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At Least 9 Killed in South Korea Building Collapse

VOA News

   At least nine people were killed and eight others injured Wednesday
   when a five-story building collapsed and fell onto a busy street in
   Gwangju, locatedabout270 kilometers southwest ofthe capital,Seoul.

   The building collapsed as it was being demolished, with tons of debris
   falling on top of a passenger bus that was driving past the demolition
   site.All the dead and injured were aboard the bus at the time.

   Officials with the Gwangju fire department say the reason for the
   collapse was unclear.South Korea hashad challengesin addressing its
   badsafety record in terms of infrastructure.

   A department store collapse killed more than 500 people in 1995, and a
   bridge collapse in 1994 killed49 people.

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