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...company, Si-sa-yong-o-sa, Inc., based in Seoul, Korea, produces print, audio and video products and publishes two magazines. The company also imports English language textbooks and teaching materials and operates five English language teaching facilities in Seoul, Pusan, and Taegu, Korea...
Dozens of teenage schoolchildren were killed in Taegu, South Korea, when a spark from a subway construction site ignited natural gas leaking from a broken pipeline, creating a tower of flame 150 ft. high. An estimated 100 people were killed in the explosion; hundreds more were injured. President Kim Young Sam blamed the accident on "carelessness...
Five people were arrested in the South Korean city of Taegu on charges of negligence in the Friday explosion of a gas pipeline that killed 100 and hospitialized 125 others. An investigation concluded that in violation of safety rules, construction workers had drilled a hole in a natural gas line. The gas poured into a water main near a construction site and was ignited by a welding spark. In a demonstration at Seoul National University, members of the opposition Democratic Party demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Lee Hong-koo and three other Cabinet ministers and called on President...
PIPELINE EXPLOSION KILLS 103: A spark from subway construction set off a natural gas explosion this morning in the South Korean city of Taegu. At least 103 people were killed, 60 of them teen-aged students. 200 others were injured. Critics of the government gas monopoly say the government has expanded its network of pipes too quickly, at the expense of safety. South Korean President Kim Young-sam said the explosion was a result of "carelessness...
...born Dec. 4, 1932, in a modest three-room farmhouse in the tiny rural town of Yangjinmal, ten miles from the industrial city of Taegu. His was an impoverished childhood, made worse by the severity of the Japanese occupation. Every day the young Roh walked five miles to elementary school classes. The future army general liked to play war games, reserving the leading roles for himself...