This edition of the Briefing was first broadcast on 30 December 2024 on Monocle Radio.
Hello and welcome to the Briefing broadcasting to you live from Studio one here at Midori House in London.
I'm Georgina Godwin.
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On Sunday, a plane carrying 181 people crashed in South Korea, killing all but two people on board in the country's worst domestic civil aviation dis.
Well, I'm joined now from Seoul by John Lee, who's editor of Korea Pro to give us more detail.
John, what do we know for sure about this incident?
What happened?
Well, what do we know for sure?
I'm afraid that I cannot answer that question because there's a lot of speculation going on.