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Cars Abandoned on Seoul Streets After Heavy Downpours and Flooding

SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A disaster movie-like scene unfolded in southern Seoul on Tuesday morning, as a large number of cars abandoned the previous night by flood-stricken motorists were left unattended on streets. The heaviest rainfall in 80 years battered the Seoul metropolitan area this week, causing flash flooding and submerging many roads [...]

Court Orders Government to Compensate Farmers for Four-River Project Flooding

SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean court has ruled that the South Korean government should pay reparations for farmland flooding that resulted from the Four Major Rivers Project. According to the Environmental Law Center, Seoul Central District Court decided partially in favor of the plaintiff, a landscaping company in Gyeongnam Chilgok that filed a 2 [...]