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Top court finalizes guilty verdicts over deadly 2021 building collapse in Gwangju

Summary by The Korea Times
The Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed guilty verdicts against three construction officials over a fatal building collapse in the southwestern city of Gwangju four years ago. The five-story building collapsed during demolition work on June 9, 2021, falling onto a nearby bus and leaving nine people dead and eight others seriously injured. The court upheld a lower court's sentence of 2 1/2 years against a 51-year-old surnamed Cho, who operated an…

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Top court finalizes guilty verdicts over deadly 2021 building collapse in Gwangju

The Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed guilty verdicts against three construction officials over a fatal building collapse in the southwestern city of Gwangju four years ago. The five-story building collapsed during demolition work on June 9, 2021, falling onto a nearby bus and leaving nine people dead and eight others seriously injured. The court upheld a lower court's sentence of 2 1/2 years against a 51-year-old surnamed Cho, who operated an…

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