SEOUL -- Forty-eight people were injured, six of them seriously, after a city bus slammed into 32 vehicles stopping at a traffic light during the morning rush hour in a southern suburb of Seoul on Wednesday, according to Yonhap news agency.
The city bus, driven by a man in his 60s, struck 32 vehicles, including four other buses, one cargo truck, and 27 passenger cars, at about 7:34 a.m. local time in Seongnam, a satellite city just south of Seoul. (South Korea-Traffic-Accident)
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NEW DELHI -- An Air India flight from Kolkata to Mumbai was moved to isolation on Wednesday after a note threatening to hijack the aircraft was found on the mirror of one of its lavatories moments before its scheduled take-off, and all passengers were deplaned, an official at the airport said.
The incident triggered panic at the airport in Kolkata city, the capital of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. (India-Flight-Hijack)
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HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong Police Force on Wednesday launched the Hong Kong International Academy of Policing (HKIAP), with more than 400 representatives from overseas and local law enforcement agencies attending the opening ceremony.
"Security challenges are increasingly complex and borderless, and strong international connectivity is therefore vital to global security and prosperity," said Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive John Lee at the ceremony. (Hong Kong-Police-Academy)
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BANGKOK -- The Royal Thai Navy said that six crew members were missing from an oil tanker that sank off the coast of Thailand's eastern Chon Buri province on Wednesday.
In a Facebook statement, the navy said it launched an immediate operation to search for the missing crew members following reports that the oil tanker sank at 9:00 a.m., approximately 27 miles off the coast. (Thailand-Navy-Accident) ■
