BREAKING: Police say a 78-year-old South Korean man has died hours after setting himself ablaze near the Japanese Embassy.
SEOUL, South Korea — The Latest on a South Korean man who set himself on fire in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul :Police say a 78-year-old South Korean man who set himself ablaze near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul has died.Police say the man, surnamed Kim, died while being treated in a Seoul hospital on Friday.
According to police, he ignited a fire inside his car parked in front of the building where the Japanese Embassy is located. Police say Kim had told an acquaintance before the incident that he was trying to set himself ablaze because of his antipathy toward Japan.South Korean police say a man has set himself on fire in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul amid rising trade disputes between Seoul and Tokyo.
Police say the man in his 70s ignited a fire inside his car parked in front of a building where the Japanese Embassy is housed on Friday.Media reports say he is unconscious. The motive for his action wasn’t immediately known. But it comes as ties between Seoul and Tokyo have plunged to their lowest point since Japan recently tightened export controls of some high-tech materials.
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