June 29
1995
Sampoong Department Store Collapse
On June 29, 1995, the Sampoong Department Store in Seoul, South Korea, suddenly collapsed, killing 502 people and injuring nearly a thousand more. The disaster exposed deep failures in construction ethics, regulatory oversight, and management responsibility, leading to sweeping reforms and haunting the nation’s memory ever since. Read more
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