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Sampoong Department Store collapse

On June 29, 1995, the Sampoong Department Store (Korean: 삼풍백화점; Hanja: 三豐百貨店) in Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea, collapsed due to a structural failure. The collapse killed 502 people and injured 937, making it the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history. It was the deadliest non-deliberate modern building collapse until the 2013 Rana…

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Location
Seoul, South Korea
Cause
Structural overload, punching shear
Convictions
Criminal negligence resulting in death (Lee Joon) Corruption, accidental homicide (Lee Han-sang)
Date
June 29, 1995; 31 years ago (1995-06-29)
Deaths
502
Injuries
937

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related to Further reading · 19
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related to Documentary · 10
Sampoong Department Store collapse → Blueprint, Disaster, Disaster Autopsy, Episode, Inside Korea's Tragedies, Season, Seconds, Survivors, The Echoes, The Sampoong Collapse
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Sampoong Department Store collapse → Lee Han-sang, 7 years in prison, Lee Joon, 10.5 years in prison (later reduced to 7.5 years)
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Sampoong Department Store collapse → Structural overload, punching shear
Convictions · 1
Sampoong Department Store collapse → Criminal negligence resulting in death (Lee Joon) Corruption, accidental homicide (Lee Han-sang)
Date · 1
Sampoong Department Store collapse → June 29, 1995; 31 years ago (1995-06-29)
Deaths · 1
Sampoong Department Store collapse → 502
Injuries · 1
Sampoong Department Store collapse → 937
Location · 1
Sampoong Department Store collapse → Seoul, South Korea
Suspects · 1
Sampoong Department Store collapse → Lee Joon Lee Han-sang

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Sampoong Department Store collapseCauseStructural overload, punching shear1.00infobox
Sampoong Department Store collapseConvictionsCriminal negligence resulting in death (Lee Joon) Corruption, accidental homicide (Lee Han-sang)1.00infobox
Sampoong Department Store collapseDateJune 29, 1995; 31 years ago (1995-06-29)1.00infobox
Sampoong Department Store collapseDeaths5021.00infobox
Sampoong Department Store collapseInjuries9371.00infobox
Sampoong Department Store collapseLocationSeoul, South Korea1.00infobox
Sampoong Department Store collapseSentenceLee Joon, 10.5 years in prison (later reduced to 7.5 years)1.00infobox
Sampoong Department Store collapseSentenceLee Han-sang, 7 years in prison1.00infobox
Sampoong Department Store collapseSuspectsLee Joon Lee Han-sang1.00infobox
Sampoong Department Store collapseTime5:52 p.m. KST1.00infobox
Sampoong Department Store collapseVerdictGuilty1.00infobox
Sampoong Department Store collapserelated to DocumentaryBlueprint0.60section

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