A South Korean passenger ferry carrying 267 passengers and crew got stranded on Wednesday after running aground off the southwestern tip of the Korean peninsula and a rescue operation was underway to bring them to land, the coast guard said.

North Korea accused the South of dispatching drones over Pyongyang and dropping anti-Kim propaganda leaflets three times in October 2024, drawing a response from Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, who warned the drone flights could "lead to armed conflict and even war.”