Partial Flooding of Waterside Building at Jamwon Hangang Park... What About the 1st Floor Cafe?

No Human Casualties... Due to River Water Inflow Causing Loss of Balance

Part of the first floor of the floating water structure at Jamwon Hangang Park in Seocho-gu, Seoul, was submerged.

Jamwon Hangang Park, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Honam Moon munonam@

According to Seoul city officials on the 22nd, a flooding incident occurred around 11:35 p.m. the previous day on part of the first floor of the Seoul Royal Marina floating water structure (pier) within Jamwon Hangang Park.

As a result of the incident, part of the first-floor cafe located in the building was flooded. At the time, some employees who had finished business and were cleaning were present in the building but evacuated safely, resulting in no casualties.

Seoul city believes that river water entered beneath the pier structure, causing the center of gravity to collapse. The cause of the water inflow is planned to be identified through a joint expert investigation as soon as equipment deployment becomes possible due to the reduced discharge from the Paldang Dam.

Furthermore, based on the investigation results, the city plans to strengthen the safety inspection standards for buoyancy bodies within the safety inspection items and conduct safety inspections on all floating water structures in the Hangang River.

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