North Korean people walk inside a subway station in Pyongyang, in this undated photo taken from the website of the Chosun ...

For South Korea’s Senior Subway Riders, the Joy Is in the Journey The fare is free for those older than 65, and so some retired people spend their days riding the trains to the end of the line.

South Korean rescue workers on Saturday pulled a man from a collapsed subway construction site near the capital of Seoul and continued searching for another believed to be trapped inside.

To cope, Seoul unveiled plans in December to hike subway fares for the first time since 2015, by as much as 30%, although free rides for the elderly will remain in place.

An underground subway tunnel in South Korea that was under construction collapsed on April 11, leaving several workers trapped nearly 100 feet underground. Officials rescued one of the workers ...

South Korean rescue workers on Saturday pulled a man from a collapsed subway construction site near the capital of Seoul. Officials continued searching for another person believed to be trapped ...

South Korean rescue workers on Saturday pulled a man from a collapsed subway construction site near the capital of Seoul and continued searching for another believed to be trapped inside.

In this photo provided by South Korea Gyeonggi-do Fire Services, a survivor wearing white helmet, is rescued by a firefighter at the scene of a collapsed subway construction site in Gwangmyeong ...

In this photo provided by South Korea Gyeonggi-do Fire Services, a survivor wearing white helmet, is rescued by a firefighter at the scene of a collapsed subway construction site in Gwangmyeong ...