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Sun, November 27, 2022 | 00:46

Rescued miner says he never lost hope of escaping from collapsed mine

Rescued miner says he never lost hope of escaping from collapsed mine

Park Jung-ha, one of the two miners who walked out of a collapsed mine Friday night after being trapped for nine days, said he never lost hope and made constant efforts to find a way out."It's good to be out. We spent time consoling each other in the tunnel," the 62-year old told Yonhap News Agency in an interview Saturday as he was recovering in a hospital in Andong, 268 kil...

2022-11-05 16:17

2 trapped miners miraculously walk out alive after 9 days

2 trapped miners miraculously walk out alive after 9 days

Two miners trapped for more than nine days in a collapsed zinc mine in southeastern South Korea walked out alive Friday, authorities said, a miraculous ending to rescue efforts that once looked bleak. The pair had been stuck in a vertical shaft about 190 meters underground at a zinc mine in the county of Bonghwa, 244 kilometers southeast of Seoul, since the mine collapsed on ...

2022-11-05 09:26

Dongsuh Foods draws attention as rescued miners survive on instant coffee mix

Yoon sends thank you letter to 2 surviving miners

Rescued miner says he never lost hope of escaping from collapsed mine

Fire hits thatched house in Hahoe folk village

Fire hits thatched house in Hahoe folk village

A fire broke out Friday at a thatched house in Hahoe Village, a UNESCO world cultural heritage site, in the southeastern city of Andong. No casualties were reported.

2022-11-04 16:17

Seoul to inspect densely populated areas in wake of Halloween tragedy

Seoul to inspect densely populated areas in wake of Halloween tragedy

The Seoul city government will conduct safety inspections on all densely populated areas as part of measures to prevent a possible crowd surge, officials said Friday, in the wake of the deadly Halloween tragedy that killed at least 156 people, mostly in their 20s.

2022-11-04 16:00

PM urges utmost efforts to rescue 2 trapped miners

PM urges utmost efforts to rescue 2 trapped miners

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Friday called for utmost efforts to rescue two miners trapped underground for 10 days.

2022-11-04 15:49

Integrated disaster communication network inactive during Itaewon crush

Integrated disaster communication network inactive during Itaewon crush

An integrated communication network for public safety and disaster prevention was inactive on the night of the deadly crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon district and investigators will look into why the network was inoperative, senior officials said Friday.

2022-11-04 15:18

Gov't must acknowledge responsibility in Halloween crowd crush: rights watchdog

Gov't must acknowledge responsibility in Halloween crowd crush: rights watchdog

The head of the state human rights watchdog urged the government Friday to acknowledge its responsibility for the bungled response to the Itaewon crowd crush, and look thoroughly into what went wrong and who is responsible.

2022-11-04 14:01

Whereabouts of 2 senior police officers under question in Itaewon crush investigation

Whereabouts of 2 senior police officers under question in Itaewon crush investigation

The whereabouts of two senior police officers at the time of the deadly Halloween crowd crush have emerged as a focal point of an investigation into the tragedy that killed more than 150 people in Seoul's Itaewon district.

2022-11-04 12:04

3 US soldiers praised for rescuing about 30 lives from crowd crush

3 US soldiers praised for rescuing about 30 lives from crowd crush

A trio of foreign heroes praised for saving more than 30 lives from last Saturday's tragic crowd crush in Seoul turned out to be American soldiers stationed in Korea, some survivors said Thursday.

2022-11-03 18:15

Celebrity, airline help foreign families bring home Itaewon tragedy victims

Celebrity, airline help foreign families bring home Itaewon tragedy victims

Actress Lee Young-ae is back in the spotlight for helping an ethnic Korean who died in the Halloween crowd crush in Itaewon last Saturday. Lee donated money to pay for Korean Russian Yuliana Pak's body to be returned to Russia via ferry.

Lee Yeon-woo | 2022-11-03 15:59

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