Seoul, South Korea — The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed traces of bird strikes in the plane's engines, though officials haven’t determined the cause of the accident that killed all but two of the 181 people on board.

News reports say the tail of a passenger plane with 176 people on board caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea Yonhap news agency reported plane at Gimhae International Airport in the southeastern city of Busan was bound for Hong Kong Tuesday night.

Thai authorities have made public transport in Bangkok free for one week, in an attempt to reduce the number of private cars on the roads and tackle air pollution. Smog has already led to hundreds of school closures and employees working from home.

SEOUL: South Korea's authorities investigating last month's Jeju Air plane crash have submitted a preliminary accident report to the United Nations aviation agency and the authorities of the United States, France and Thailand, an official said on Monday (Jan 27).

Seoul (Reuters) -Investigators found bird feathers and blood ... The Boeing 737-800 plane, which departed from the Thai capital Bangkok for Muan county in southwestern South Korea, belly-landed and overshot the regional airport's runway, bursting into ...

From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrated the Lunar New Year on Wednesday, ushering in the Year of the Wood Snake.

South Korea will release by Monday a preliminary report on last month's Jeju Air plane crash that killed 179 people, the deadliest air disaster on the nation's soil, the transport ministry said on Saturday.

The six-page report released by South Korean authorities a month after the crash said both engines of the Boeing 737-800 jet contained DNA from Baikal Teals, a type of migratory duck that flies to South Korea for winter in huge flocks.

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Asian stock markets generally gained Wednesday in holiday-thinned trading, as the global tech-rebound extended to the region. Exchanges in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Singapore and Taiwan were closed for the New Year observance.

Lunar New Year, or Tết Nguyên Đán (Tết), is Vietnam's most important celebration - a time to honour ancestors, cherish family, and welcome new beginnings.This year, it lasts from 28 to 31 January.