SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Rescue workers have stepped up efforts to find a motorcyclist who fell into a large sinkhole that suddenly appeared in Seoul and left another person injured, officials said. The 20-meter-wide and 20-meter-deep sinkhole abruptly appeared Monday at an intersection near an elementary school in Gangdong Ward, eastern Seoul, at [...]
YANGYANG, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A large sinkhole opened up at a construction site in the east coast county of Yangyang on Wednesday, causing part of an adjacent building to collapse and forcing 97 people to evacuate, officials said. The 12 meter-by-8 meter sinkhole, which is five meters deep, formed at 6:40 a.m. at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A large sinkhole opened next to a construction site in Seoul on Friday, causing hundreds of people in nearby apartment buildings to evacuate. The 30-meter by 10-meter hole was created around 4:38 a.m. on a road between the apartment complex and the construction site in Gasan-dong in southwestern Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Another sinkhole (one meter wide and two meters deep) has formed near the new Lotte World Tower, the latest landmark skyscraper in Seoul. Lotte World Tower is a 123-floor skyscraper in Jamsil, Songpa District, and is currently in the final stages of construction. The tower has received widespread public [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Sinkholes, dropping water levels at the nearby Seokchon Lake and frequent safety accidents at Korea’s tallest skyscraper have raised questions about its safety. To dispel concerns over Lotte World Tower, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of next year, Lotte Group is contemplating the establishment of a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – With the honor that Samsung C&T garnered in the Grand Safety Award in MTR Safety Award sponsored by MTRC of Hong Kong, the construction company now tries to dispel Koreans’ worries over the recent sinkholes in southeast Seoul during its subway construction works in Seoul. Recently, the Hong Kong Transit Railway [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Another sinkhole nearby a skyscraper under construction adds an air of anxiety among residents of Songpa district, one of the most affluent regions in Seoul, where four sinkholes already appeared in two months. On August 5, the latest sinkhole appeared in the middle of a six-lane street in Songpa District just [...]