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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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 Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 4:06 am Post subject: Another subway accident |
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Eleven persons were injured in what is being called an "explosion" at a station near Gunpo.
You cannot watch the news without witnessing another "accident" in SK.
Here's some excellent advice for everyone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmg86CRBBtw |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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I think you'd know by now that the aim of the contemporary news is to make the audience annoyed, agitated, and angry. I'd say start watching 'magazine' style news, that is the news that are about a week old and have been 'processed', those are much saner. 
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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| andrewchon wrote: |
| I think you'd know by that the aim of the contemporary news is to make the audience annoyed, agitated, and angry. |
Thats true, news editors like to make mileage out of any current event.
In reality there are any number of subway incidents on a daily basis. They only get reported if they compliment a particular theme. |
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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/subway-explosion-injures-11-south-korean-subway-station-article-1.1797700
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Subway explosion injures 11 at South Korean subway station, official says
A part of the train's electrical insulation device was damaged and triggered the explosion just south of Seoul, local emergency official Yoo Hyung-gi said Monday. Operations later resumed at the station.
SEOUL, South Korea - An electrical problem caused an explosion at a South Korean subway station Monday evening, lightly injuring 11 people, an emergency official said.
A part of the train's electrical insulation device was damaged and triggered the explosion at a station in Gunpo city just south of Seoul, local emergency official Yoo Hyung-gi said. He said operations later resumed at the station.
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think this is the kind of international attention the Korean government wants from its soft power push.
It could be the latest K--K-safety. |
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dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Blaming the media for reporting this? They can't ignore news. |
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sojusucks
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| In my opinion, this incident appears to be better covered in the foreign media. Is the Korean press busy covering the President's big speech now? |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| sojusucks wrote: |
| In my opinion, this incident appears to be better covered in the foreign media. Is the Korean press busy covering the President's big speech now? |
It was on the news last night in Korea. |
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