and Yukio Hatoyama recently criticized current Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for straining Japan-China relations by making erroneous remarks on Taiwan, calling on her to be cautious in words and deeds and to improve bilateral relations through dialogue.
Ishiba commented during a television program on Sunday that since then-Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's visit to China in 1972, which facilitated the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China, successive Japanese governments have always managed Japan-China relations very carefully and everyone has handled things with truly meticulous care. (Japan-Takaichi)
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SEOUL -- Three people were killed and 10 others were injured in a car crash Monday, according to Yonhap news agency.
A van, driven by a man in his 60s, crashed into a big road sign pole next to the waiting room of ferries after disembarking from a ferry that arrived at the port of Udo, an islet near the southern resort island of Jeju, at about 2:47 p.m. local time. (South Korea-Car crash)
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NEW DELHI -- At least six people were killed and over 50 others injured Monday in a head-on collision between two private buses in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, police said.
The accident took place in a village in Tenkasi district, about 550 km southwest of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. (India-Bus-Collision) ■
