SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A power outage disrupted subway operations on a Line 3 section in Goyang, northwest of Seoul, on Friday morning, causing massive congestion for commuters during the morning rush hour. Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) said the power outage happened at 4:30 a.m. between Wondang Station and Wonheung Station, leaving trains [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) on Thursday issued a public apology over a massive power outage that hit the southeastern industrial city of Ulsan the previous day. The blackout occurred at around 3:37 p.m. in a southern residential district of Ulsan, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, due to a malfunctioning [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A power failure at a Samsung Electronics factory disrupted production of semiconductors on Tuesday, industry sources said. They said the power outage that lasted about a minute at the factory in Hwaseong, about 60 kilometers southwest of Seoul, brought production of DRAM and NAND flash chips to a stop. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO said Tuesday one of its major steel mills has returned to normal operations following a power outage the previous day. POSCO said that furnaces and other production facilities at its steel mill in Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province, some 420 kilometers southwest of Seoul, are [...]