The I’Park apartment in Gwangju, which collapsed and killed six construction workers and injured one in 2022, remains standing on Tuesday.
The bridge being built at a reservoir collapsed at 11:09 a.m.
There had been two previous incidents including one in May 2019 when a roof fell off at the basement parking lot. Another incident occurred within the store on August 2020 where a shelf was damaged.
Two people were buried when a floor in a newly constructed nine-story building collapsed. Both of them were found in a state of cardiac arrest. The incident occurred at a building located in Oksan-dong in Anseong, Gyeonggi.
Torrential rains and strong gusts resulted in at least four more casualties as monsoon downpours wreaked havoc across the country before the weekend.
Twelve people were injured after a ceiling collapsed at a school gym at an elementary school in Yeosu, South Jeolla on Friday.
Police on Friday afternoon raided Seongnam City Hall and Bundang District Office over the collapse of a walkway attached to the Jeongja Bridge.
A third bridge in Bundang District of Seongnam, Gyeonggi was made off-limits to pedestrians due to safety concerns after one of them collapsed earlier this week, killing one and seriously injuring another.
Although corporate earnings, which determine stock performance, still remain weak, they are expected to recover within the year. I hope stock investors hang tough just a little longer.
Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) has been hit by the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
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