South Korea's Foreign Ministry

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un examined a finished military spy satellite, which his country is expected to launch soon, during a visit to an aerospace facility where he described space-based reconnaissance as crucial for countering the U.S. and South Korea.

Concerned relatives raced to hospitals in search of their loved ones Sunday as South Korea mourned the deaths of at least 151 people, mostly in their teens and 20s, who got trapped and crushed after a huge Halloween party crowd surged into a narrow alley in a nightlife district in Seoul.

North Korea has detained a crew of a vessel of 15 Russians and two South Koreans for violation of the entry regime on its territory. This was announced by the Russian Embassy in North Korea, quoted by Reuters.