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This is a partial list of man-made disasters in South Korea since the Korean War. It includes events that have a Wikipedia entry and other events mentioned in a reputable source.

Year Date Location Number killed Type Description Reference
1953 5 January en route from Yeosu to Pusan 229 Maritime accident Sinking of ferry MV Changgyeong [1]
1960 26 January Seoul Railroad Station 31 Stampede At least 3,926 person trigger rush to platform on Number 601 local train, according to South Korea National Police Agency official confirmed report.[citation needed]
1969 11 December Departed from Gangneung Air Base 0 Terrorism Hijacking of South Korean domestic flight Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking
1970 14 October Mosan accident 46 Level crossing accident A 77 middle student board on bus, collision with Janghang Station bound express train at Mosan, Chungcheongnam-do, to according to SKNPA official confirmed report.[citation needed]
1971 18 January Kimpo 6 Mass murder 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 Busan 323 to 326 Maritime accident Sinking of ferry Namyoung-Ho Sinking of Namyoung-Ho
1974 3 November Seoul 64 Nightclub fire Time Club fire List of nightclub fires
1975 August to October Various 17 Serial killing Serial killing spree Kim Dae-doo
1977 11 November Iksan, North Jeolla 56 to 59 Explosion Accidental detonation of a munitions train Iri Station explosion
1980 15 November Gimpo International Airport 15 Aviation accident Pilot error on landing due to bad weather Korean Air Lines Flight 015
1980 18-27 May Gwangju 187 Pro-democracy demonstrations Demonstrations opposing the Coup d'état of May Seventeenth Gwangju Uprising
1982 6 February Jeju International Airport 53 Aviation accident Crashing of military plane from bad weather February 1982 Korean Air Force C-123 accident
1982 18 March Busan 1 Arson Arson attack on US target Busan American Cultural Service building arson
1982 18 April Uiryeong County 25 Fire Accidental fire in a club, fire escapes chained shut List of nightclub fires
1982 26-27 April Uiryeong County 63 Mass murder Shooting spree by a former marine Uiryeong Spree Killing
1984 14 January Busan 34 Fire Hotel Fire [3]
1986-1988 October 1986 - August 1988 Seoul 5 Serial killing Poisonings with potassium cyanide Kim Sun-ja (serial killer)
1986–1991 15 September 1986 - 3 April 1991 Hwaseong 15 Serial killing Hwaseong serial murders Lee Choon-jae
1986 5 April Osan Air Base 16 Fire Fire at a military fuel depot [4]
1986 14 September Gimpo International Airport 5 Terrorism Bombing of airport by North Korea Gimpo International Airport bombing
1987 17 June near Koje Island 25 - 38 Fire Fire onboard thanks to overheating engine Kukdong-ho Fire[citation needed]
1987 29 November over the Andaman Sea 115 Terrorism Airliner destroyed by bomb planted aboard Korean Air Flight 858
1988 25 March Anyang, Gyeonggi 22 Fire Fire inside of Green Hill Textile Company [5][6][7][8]
1991 26 March Daegu 5 Mass murder Unsolved homicide of 5 boys Frog Boys
1991 17 October Daegu 16 Arson Attack on a nightclub [9]
1993 28 March Gupo station 78 Train derailment Unauthorized tunneling under causing track to collapse
1993 26 July Mokpo Airport 69 Aviation accident Pilot error leading to controlled flight into terrain Asiana Airlines Flight 733
1993 10 October offshore near Buan County 292 Maritime accident Sinking of ferry in bad weather Sinking of MV Seohae
1993-94 South Jeolla 5 Serial killing Serial killing against the rich; cannibalism Chijon family
1994 21 October Seoul 32 Structural failure Collapse of section of bridge from faulty weld Seongsu Bridge Disaster
1995 28 April Daegu 101 Explosion Construction accident leading to puncturing of gas pipe 1995 Daegu gas explosions
1995 29 June Seoul 502 Structural failure Department store collapse from structural overload Sampoong Department Store collapse
1996 17 September – 5 November Gangneung 40 Military confrontation Infiltration of North Korean spy submarine resulting in casualties to both sides 1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident
1998 22 June near Sokcho 9 Military confrontation Sinking of damaged North Korean spy submarine under South Korean Navy control 1998 Sokcho submarine incident
1999 30 June Hwaseong 23 Fire Fire at children's summer camp dormitory Sealand Youth Training Center Fire
1999 30 October Inchon 54 to 65 Fire Fire at illegal bar for underage drinkers [10]
1999-2000 June 1999 - April 2000 Various 9 Serial killing Serial killing spree Jeong Du-yeong
2000 October - December North Jeolla Province 3 Serial killing Serial killing or rape of minors Kim Hae-sun
2002 15 April near Busan 129 Aviation accident Pilot error leading to controlled flight into terrain Air China Flight 129
2003 18 February Daegu 192 Arson Suicide attack by setting fire to a subway train Daegu subway fire
2003–04 September 2003 to July 2004 Seoul 20 Serial killing Killing spree of prostitutes and old men; cannibalism Yoo Young-chul
2004–06 January 2004 to April 2006 Gyeonggi Province 15 Serial killing Serial killing spree Jeong Nam-gyu
2005–08 October 2005 to December 2008 Ansan 10 Serial killing Serial killing spree of women due to lust Kang Ho-sun
2008 10 February Seoul 0 Arson Arson to historic Namdaemun gate 2008 Namdaemun fire
2008 20 October Seoul 6 Mass murder Arson and stabbing attack Nonhyeon-dong massacre
2008 7 January Icheon 40 Fire Fire in warehouse under construction 2008 Icheon fire[11]
2010 26 March offshore near Baengnyeongdo 46 Military confrontation North Korean attack ROKS Cheonan sinking
2011 4 July Ganghwa Island 4 Mass murder Mass shooting [12]
2011 28 July crashed near Jeju Island 2 Aviation accident Crash resulting from fire in aircraft's cargo Asiana Airlines Flight 991
2011 - 2014 Pocheon 3 Serial killing Killing of relatives with herbicides for money Pocheon poisonings
2014 16 April en route from Inchon to Jeju island 304 Maritime accident Sinking of ferry from crew error and overloading Sinking of MV Sewol
2014 2 May Seoul 0 Subway accident Rear-end collision 2014 Seoul subway crash
2014 21 June Gangwon 5 Mass murder Rampage by a South Korean soldier Goseong killing spree
2014 17 October Seongnam 16 Structural failure Ventilation grate collapse at K-pop concert [13]
2015 25-27 February Sejong City and Hwaseong 8 Mass murder Two separate mass murder-suicides two days apart 2015 Sejong and Hwaseong shootings
2015 6 September offshore near Chuja 18 Maritime accident Fishing boat lost in heavy seas Sinking of Dolgorae
2017 21 December Jecheon 29 Fire Electrical fire in a gym Jecheon building fire[14]
2018 20 January Miryang 5 Fire Arson attack on a hotel [15]
2018 26 January Miryang 41 Fire Unknown cause; lack of sprinklers Miryang hospital fire
2018 June Gunsan 5 Fire Arson [16]
2018 19 August Inchon 9 Fire Fire in an electronics factory [17]
2018 9 November Seoul 7 Fire Fire caused by electric stove overheating [18]
2020 29 April Icheon 39 Fire Fire in a warehouse under construction 2020 Icheon fire
2021 9 June Gwangju 9 Structural Failure Construction error during demolition 2021 Gwangju building collapse
2022 9 June Daegu 7 Arson Attack on a law office [19]
2022 29 October Seoul 156 Crowd crush Crushing the crowd during Halloween festival Seoul Halloween crowd crush
2024 24 June Hwaseong, Gyeonggi 22 Fire Accidental explosion in the warehouse of a lithium battery factory Aricell battery factory fire
2024 1 July Central Seoul 9 Automobile crash Elderly driver reversed into a busy crosswalk. 2024 Seoul car crash

References

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  1. ^ "역사 속 오늘 업무상과실사상죄의 특별처벌법 시초 1953년 1월 9일= 1953년" [Today in history, Initiation of the Act on Special Punishment for Accidental Crimes of Business Negligence January 9, 1953] (PDF) (in Korean). Jeju press. 9 January 2023.
  2. ^ "鄭海兵(정해병)사령관".
  3. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/14/world/around-the-world-fire-in-korean-hotel-kills-34-and-injures-70.html?searchResultPosition=13
  4. ^ Siekert, Alexis (8 April 2013). "Osan community remembers those fallen in 1986 fuel explosion". 51st Fighter Wing, USAF. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  5. ^ https://ngoanyang.or.kr/m/6837
  6. ^ https://ngoanyang.or.kr/m/2138
  7. ^ https://archives.kdemo.or.kr/isad/view/00857554
  8. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20180130021953/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/06/world/anyang-journal-in-korean-factory-a-dream-is-reduced-to-ashes.html
  9. ^ "Arson Fire Kills 16". LA Times. 18 October 1991. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  10. ^ "54 Die in Fire at Youth Hangout in South Korea". The New York Times. 31 October 1999. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  11. ^ Paik, Kathy; Sohn, Jie-ae. "Warehouse blaze claims 40 lives". CNN. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  12. ^ "South Korean marine kills four in shooting spree". Independent.co.uk. 4 July 2011.
  13. ^ "Many dead in collapse at South Korea 4Minute concert". BBC. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  14. ^ "South Korea fire at public gym and sauna kills 29". BBC. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  15. ^ "5 killed in suspected arson attack in Seoul motel". Korea Herald. Yonhap. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  16. ^ Ji-Won, Choi (29 November 2018). "Court sentences arsonist to life imprisonment over fatal bar fire". Korea Herald. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  17. ^ "9 workers killed, 4 injured in electronics factory fire". Korea Herald. Yonhap. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Fire kills at least 7 at dormitory-style housing in S. Korea". Chicago Tribune. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Daegu fire: Seven killed in suspected arson attack in South Korea". BBC. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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