Five people have been killed and more than a dozen others injured by a South Korean man who set his apartment on fire.
According to the police, the 42-year-old started the fire in the early hours of Wednesday in the city of Jinju, and attacked building residents trying to escape the flames.
His actions were reportedly triggered by "overdue wages".
Firefighters were able to put out the blaze.
Turkey sentences 11 people to life in prison over ski resort hotel fire
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Israel launches more strikes on Gaza overnight, testing fragile truce
The Israeli military attacked the Gaza Strip for a third day on Thursday night, killing two people, the Palestinian Authority's official news agency said, in another test of a fragile ceasefire agreement.
Trump-Putin summit cancelled, FT reports
The United States cancelled a planned Budapest summit between President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin following Russia's firm stance on hardline demands regarding Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
Houthis say 43 detained UN staff to face trial over Israeli attack
Forty-three detained local United Nations staff will face trial on suspicion of links to an Israeli airstrike that assassinated top Houthi leaders in August, the acting foreign minister of Yemen’s Houthi government, Abdulwahid Abu Ras, told Reuters.
Hurricane Melissa leaves 49 dead in Caribbean, churns north
Hurricane Melissa's confirmed death toll has climbed to 49, according to official reports, after it wreaked destruction across much of the northern Caribbean and headed towards Bermuda.
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