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Smee · Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Location: Jeollanam-do

I don't think I've ever been to Seocho-gu. What's on the site of the former department store now?

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

I was in Korea when it happened. Was pretty crazy stuff. I remember they found 2 people, a man and a woman still alive days after the initial collapse. It rained a lot so the survivors said they could drink water that seeped down into the cracks under the rubble.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

My wife went to school in the neighbourhood of Sampoong, and many students from her school were killed in the collapse. She was at a restaurant a few blocks down and heard the thing fall.

Binch Lover · Joined: 25 Jul 2005

I saw that documentary too... pretty shocking stuff. I work in Seocho-gu but I've never heard of the Sampoong district. Where is it??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampoong_Collapse

animalbirdfish · Joined: 04 Feb 2004

Now I really want to see it. Reckon anyone here could record a rerun and seed it up as a torrent?

princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

A Korean girl I knew told me an eerie story. Her Dad had a nightmare the night before this happened. The next day, he told her Mom not to go to this department store, because he had a nightmare and had a terrible feeling. She listened and stayed home. That was the day this dept. store collapsed. Almost makes chills run up my spine.

aquagirl · Joined: 09 Jan 2007

Here's an interesting link from the National Geographic Channel
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/channel/blog/2005/09/explorer_collapse.html

aquagirl · Joined: 09 Jan 2007

Here's another link that mentions Lee being one of the founders of the KCIA - forerunner to the National Intelligence Service.
It could just be a conspiracy theory, but it's an interesting read
http://www.dpg.devry.edu/~akim/sck/dirt1.html

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Anyone know the exact location? What subway station is it near? Any memorial located there now?

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

seoulsister · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Location: International Network

I was told it's in the Kyodae area. It's an apartment complex now if my source is correct. The place I'm thinking of is a 5 minute walk up the hill from Exit 10 of Kyodae Station. It's called Acrovista I think. But there's nothing interesting to see...just another apatu.

Binch Lover · Joined: 25 Jul 2005

I asked my coworkers about it and they said that it was near Gyodae station, opposite the public prosecutor's office.

Jeweltone · Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Location: Seoul, S. Korea

Does anyone know if these laws are being enforced? I often wonder about the "human filing cabinets" that most Koreans live in. What happens
in those tenements if there is a fire, for example?

My own building (in the country) has "minor" problems (banisters falling off, sinkholes in the floor, sporadic utility functionality, etc.) but it is solidly built. The building is only five years old, btw.

Some of the side buildings (not stalls) in the big markets (Namdemun, Dongdaemun, etc.) appear to be less that stable. Is there any sort of "retrofitting" law in Korea? More interestingly, does anyone on this board (who speaks Korean) have access to contemporary safety codes? I'd be curious to know...

cangel · Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Location: Jeonju, S. Korea

Seems par for the course as far as construction quality goes in this country. They're building a new apartment next to mine and not once have I seen a building inspector. I have even seen them pouring concrete during a thunderstorm.

Alyallen · Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:13 am Post subject:

The show is on now on discovery channel if anyone is interested....

And the show is called Blueprint for Disaster: Sampoong Department Store