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[WORD_ON_THE_WEB] 'Are the deaths of the victims of the accident reversible?'

A court on Thursday granted an injunction filed by HDC Hyundai Development to stop a business suspension order it got from the Seoul city government over a building demolition disaster that claimed nine lives last year.

2022.4.18

HDC Hyundai Development Company's headquarters in Yongsan, Seoul. [YONHAP]

HDC's business license suspended for eight months

The suspension was due to a fatal collapse at a construction site in Gwangju that killed nine people in June 2021. HDC could face additional penalties for another accident in January, which killed six construction workers.

2022.3.30

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HDC protests

Civic groups, including the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, demonstrate in front of the Federation of Korean Industries headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul where Hyundai Development Company’s annual shareholders meeting was held.

2022.3.29

Hyundai Development Company's headquarters in Yongsan, Seoul, Monday [YONHAP]

HDC's business license should be yanked: Land Ministry

The Land Ministry requested either the termination of Hyundai Development Company's business license or suspend it for a year following the collapse of an apartment building under construction in Gwangju that killed six workers .

2022.3.28

Hyundai Development Company's apartment in Gwangju that collapsed during construction in January. The accident killed six workers. It was the second construction accident in the same city by HDC. In June last year a building that was being dismantled fell on top of a bus passing by. It killed nine people. [NEWS1]

Blame laid for lethal Gwangju construction accident

The design of the building had been altered from initial plans, increasing safety risks, the quality of the concrete used was subpar, and there were flaws in the management of the construction.

2022.3.14

HDC's contracts crumble after disaster in Gwangju

Hyundai Development Company (HDC) is struggling to keep its construction deals following a tragic apartment collapse in January.

2022.2.19

Reputational damage

At a construction site in Songpa District, "IPARK" and "HDC" are obscured on Tuesday. Since part of an apartment under construction by the company in Gwangju collapsed last week, people have been hesitant to move into apartments built by HDC.

2022.1.18

The side of a collapsed facade of an apartment in Gwangju being constructed by Hyundai Development Company on Wednesday. The collapse took place Tuesday afternoon, injuring at least one worker and leaving six missing. [YONHAP]

[THINK ENGLISH] 광주 신축 아파트 외벽 붕괴, 작업자 6명 실종

A facade of a high-rise apartment being built in Gwangju crumbled on Tuesday, leaving at least six workers missing and one injured. The apartment was being built by Hyundai Development Company (HDC), the same company whose workers are currently on...

2022.1.18

End bad practices (KOR)

One week has passed since the collapse of a façade of a 39-story apartment building under construction in Gwangju, South Jeolla. But after the body of one construction worker has been found, families of the remaining five still...

2022.1.17

End bad practices