A deadly Pyongyang building collapse in 2014 might have been avoided if warning signs had been properly heeded by local officials, a recent defector with intimate knowledge of the city's construction sector has told NK News.
North Korean media unexpectedly came clean about the “serious accident”, which caused an unknown number of deaths in May 2014, explaining it as having been caused by officials taking an “irresponsible” approach to supervision, and construction efforts that had not been “done properly."
A deadly Pyongyang building collapse in 2014 might have been avoided if warning signs had been properly heeded by local officials, a recent defector with intimate knowledge of the city's construction sector has told NK News.
North Korean media unexpectedly came clean about the “serious accident”, which caused an unknown number of deaths in May 2014, explaining it as having been caused by officials taking an “irresponsible” approach to supervision, and construction efforts that had not been “done properly."
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Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.