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Coverage dated March 5, 2025

South Korean fighter jets accidentally bomb homes, injuring at least 29 people

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By Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean fighter jets accidentally bombed homes during a live-fire drill with US forces,

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  1. KRDO

    South Korean fighter jets accidentally bomb homes, injuring at least 29 people (opens KRDO)

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    By Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean fighter jets accidentally bombed homes during a live-fire drill with US forces,

  2. CBS News

    2 South Korean fighter jets accidentally drop 8 bombs on civilian area during training, officials say (opens CBS News)

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    Two South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area during training, injuring at least eight people, officials said.

  3. NBC News

    15 injured in South Korea after bombs accidentally hit civilian area during military training (opens NBC News)

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    At least seven people were injured in South Korea after a fighter jet accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area during training linked to joint military drills with the United States, officials said.

  4. The Boston Globe

    South Korean fighter jets accidentally drop bombs, injuring 8 people (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The air force said it will establish a committee to investigate why the accident happened and examine the scale of the civilian damage.

  5. Voice of America

    South Korean jets accidentally drop bombs on village, injuring 15 (opens Voice of America)

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    The accident occurred during US-South Korean military drills

  6. Wyoming Public Media

    Fighter jets accidentally drop bombs during exercises, injuring 8 South Koreans (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    The air force said the jets were taking part in a drill with the U.S. military in Pocheon, a city close to the border with North Korea, when they dropped bombs just outside a firing range.

  7. New York Post

    South Korean fighter jet accidentally drops bombs during training, reportedly injuring 7 people (opens New York Post)

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    A South Korean fighter jet accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area during training Thursday, reportedly injuring seven people.

  8. Delaware Public Media

    South Korean fighter jets drop bombs in the wrong place, injuring 8 people (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    The air force said the jets were taking part in a drill with the U.S. military in Pocheon, a city close to the border with North Korea, when they dropped bombs just outside a firing range.

  9. Fox News

    South Korean fighter jet accidentally drops bombs during training exercise, injuring multiple people (opens Fox News)

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    Multiple people were injured in South Korea on Thursday after fighter jets accidentally dropped bombs in a civilian area during a live training exercise.

  10. Digital Journal

    South Korea air force jet accidentally drops bombs, injures civilians (opens Digital Journal)

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    South Korea's Air Force said Thursday that one of its fighter jets had accidentally dropped eight bombs in the wrong place during a training exercise,

  11. Washington Examiner

    South Korea bombs civilians in 'abnormal' accident (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Fifteen civilians were wounded in the bombing, three of them seriously. The exercise was conducted in conjunction with the South Korean Army and U.S. military.

  12. The Diplomat

    South Korean Jets Mistakenly Bomb Village During Training Exercise (opens The Diplomat)

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    15 people were reportedly injured after two jets dropped bombs on a village in Pocheon, South Korea.

  13. New York Times

    South Korean Fighter Jets Mistakenly Bomb Village, Leaving 7 Injured (opens New York Times)

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    Fifteen people in the South Korean village of Nogok, near the North Korean border, were injured in the bombing, which happened during a joint drill with the U.S. military.

  14. Al Jazeera

    Moment fighter jet accidentally bombs civilian area in South Korea (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Video shows the moment a South Korean fighter jet accidentally bombed a civilian area during a training exercise.

  15. Newsweek

    South Korea fighter jets accidentally bomb civilians in joint U.S. exercise (opens Newsweek)

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    The accident occurred in Pocheon, about 25km south of the border with North Korea.

  16. UPI

    South Korean fighter jets accidentally bomb residential area, injuring at least 15 (opens UPI)

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    A pair of South Korean KF-16 fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on a residential area outside of Seoul during a live-fire exercise, Seoul's air force said Thursday, injuring at least 15 people.

  17. Fox News

    South Korean fighter jets accidentally drop bombs during training exercise, injuring multiple people (opens Fox News)

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    Multiple people were injured in South Korea on Thursday after fighter jets accidentally dropped bombs in a civilian area during a live training exercise.

  18. Sofrep

    South Korean Fighter Jets Accidentally Bomb Village, Injuring 15 Civilians (opens Sofrep)

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    In a tragic display of how even the most routine military exercises can spiral into disaster, a South Korean village was left reeling after a botched bombing run turned homes into rubble and sent civilians scrambling for their lives.

  19. Time

    South Korean Fighter Jet Accidentally Drops Bombs, Causing Injury (opens Time)

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    Six civilians and two soldiers were hospitalized, including four who were serious injured.

  20. Insider

    An air force bombing drill with South Korean F-16s just ended in disaster (opens Insider)

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    At least 15 people were injured after South Korean fighter jets involved in a live-fire drill dropped bombs on Pocheon, Seoul's military said.

  21. The World from PRX

    Accidental bombing in South Korea (opens The World from PRX)

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    Two South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on Thursday on a populated area during an exercise with the US near the North Korean border. Six civilians and two soldiers were injured. The South Korean Air Force apologized, saying the bombs fell outside of a firing range by accident …

  22. Local News 8

    South Korean fighter jets accidentally bomb homes, injuring 15 civilians (opens Local News 8)

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    By Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean fighter jets accidentally bombed homes during a live-fire drill with US forces, injuring more than a dozen people, Seoul’s military said on Thursday.

  23. WSVN Miami

    South Korean fighter jets accidentally drop bombs, injuring 8 people - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Two South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area during a joint live-fire exercise with the

  24. The Guardian

    Fighter jet accidentally bombs village, injuring 15, during South Korea military drill (opens The Guardian)

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    Air force apologises and wishes a swift recovery to the civilians injured after eight bombs ‘abnormally released’

  25. Wall Street Journal

    South Korean Air Force Mistakenly Bombs Village Near Seoul (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    The blunder, which injured at least 15 people and destroyed buildings, happened during a test run for combined U.S.-South Korea exercises next week.

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