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Added on the 03/06/2019 19:38:05 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The tour boat operator that owned the Mermaid, which sank a year ago on a busy stretch of the Danube in downtown Budapest, organises a commemoration event, laying a wreath at the site of the accident. The Mermaid sightseeing boat sank within seconds after colliding with the Swiss-registered Viking Sigyn river cruise vessel, leaving 27 people dead, mostly South Korean tourists. The disaster was Hungary's worst boating accident in more than half a century. IMAGES
Authorities search the Danube in Budapest for the wreck of a tourist boat which sank last night after a collision with a larger cruise shop. Seven South Korean tourists died and 21 others are missing. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, DC. IMAGES
South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-Sik arrives and is welcomed by his Polish counterpart Wladyslaw Kosinika-Kamysz in Pruszkow, Poland. IMAGES
K-pop megastar Jin from BTS was discharged from his South Korean military service on Wednesday. Jin is the first member of the band to complete the mandatory duty, freeing him up to fully resume musical activities. The seven members of the world's most popular boy band have been performing their service -- which South Korea requires of all men under 30, due to tensions with the nuclear-armed North -- with the K-pop juggernaut on a self-described "hiatus" since 2022. IMAGES