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Killing spree by South Korean marine: 1971 Kimpo killings [2] 1971: 28 December: Seoul: 164: Fire: Deadliest hotel fire in South Korean history: Daeyeonggak Hotel fire: 1972: 15 December: en route from Seogwipo to Pusan: 323 to 326: Maritime accident: Sinking of ferry Namyoung-Ho: Sinking of Namyoung-Ho: 1974: 3 November: Seoul: 64: Nightclub ...
Perpetrators-South Korean Army Seoul National University Hospital massacre: 1950, 28 June Seoul: 700-900 Perpetrators-North Korean People's Army Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion: 1948, October - October However pockets of resistance lasted through to 1957, almost 10 years later. Yeosu, Suncheon: 2,976-3,392 Hongcheon shooting 1958, January 23 Hongcheon ...
On January 18, 1971, Kyung-yul King (Korean: 공경렬), a South Korean marine corps sergeant, killed six people and wounded four others in a mass shooting in Kimpo, South Korea before committing suicide.
Some scenes from a 2019 South Korean film, Quantum Physics, about a celebrity drug scandal at a nightclub, were filmed at the Burning Sun nightclub before it closed down. Although it was not based on the real-life scandal, Director Lee Sung-tae said he reconsidered one of the film's scenes, as they were editing as it was ongoing.
The Seocho-dong public restroom murder case [2] (Korean: 서초동 화장실 살인사건), commonly known as the Gangnam Station murder case or the Gangnam Station femicide occurred at the public restroom of a karaoke bar in Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea on 17 May 2016.
After each shooting, the gunmen committed suicide. Both incidents led South Korea to immediate adoption of GPS monitoring of firearms. Since the rarity of shooting incidents in South Korea are evident, they garner international news coverage; the two unrelated spree shootings were widely reported, as was the adoption of the gun control measure. [1]
The Interior Minister of South Korea, Suh Chung-hwa, and the national police chief, A Eung-mo, offered to resign as a form of atonement for Woo's rampage. [2] Suh Chung-hwa, whom president Chun Doo-hwan held responsible for the incident, resigned his commission on April 29, and Roh Tae-woo was appointed Interior Minister.
South Korea 1984 10: 2 oil stove knocked over during quarrel oil fire spread to the couch fire broke out at 4:20 am; victims mostly underage Happy Land fire: The Bronx, New York United States 1990 87: 6 arson gasoline Fifth-worst club fire in American history Daegu Gosonggwan fire Daegu: South Korea 1991 16: 13 arson 6 liters of gasoline