Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Worker dead in crane accident at road construction site

A crane toppled over at a road improvement construction site near the southern ramp of Jamsil Bridge in Songpa District, southern Seoul, at around 3:20 p.m. on Thursday, trapping and killing a worker.

2025-12-18

54 crane operators illegally suspended work: Investigation

The government believes they have slowed or stopped work in order to extract additional concession from clients, and the action against them is part of the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s campaign against illegal labor activity.

2023-04-09

Crane quarrels

Tower cranes suspended at a construction site in Seoul on Tuesday.

2021-06-08

Busan cranes use 5G to control their multi-ton game of Tetris

BUSAN — Yard crane No. 207 in Dongwon Pusan Container Terminal looks like a massive claw machine, except that the objects it transfers are not dolls or toys, but containers weighing up to 32 tons.

2021-05-02

Dance of cranes

A group of white-naped cranes take rest in Junam Reservoir in Changwon, South Gyeongsang, on Sunday.

2021-02-08