'Family Tragedy' Gapyeong Pension Staff Located: "40s Domestic Male"

On the morning of the 3rd, soil collapsed over a pension in Sanyu-ri, Gapyeong-eup, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do. August 3, 2020. [Provided by Gyeonggi-do Northern Fire and Disaster Headquarters / Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Seul-gi] The whereabouts of a pension employee, who was presumed buried after losing contact at the site of a pension burial accident in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, have been confirmed.

On the 4th, a Gapyeong Police Station official stated, "It was finally confirmed that the pension employee left the pension by car the night before the accident and was staying in Seoul," adding, "Contact was made belatedly."

Earlier, there was testimony that "a Vietnamese employee was at the scene," but CCTV verification confirmed this was not true. The employee whose whereabouts have been confirmed is known to be a Korean male in his 40s.

Accordingly, the fire authorities have ended the search for victims at the accident site, but at the request of the bereaved families, they are conducting a search to find personal belongings.

Meanwhile, at around 10:37 a.m. on the 3rd, heavy rain caused a landslide to cover the management building of a pension in Sanyuri, Gapyeong-eup, Gapyeong-gun, resulting in the deaths of the pension owner A (65, female), her daughter (36), and grandson (2), a family of three.

A’s daughter, who had been living in New Zealand, had returned to Korea after giving birth to help her mother and tragically lost her life in this accident, drawing sympathy.

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