Seoul confirms deaths of 5 S. Koreans in Oregon bus crash
Social affairsJan 1, 2013
Seoul's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed on Tuesday the deaths of five South Koreans in a recent tour bus crash in the U.S. state of Oregon that reportedly killed four others and injured a dozen others. "Five of the nine killed in the charter bus in Oregon were Korean nationals and the other four held U.S. citizenship," the ministry said in a statement. Most of the nine victims were U.S. residents, it said. Local news reports said that the charter bus was carrying about 40 people