Chung Mong-gyu, Chairman of Hyundai Development Company, "Deeply Aware of Heavy Responsibility for Building Collapse Accident"

Non-resident Supervision Contract... "There Was No Supervisor at the Site at That Time"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] On the afternoon of the 9th, a five-story building under demolition in the redevelopment area of Hakdong, Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, collapsed and crushed a city bus, resulting in 17 casualties. In response, Chung Mong-gyu, chairman of the construction company Hyundai Development Company, bowed his head.

On the morning of the 10th, Chairman Chung held a press conference at the briefing room of Gwangju City Hall and stated, "I sincerely apologize to the victims, bereaved families, the injured, and the citizens of Gwangju for this accident, and I deeply feel the heavy responsibility."

He continued, "The company will do its utmost to restore the damages to the injured and bereaved families and to promptly handle the aftermath of the accident. We will establish company-wide measures to prevent such accidents from recurring. Once again, I sincerely bow my head and apologize to all those suffering from this accident."

In response to subsequent questions, CEO Kwon Soon-ho answered.

CEO Kwon emphasized, "We will leave the fact-finding to the relevant authorities and focus on accident recovery and establishing measures to prevent recurrence."

Regarding the absence of a supervisor at the site, he said, "Since the demolition plan dictates that construction progress decisions are made early on, the contract was for a non-resident supervisor. The supervisor was not present at the site at the time, and since the supervisor is not under contract with Hyundai Development Company, they do not have the authority to give instructions."

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