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Seongsu Bridge Collapse
The Seongsu Bridge disaster occurred on the morning of October 21, 1994, when a section of the upper truss of the Seongsu Bridge collapsed onto the Han River (Korea), Han River in Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, killing 32 people and injuring 17 others. A combination of Welding defect, faulty welding, rusted extension hinges, and insufficient maintenance resulted in the Structural integrity and failure, structural failure of the bridge. The collapse was part of a string of disasters during the Miracle on the Han River, modernization of South Korea, including the fire of a sightseeing boat, the Sinking of MV Seohae, sinking of MV ''Seohae'', the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 733, the Mugunghwa-ho#Accidents, Gupo Station rail accident, the 1995 Daegu gas explosions, and the Sampoong Department Store collapse. Seventeen Seoul Metropolitan Government, DB Group, Dongbu Corporation, and officials were convicted in connection to the collapse. The Mayor of Seoul and his successor both r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea Standard Time
South Korea has one time zone, Korea Standard Time ( UTC+09:00), which is abbreviated KST. South Korea currently does not observe daylight saving time, but experimented with it during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. History In 1434, inventor Jang Yeong-sil developed Korea's first automatic water clock, which King Sejong adapted as Korea's standard timekeeper. It is likely that Koreans used water clocks to keep time prior to this invention, but no concrete records of them exist. In 1437, Jang Yeong-sil, with Jeong Cho, created a bowl-shaped sundial called the ''angbu ilgu'' (Hangul: 앙부일구), which King Sejong had placed in public so anyone could use it. Geographically, the western parts of Korea, including the South Korean capital city, Seoul, are UTC+08:00. In 1908, the Korean Empire adopted a standard time that was hours ahead of GMT, UTC+08:30. In 1912, during the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Governor-General of Korea changed standard time to UTC+09:00 to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |