live to yuna ku from the bbc korean service. just gone 6:15pm in seoul.the form of the prime minister. how is the south korean media reporting it?— reporting it? the media coverage _ reporting it? the media coverage of _ reporting it? the media coverage of this - reporting it? the media | coverage of this appears reporting it? the media i coverage of this appears to reporting it? the media - coverage of this appears to be more divided compared to the impeachment of president yoon suk yeol. arguments that prime minister han duck—soo who himself bears some responsibility for the martial law incident, hindered attempts to expedite the impeachment process. some conservative outlets have been critical of the impeachment, insisting that it is an overreach by opposition lawmakers who are taking the majority seats in parliament. some are even worrying that the next acting president could also be impeached if he doesn't play in favour of the opposition party, which could further destabilise asian. i5 which could further destabilise asian. , , ., asian. is this not

in the last hour i spoke to yuna ku from bbc korean service who is inside muan airport where the planeshed. there have been 170 confirmed deaths so far and people here, yet many of them are still unidentified. so many people, mostly the families of the bereaved, are waiting here, uh, waiting for the announcement or the identification. so right now i'm standing inside the airport where also many other families of the bereaved are staying. and from far, even far away, i can hear some of the families screaming and crying as they hear the announcement of the death of their loved ones. and most of the people on board the plane were they from south korea? i understand they may have all been on holiday in thailand for christmas. uh, that is true. it is known that most of the people who are in the plane were families. even there was a youngest was born in 2021, and there were many family members altogether. and also most of them are south korean nationals, although there were two thai nationals as well. and in terms of the two people who survived, we understand that they were crew members. has

live to hyunjung kim from the bbc korean service in seoul.ils are emerging all the time but we've also just seen from local media details of a text message sent from somebody on board to a relative. tell us a bit about that. , ., ., ., relative. tell us a bit about that. , ., ., , that. yes, what local media is reporting _ that. yes, what local media is reporting and _ that. yes, what local media is reporting and according - that. yes, what local media is reporting and according to - reporting and according to media, a passenger sent a text message to a family member saying that a bird was stuck on the wing. but the plane couldn't land. should i leave my last words? according to the local media? he said they were unable to reach the passenger. it has not been confirmed and it's still under investigation. tells would—be authorities have been saying about what could have happened. i know that they have happened. i know that they have recovered the voice recorder now and the flight recorders. what have the authorities said?- authorities said? th

president biden has said he's "deeply saddened" by the korean crash, and he offered the united states�* assistance. yuna ku from the bbc�*s korea serviceirport remains busy as officials work to identify bodies. you can see so many people, especially hundreds of families of the bereaved and government officials to aid them, still inside the airport. as you can see from my back, there are emergency shelters set up inside the airport to support those families who are staying up all night inside the airport. they are staying inside the airport because they are still waiting for the government authorities to identify the casualties. only a few hours ago, the government announced that there are total 179 deaths among 181 passengers who were inside the plane. however, dozens of them still need to be identified and these families are waiting for the identification results. let's stay with this story and... let's speak to anthony venetz, former airline safety investigator and pilot. hello, welcome to the programme. so we are beginning to learn a few more details about what may have happened. we are waiting to get the information from the black

let's speak to 0ongbe lee from the bbc korean service in seoul.giving the latest update on the figures there but if you could perhaps talk us through what you know about what happened to this plain. this tragic incident happened right after 9am on sunday morning in south korea. the latest information we have from the national fire agency is that 167 people have been confirmed to have died from this incident. there were 181 passengers including six crew members. two crew members were rescued from the wreckage, everyone else are presumed to be dead. the national fire agency and government have deployed personnel on site to support and help the rescue operation. more than 1500 people including police and firefighters are on the scene. also police forensic have been deployed on site. they have recovered the flight recorder and also are now chasing the voice recorder which we believe would give more concrete evidence of the exact cause of the incident.— the incident. just in terms of what the _ the incident. just in terms of what the authorities - the

you are from the bbc korean service. thank you forjoining us from there. about the people you have been saying and the families who have gathered there just waiting for news. yes. there have been 170 confirmed dead so far and people here, many of them are still unidentified. many people mostly the families of the bereaved are waiting here for the announcement for the identification. right now i am standing inside the airport were also many other families of the bereaved are staying. from even further away i can hear some of the families crying as they hear the announcement of the death of their loved ones are.— their loved ones are. most of their loved ones are. most of the peeple — their loved ones are. most of the peeple on _ their loved ones are. most of the people on board - their loved ones are. most of the people on board the - their loved ones are. most of l the people on board the plane, were they from south korea? they may have been on holiday in thailand i understand for christmas.— in thailand i understand for christmas. that is true. it is know

with me is, su—min hwang, the former head of the bbc�*s korean service.they comply with martial law and have a harsh crackdown, there will 1546 00:12:54,608 -->

we are with the former head of the bbc korean service as well.t has not happened for a while. we have had a time under the dictatorship where the government issued guidance for each paper to write what to do and what kind of headlines to right, so this is a new regulation which echoes back to the time that we had 30 years ago. any industrial strikes is also banned. if people do not abide by this under the new law, people can be searched and arrested and detained without any warrant. arrested and detained without any warrant-— arrested and detained without any warrant. tell me about the olitics. any warrant. tell me about the politics the — any warrant. tell me about the politics. the opposition - politics. the opposition parties were trying to get their mps to the national assembly to have some sort of vote, so explain how that might have overturned?— vote, so explain how that might have overturned? president yoon suk yeol has _ have overturned? president yoon suk yeol has been _ have overturned? president yoon suk yeol has been a _ have overturn