Gov’t to Launch Safety Checks on Flat-plate Apartments in Private Sector

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will conduct safety inspections on nearly 300 flat-plate structure apartment complexes in the private sector nationwide through September as follow-up measures to recent revelations of shoddy residences that lack reinforcing bars, or rebars, in their underground parking lots, the land ministry said Thursday. The all-out inspections will [...]