South Korea's consumer inflation quickened in December, exceeding market expectations, official data showed on Tuesday, but it was still lower than the central bank's target.

Samsung Electronics became the largest shareholder of South Korea's Rainbow Robotics , the robotics company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a Jeju Air flight to land without its landing gear down in South Korea, killing 179 people.

Shares of Boeing fell in early trading on Monday, one day after a Boeing model 737-800 was involved in the Jeju Air plane crash in South Korea that killed scores of passengers. The stock price dropped more than 4% at the open of trading on Monday morning.

Investigators from the NTSB and Boeing were expected to join the investigation into South Korea's deadliest air crash.

The flight, operated by Jeju Air, was landing when it went off the runway in Muan, in the country’s southwest. Only two people survived the crash.

The country will inspect its entire airline operations as well as all Boeing 737-800s after 179 people died in a crash involving the aircraft model on Sunday.View on euronews

After over 100 people were killed in a South Korea plane accident, here are the worst accidents and crashes in aviation history.

CNBC’s Leslie Josephs joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss the deadly South Korea plane crash and its impact on Boeing's stock.

One was a 33-year-old man, with the surname Lee, who was rushed to a hospital in Mokpo, about 25km (15.5 mi) south of the airport, but was later transferred to Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital in the capital, Yonhap news agency reported.

South Korean officials are struggling to determine what caused a deadly plane crash that killed nearly 180 people on board, with the nation saddened, shocked and ashamed over the country’s worst aviat