SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A subway construction site in Gwangmyeong, just south of Seoul, collapsed Friday, leaving one worker missing, authorities said. The site had been evacuated earlier in the day after authorities were alerted to the risk of collapse following the discovery of cracks in multiple pillars used in the construction of [...]
PARIS, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea will eventually collapse like the Soviet Union even if it has nuclear weapons, a French scholar who has studied the reclusive country for many years said. Pierre Rigoulot, the head of Institut d’Histoire Sociale, told Yonhap News Agency in Paris on Thursday that the key to handling [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – On the morning of June 1, 7:20 a.m., an accident occurred at a metro construction site in Namyang-ju, northern Seoul, killing four on the site according to Yonhap news. The number of injuries has been confirmed as eight and others were transferred to a nearby hospital. Witnesses said there had [...]