In Korea, a country known to be very safe for foreign travelers, a silent but imminent danger might be just around the corner on any street in the country — drunk drivers.
A Saemaeul train collided with a car on a railway crossing in Boseong County, South Jeolla, on Sunday morning, killing the driver.
Heavy snowfall in Korea on Thursday evening led to a surge in traffic accidents and road congestion throughout the night and into early Friday.
The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized a five-year prison sentence for a man who killed nine people and injured five after driving the wrong way near City Hall in central Seoul last year.
A worker was seriously injured on Tuesday when a rock fell on them during restoration work at a cultural heritage site in Jecheon, North Chungcheong, local authorities said.
A runner in their 20s who was left brain-dead after being hit by a truck during a marathon in North Chungcheong died Sunday.
Police and the Ministry of Employment and Labor conducted a raid on Hanwha Ocean’s shipyard in Geoje, South Gyeongsang, in connection with a accident that occurred in October that left one subcontract worker dead.
The driver involved in a chain-reaction crash in Daejeon that killed a motorcycle delivery worker and injured more than a dozen people told police he lost consciousness moments before the collision.
Despite the Lee Jae Myung administration’s declaration of a “war on industrial accidents,” the number of workers killed in workplace accidents turned upward last quarter for the first time in three years.
A young girl died and her mother suffered serious injuries after a car struck them near an apartment complex in Busan, police said on Tuesday
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap
