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Explosions in South Korea

29 explosions have been recorded in South Korea by Global Incident Tracker, 28 of them in 2026. The most recent was on 9 October 2026. These are incidents our sources reported, not an official national total.

0
Today (UTC)
2
Last 7 days
28
In 2026
29
Total recorded

Continuous monitoring began 9 August 2026. These counters show what we have recorded since then, not everything that happened.

Most recent explosions in South Korea

"KT's Scoring Explosion": Head Coach Moon Kyung-un, "Satisfied with Domestic Players' Scoring Ability... Defense Was Also Excellent" [Suwon On-Site] 9 Oct 2026 · GNEWS Moderate South Korea’s military confirms N. Korea mine caused explosion in DMZ 6 Oct 2026 · GNEWS Minor Seoul seeks apology after North Korea denies involvement in DMZ explosion 30 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Moderate Seoul Considers North Korean Landmine Explosion in the Demilitarized Zone a Violation of the Armistice 29 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Moderate North Korea Land Mines ‘Highly Likely’ Behind DMZ Explosion, Seoul Says 29 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Moderate South Korea says North Korean mines likely caused explosion that injured three soldiers 29 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Minor Military Attributes DMZ Landmine Explosion to North Korean Forces 28 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Minor Seoul says North Korea will be held responsible for landmine explosions - ABC News & Headlines 28 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Moderate South Korea, UN team inspect site of suspected DMZ mine explosion 28 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Minor Expansion | South Korea and the UN resume the investigation of a mine explosion in the demilitarized zone 28 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Minor South Korea and the UN expand the investigation into a mine explosion in the demilitarized zone 28 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Minor South Korea, UN launch probe into DMZ landmine explosion 27 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Minor Army Captain Found Dead After DMZ Explosion 23 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Minor Seoul looking into cause of DMZ explosion 22 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Moderate DMZ explosion ups tension as South Korea weighs Kim’s threats against pressure to join U.S. in Gulf 21 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Minor South Korea Border Explosion 21 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Minor Three military personnel injured in explosion in South Korea’s DMZ — The Hindu 21 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Minor Unidentified explosion in DMZ injures 3 South Korea military personnel 21 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Minor 40 years ago September 15, 1986: Seoul airport explosion 15 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Moderate South Korea waste plant explosion kills one during press dismantling 8 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Minor ‘인기가요’ 82메이저 ‘Like Fire’ 폭발 6 Sep 2026 · GNEWS Minor Hanwha Aerospace CEO Booked Over Deadly Explosion Under Serious Accident Law 9 Jun 2026 · GNEWS Minor Funeral Services Conclude for Workers Killed in Hanwha Aerospace Explosion as Probe Intensifies 8 Jun 2026 · GNEWS Minor Past Safety Violations at Hanwha Aerospace Resurface After Deadly Explosion 4 Jun 2026 · GNEWS Minor Identities of five victims of the Hanwha Aerospace explosion confirmed in two days··· includes two in their 20s ‘three months after joining’ 3 Jun 2026 · GNEWS Minor "Felt Like the End of the World": At Least 46 Killed in Myanmar Village Explosion 1 Jun 2026 · GNEWS Minor SK Energy Accident Report Points to “Systemic Safety Failures” in Fatal Hydrogen Explosion 22 Apr 2026 · GNEWS Minor S-Oil Team Leader Jailed, Executives Cleared in Explosion Case 15 Jan 2026 · GNEWS Minor Petrochemical factory explosion in Yeosu kills six 24 Aug 2000 · GNEWS Moderate

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When they happen

September carries the most explosions we hold for South Korea — 19 of 29. This is when incidents were reported, so read a quiet month as either a quiet month or thin reporting.

MonthRecorded
January 1
February 0
March 0
April 1
May 0
June 5
July 0
August 1
September 19
October 2
November 0
December 0

Where this data comes from

No agency anywhere publishes a live feed of explosions. These records come from news reporting — GDELT · our harvester · national press — so coverage follows media attention rather than what happened. We search in local languages to narrow that gap, not to close it.

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