Great Disasters

The Sampoong Department Store Collapse

June 21, 2019 Kari Fay Episode 29
Great Disasters
The Sampoong Department Store Collapse
Show Notes

In the glamorous Gangnam area of Seoul, South Korea, hundreds of shoppers browsed through luxury goods or stopped to grab a couple of things on their way home from work. Then, with a loud bang, the store literally collapsed around them.

Drawing on contemporary news reports and accounts from survivors, witnesses and investigators, I'll tell the full story of the Sampoong Department Store collapse.


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