Bereaved families of the victims of last year’s Osong flood disaster called for the government to take action to prevent similar accidents during a memorial event to commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy on Monday.
Bereaved families of victims of last year's Osong flood disaster called for the punishment of senior officials responsible as they began a march on Monday to commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy.
Prosecutors summoned North Chungcheong Gov. Kim Young-hwan on Wednesday for alleged involvement in a flood disaster in Osong-eup last year that killed 14 people.
Prosecutors on Thursday filed arrest warrants against seven individuals for alleged negligence that they said contributed to 25 casualties in a flash flood that overcame an underpass in Osong-eup in Cheongju, North Chungcheong, in July.
Family members of the people killed when an underpass in Osong-eup, North Chungcheong flooded during monsoon rains last month filed complaints against government officials on Thursday, accusing them of responding inadequately to a disaster they ...
The government requested that the prosecution investigate 36 local officials over the flood disaster in an underpass in North Chungcheong, but 22 of them turned out to be lower-level officials.
Prosecutors raided multiple police and local government offices on Monday in connection to the recent flooding of an underpass in Cheongju, North Chungcheong, which claimed 14 lives.
The government on Friday requested an investigation into police officers suspected of misconduct in responding to the recent deadly flooding of an underpass in Osong-eup of Cheongju, North Chungcheong.
The National Forensic Service conducts an inspection on the underpass in Oseong-eup in Cheongju, North Chungcheong, on Thursday. Some 14 people died after 60,000 tons of water rushed into the tunnel from the nearby Miho River.
Thirteen areas were designated as special disaster zones on Wednesday, making them eligible for emergency relief for last week’s heavy downpours.
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