South Korean Air Force Pilots Charged Over Accidental Bombing of Village

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South Korea has charged two air force pilots with criminal negligence over the accidental bombing of a residential area near the country's border with North Korea during a training exercise. At least 29 people were injured in the incident.

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00:00South Korea has charged two Air Force pilots with criminal negligence for accidentally

00:05bombing a residential area.

00:07Eight bombs fell on a village near the North Korean border during a training exercise last

00:12week.

00:13They injured at least 29 people and damaged homes.

00:16South Korea's defense ministry says the pilots made mistakes when entering coordinates into

00:21their aircraft systems.

00:23The ministry's criminal investigation agency says they're still looking into the incident.

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