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Sampoong Department Store collapse (Disaster Documentary) - MSN
The in-depth story 1995 Sampoong Department Store collapse disaster in Seoul. It was a busy day at the Sampoong Store that June 29, 1995. Like every other day, people were swarming through the ...
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30 years since department store collapse
A bereaved family member of a victim of the Sampoong Department Store collapse wipes the victim's name engraved in a memorial ...
Most relvatives of 1995 department store victims still traumatized: survey
Many people whose family members died in the 1995 collapse of Sampoong Department Store are still suffering from mental ...
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Seoul's Itaewon Halloween tragedy conjures 1995 Sampoong store collapse - The Washington Post
SEOUL — Built in 1989, the Sampoong Department Store was a sprawling nine-story structure that proudly stood in Seoul’s luxurious Gangnam district. It symbolized South Korea’s economic rise ...
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Sampoong: A deep national wound - The Korea Herald
A sultry early-summer day was just starting to fade, when a deafening bang reverberated throughout Gangnam, Seoul. Half of Sampoong Department Store, the pink-c ...
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Witness History | Sampoong department store disaster - BBC
On 29 June 1995, the Sampoong Department Store in Seoul, South Korea, collapsed due to structural failures. The disaster killed 502 people and injured more than 900. It provoked national outrage ...
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South Korea store collapse and Lady Gaga's meat dress - BBC
Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History stories. In 1995, the collapse of the Sampoong Department Store in the South Korean capital, Seoul, killed and injured hundreds ...