In Mandarin Chinese, the word "tiankeng" directly translates as "heavenly pit" or "sky hole," a phenomenon known as a sinkhole in English. Sinkholes are dramatic geological occurrences caused by ...

A motorcyclist was found dead Tuesday around 18 hours after he vanished into a massive sinkhole that opened up in Seoul, ...

Officials in South Korea say a motorcyclist who fell into a cavernous sinkhole that opened on a Seoul street was found dead ...

SEOUL, March 25 (Reuters) - A motorcyclist who had plunged into a 20-metre (65.62 ft) deep sinkhole in South Korea's capital Seoul was found dead on Tuesday, a rescue official said, while the ...

Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a massive sinkhole near Tokyo. Authorities in Yashio City, Saitama, received calls ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...

They can be a life-threatening disaster—or a pricey nuisance. Here’s what you need to know about the depressions and holes that can form beneath our feet. Increased use of groundwater caused ...

SEOUL, South Korea — A motorcyclist who fell into a cavernous sinkhole that opened on a Seoul street was found dead after an overnight search, officials in South Korea’s capital said Tuesday.