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Episode 8: Minesweeping through triggers, healing through help and confrontation

Hidden triggers, from abandoned shoes to the Jeju Air crash, continued to reopen my trauma. But treatment helped me endure.

2026.6.24

Episode 7: Running, giving, surviving: How I fought PTSD one day at a time

Identifying the illness was only the first step; treatment was the next, much harder one, sending on a winding road as I tried different activities in search of stillness and catharsis.

2026.6.24

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President Lee Jae Myung lays flowers at a memorial altar for victims of the Jeju Air crash on May 18. The accident occurred at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29, 2024. [NEWS1]

President Lee urges thorough reinvestigation during visit to 2024 Jeju Air crash site

President Lee Jae Myung on Monday visited the site of a 2024 plane crash in southwestern Korea that claimed 179 lives, urging a thorough reinvestigation after the initial probe failed to fully recover the victims' remains.

2026.5.18

The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that slid off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport lies near a concrete structure it crashed into, in Muan, South Jeolla, on Dec. 30, 2024. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Bird study in wake of Jeju Air crash focused on species not linked to tragedy

A study of birds around Muan International Airport conducted in the wake of the Jeju Air crash on Dec. 29, 2024, that claimed 179 lives focused on a different species from the one linked to the tragedy.

2026.2.18

Jeju Air employees are seen dancing in a TikTok video uploaded to the airline's official account [SCREEN CAPTURE]

‘The funerals were recent’: Dancing Jeju Air employees spark backlash

A playful dance video by Jeju Air flight attendants has drawn backlash online, with commenters saying it comes too soon after a deadly crash that killed 179 people.

2025.7.21

Workers are seen at the wreckage of a Jeju Air passenger aircraft that crashed at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29, 2024, on Jan. 4. [NEWS1]

International investigators to begin examining Jeju Air plane engines in crash probe

An in-depth examination of the engines from the Jeju Air crash at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29 last year is set to begin, four months after the deadly accident that claimed 179 lives took place.

2025.5.9

Workers are seen at the wreckage of a Jeju Air passenger aircraft that crashed at Muan International Airport on Dec. 29, 2024 on Jan. 15. [NEWS1]

Gov't to impose harsher penalties on airlines for passenger flight fatalities in sweeping safety reforms

The Korean government will impose a one-year suspension on route allocations for any airline involved in an accident resulting in fatalities, as part of sweeping reforms to improve aviation safety.

2025.4.30

Members of a government joint investigation team, including Transport Ministry’s Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (Araib), inspect the area around the tail wing of the crashed passenger plane at the sie of the Jeju Air crash at Muan International Airport on Jan. 8. [YONHAP]

Victim recovery, on-site investigation of Jeju Air crash end

The authorities wrapped up search and recovery efforts for victims as well as on-site investigation procedures of the Jeju Air crash with consent from the bereaved families.

2025.1.26

Son Chang-wan, former head of the state-run Korea Airports Corporation [YONHAP]

Ex-Korea Airports Corporation chief found dead at home

A former head of the state-run Korea Airports Corporation, who was in office during the renovation of the localizer at Muan International Airport, was found dead at his home, police said Tuesday.

2025.1.22

Firefighters remove tarpaulin sheets covering the debris of a Jeju Air passenger plane at Muan International Airport, South Jeolla, on Jan. 13, following its crash on Dec. 29, 2024. [YONHAP]

Government task force begins support for Jeju Air crash victims' families

A dedicated government task force to support the families of the victims of last month's Jeju Air plane crash has officially begun operations, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Monday.

2025.1.20