![On June 29, 1995, the Sampoong Department Store in Seoul, South Korea collapsed. The collapse is the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history, killing 502 people and injuring 937. : r/CatastrophicFailure On June 29, 1995, the Sampoong Department Store in Seoul, South Korea collapsed. The collapse is the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history, killing 502 people and injuring 937. : r/CatastrophicFailure](https://i.redd.it/j624ij0gakg81.png)
On June 29, 1995, the Sampoong Department Store in Seoul, South Korea collapsed. The collapse is the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history, killing 502 people and injuring 937. : r/CatastrophicFailure
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Learning from Seoul's Sampoong Department Store disaster – a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 44 | Cities | The Guardian
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Learning from Seoul's Sampoong Department Store disaster – a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 44 | Cities | The Guardian
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