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Man dies after fall from Jesok Mountain bridge, second fatality in two months

A man died early Monday morning after falling from a suspension bridge on Jesok Mountain in Nam District, Gwangju, marking the second such fatality in two months, raising renewed concerns over safety measures.

2025-04-21

Authorities raid construction firms over Gyeonggi bridge collapse

Authorities investigating Tuesday's fatal collapse of a bridge structure at an expressway construction site in Gyeonggi raided the offices of several entities related to the project on Friday.

2025-02-28

Deadly expressway bridge collapse spotlights systemic safety failures at Korean construction sites

A recent construction accident on the Sejong-Pocheon Expressway highlights ongoing safety and oversight issues in South Korean construction, echoing past bridge collapses and underscoring systemic failures.

2025-02-27

Bridge collapse victims' families grieve as investigations get underway

A bereaved daughter and her recently-widowed mother wept on Tuesday at a funeral hall in Gyeonggi as they were mourning the death of their father and husband who died while working on a bridge structure that collapsed earlier the same day.

2025-02-26

Four dead, six injured in highway bridge construction collapse on Gyeonggi-South Chungcheong border

Four construction workers were killed and six injured after a bridge structure collapsed at a highway construction site in Anseong, Gyeonggi, on Tuesday morning.

2025-02-25

Asia Song Festival, Culture Bridge Festa to take place in Yeouido this weekend

This year’s Asia Song Festival and Culture Bridge Festa will kick off together at Yeouido Hangang Park in western Seoul from Oct. 26, with the latter slated to run until the next day.

2024-10-23

Police seek arrest warrant for North Korean defector who attempted border crossing in village bus

Police applied for an arrest warrant on Wednesday against a North Korean defector who hijacked a bus and attempted to cross the border back to North Korea through the Unification Bridge in Gyeonggi.

2024-10-03

Cutthroat war over the ‘bridge fuel’

Korea must act more aggressively to secure LNG to meet the carbon neutrality goal by 2050.

2024-05-07

Inspectors investigate cause of Siheung bridge collapse

Inspectors investigate the cause of a bridge collapse that occurred on Tuesday in Siheung, Gyeonggi, during a joint on-site inspection on Thursday.

2024-05-02

Police probe bridge collapse that injured seven in Siheung

On Tuesday afternoon, a partial bridge deck at an overpass construction site in Siheung collapsed, injuring seven individuals, including six construction workers and one passerby.

2024-05-01