[Photo] Party-Government Meeting on Preventing Recurrence of Gwangju Hakdong Accident

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Noh Hyung-wook is attending the 'Party-Government Meeting on Measures to Prevent Recurrence of the Gwangju Hakdong Accident' held at the National Assembly on the 10th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Noh Hyung-wook is delivering opening remarks at the 'Party-Government Meeting on Measures to Prevent Recurrence of the Gwangju Hakdong Accident' held at the National Assembly on the 10th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Noh Hyung-wook attended the 'Gwangju Hakdong Accident Recurrence Prevention Measures Party-Government Council' held at the National Assembly on the 10th and is seen talking with Song Young-gil, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, during the meeting. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Dong-joo] On the 10th, a party-government consultation was held at the National Assembly to establish measures to prevent the recurrence of the Gwangju Hakdong building collapse accident.

The Gwangju Metropolitan City Hakdong building collapse accident on June 6, which resulted in 9 deaths, was a man-made disaster caused by safety negligence in the construction industry and administrative authorities. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Central Building Accident Investigation Committee for the Gwangju demolition collapse accident (hereinafter referred to as the Investigation Committee) announced on the 9th that the investigation revealed reckless building demolition methods, illegal subcontracting practices in the demolition industry, and poor management and supervision by administrative authorities.

HDC Hyundai Development Company, the primary contractor of the construction, was found to have been aware of illegal subcontracting and demolition construction methods but had overlooked them. After the Gwangju collapse accident, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport formed the Investigation Committee composed of 10 experts in fields such as architectural structure, construction, and law, which conducted a 60-day investigation including on-site verification, hearings with related parties, material strength tests, and collapse simulations.

In this party-government consultation, measures to prevent recurrence were prepared, strengthening the responsibilities of designers, constructors, supervisors, and permit authorities, and including the eradication of illegal subcontracting.

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