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High schooler arrested for alleged attempt to kidnap elementary school student

Police arrested a high school student on Monday for allegedly trying to kidnap an elementary student in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, Monday, questioning the teenager on Tuesday.

2025.9.9

Police, firefighters and officials from the National Forensic Service conduct a joint inspection on July 18 at an apartment complex in Soha-dong, Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, where a fire in the parking lot the previous day resulted in multiple casualties. [YONHAP]

Man rescued from Gwangmyeong apartment fire dies after 3 weeks in hospital

A man in his 80s who suffered severe burns in a fire at an apartment building in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, on July 17 died Friday, bringing the death toll from the blaze to six.

2025.8.8

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Firefighters and other officials conduct a joint investigation on July 18 at the scene of a fire that occurred in an apartment parking lot in Soha-dong, Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, on July 17. [KIM JEONG-JAE]

Fatal Gwangmyeong apartment blaze raises questions about residential fire code

Three people critically injured in a devastating apartment fire in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, on Thursday night have died, ringing fresh alarms over Korea’s building safety regulations.

2025.7.18

Authorities conduct a search and rescue operation for a missing worker after a tunnel under construction for section 5-2 of the Shinansan Line collapsed, in Gwangmyeong on April 16. [NEWS1]

Authorities raid multiple locations in Gwangmyeong tunnel collapse investigation

A special investigation team from the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency and the Seongnam Branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor began a joint raid at around 9 a.m. on Thursday in regard to a recent tunnel collapse.

2025.4.25

Firefighters are moving around the collapse site of the 5-2 section at the Shinansan Line underground tunnel construction site in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, on April 14. [NEWS1]

Missing construction worker found dead by responders 124 hours after site collapse

A man in his 50s who went missing following the collapse of a subway tunnel construction site in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, was found dead inside a container on Wednesday.

2025.4.17

Authorities work on April 16 to recover those missing at a tunnel that collapsed in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, on April 11. [NEWS1]

Last man missing in subway construction site collapse found dead

A man who went missing in the collapse of a subway construction site in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, on Friday was found dead at the site Wednesday, fire authorities said the same day.

2025.4.16

Stabilization work is underway at the Shinansan Line underground tunnel construction site in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi on April 13, that collapsed on April 11. [JANG JIN-YOUNG]

2023 audit found condition of Gwangmyeong tunnel collapse site 'very poor'

The search resumed on Sunday for a worker who went missing when a tunnel collapsed at the Shinansan Line construction site in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, as reports revealed that the construction site had already been flagged over safety concerns in 2023.

2025.4.14

Authorities work on April 13 to recover missing at a tunnel that collapsed in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, on April 11 afternoon. [YONHAP]

Rescuers ready to resume search for missing worker at collapsed subway construction site in Gwangmyeong

Rescue efforts resumed Sunday in Gwangmyeong for a missing worker after a subway construction collapse that left five workers unreachable.

2025.4.13

The collapsed underground section of the Sinansan Line construction site in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, on April 11 [YONHAP]

Search for 1 missing in subway construction site collapse enters 2nd day

The authorities are racing to rescue one missing worker in the collapse of a subway construction site before rain hits the capital area.

2025.4.12

2,300 residents of Gwangmyeong evacuated after tunnel collapse

Some 2,300 residents of Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, have been evacuated after a tunnel construction site collapsed on Friday afternoon, while authorities carefully assess the recovery measures ahead of rains forecast for the weekend.

2025.4.11