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Kang Tae-jun
Tae-jun Kang is the former NK News East Asia Correspondent. Prior to writing, he worked as a riot police officer in South Korea for two years.
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News Another construction accident occurs in Pyongyang – RFAReports of accident come six months after fatal incident admitted by state media
There may have been another apartment collapse in North Korea recently, about six months after a fatal incident in Pyongyang in May. Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on November 19 that part of a 38-story apartment in the Raknang district of Pyongyang collapsed, killing several construction workers. Multiple unnamed sources told RFA that the collapse happened in October at the apartment under construction when a crane fell down with failing to sustain itself. It was reported that North Korea’s youth storm troops were in charge of the construction. The North Korean government is cleaning up the debris, and now the © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |