A Mugunghwa train crashed into a high-speed train, the KTX-Sancheon, at 9:25 a.m. at Seoul Station in central Seoul, according to Korail.
Korea's new high-speed railway, Great Train Express (GTX) hopes to reduce commute times in the Greater Seoul area. Critics are concerned about the project's potential to exacerbate urban-rural disparities.
Snowfall in Seoul caused disruptions on subway services on Thursday morning, impacting lines No. 2, 5 and 7.
President Yoon Suk Yeol pledged Thursday to "open the era of the GTX in earnest starting this year," referring to the Great Train Express (GTX) high-speed railway system meant to boost connectivity between Seoul and its outskirts.
The train called politics continues to run with all kinds of contradictions until voters stop the train.
The ongoing freeze in electricity rates will be extended for over 3.6 million households as part of an economic relief package agreed upon by the government and the conservative People Power Party (PPP) on Sunday.
Singer Kim Jae-joong will release a full-length album, hold an exhibition and throw another fan-concert, he said during a livestream celebrating his anniversary of 20 years in K-pop on Tuesday.
Subway service on the line was suspended between 7:24 a.m. and 8:15 after an outbound train broke down while going from Geolpo Bukbyeon Station to Unyang Station at 6:23 a.m. The Gimpo Goldline is also commonly called the "hell train."
A station worker caught a man who was hanging on a moving KTX train that was leaving Gwangmyeong Station at around 3:50 p.m. on Friday, KBS reported the same day.
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