[Oni]

It's a shame that Un's actions have been of further detriment to his citizens. Hopefully this doesn't cause a "Chernobyl- or Fukushima-style disaster."

The collapse happened at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the north-east of the country on October 10, according to Japan’s TV Asahi.

The disaster has prompted fears of a massive radioactive leak which could spark a Chernobyl- or Fukushima-style disaster.

A North Korean official said the collapse happened during the construction of an underground tunnel, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports.

Some 100 people are said to have been trapped by the initial tunnel collapse, with a further 100 lost in a second collapse during a rescue operation, Asahi reported Tuesday.

Read More: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4806082/no...st-updates

[S3xySmurf]

It's a shame that Un's actions have been of further detriment to his citizens. Hopefully this doesn't cause a "Chernobyl- or Fukushima-style disaster."

The collapse happened at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the north-east of the country on October 10, according to Japan’s TV Asahi.

The disaster has prompted fears of a massive radioactive leak which could spark a Chernobyl- or Fukushima-style disaster.

A North Korean official said the collapse happened during the construction of an underground tunnel, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports.

Some 100 people are said to have been trapped by the initial tunnel collapse, with a further 100 lost in a second collapse during a rescue operation, Asahi reported Tuesday.

Read More: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4806082/no...st-updates

As you said hopefully this won't be another Chernobyl incident, hopefully the radiation in the tunnels is deeper than we think otherwise it's most likely being released into the atmosphere as we speak.

[mothered]

Back In the mid 80s, I remember the Chernobyl disaster quite well. Shocking to say the least.

In this case, so many lives lost due to (as they say) construction failure that could've easily been avoided with proper workmanship. If I'm not mistaken, Chernobyl's loss of life was around 30-35.

[S3xySmurf]

Back In the mid 80s, I remember the Chernobyl disaster quite well. Shocking to say the least.

In this case, so many lives lost due to (as they say) construction failure that could've easily been avoided with proper workmanship. If I'm not mistaken, Chernobyl's loss of life was around 30-35.

I believe you are forgetting the amount of people who were exposed to the radiation throughout the cleanup a lot of those people have died because of the exposure to the radiation, I believe I read somewhere before they linked from 10,000 to 200,000 deaths to the Chernobyl incident but then again they are never "sure" and these figures are predicted. These figures were taken from 1990 to 2004.

[mothered]

I believe you are forgetting the amount of people who were exposed to the radiation throughout the cleanup a lot of those people have died because of the exposure to the radiation, I believe I read somewhere before they linked from 10,000 to 200,000 deaths to the Chernobyl incident but then again they are never "sure" and these figures are predicted. These figures were taken from 1990 to 2004.

I was referring to the number of deaths as a result of the blast Itself, not the aftermath. Hence my recollection of "the mid 80s".

[S3xySmurf]

I believe you are forgetting the amount of people who were exposed to the radiation throughout the cleanup a lot of those people have died because of the exposure to the radiation, I believe I read somewhere before they linked from 10,000 to 200,000 deaths to the Chernobyl incident but then again they are never "sure" and these figures are predicted. These figures were taken from 1990 to 2004.

I was referring to the number of deaths as a result of the blast Itself, not the aftermath. Hence my recollection of "the mid 80s".

Gotcha but as you said it is terrible 200 people losing their lives and if the tunnel is leaking radiation we can expect to see many more...

[mothered]

it is terrible 200 people losing their lives and if the tunnel is leaking radiation we can expect to see many more...

Agree.

This Is devastating, and one can only hope that long-term loss of life Is not on a grand scale (or any scale for that matter).

[Synthx]

Well, for the fact that this could spark a new Chernobyl crisis I hate, but for the fact that it was one of North Korea's Nuclear Tunnels, I find that a good thing as they need to stop aiding to WWIII.

[Syniquity]

People need to respect the north Koreans more, They have made it so much easier for us, The Japanese were so rude they made us drop nukes on them while North Korea is doing it for us <3


(joke)_don't be a an offended fuzzle.

[Llebacc]

100 per collapse, plus an ongoing radioactive disaster...damn. How incompetent does the person managing the build of the tunnel have to be to get 100 people killed in one go? Surely the tunnel, if successfully built, wouldn't be safe to use if 100 people died in a single collapse. It would be near useless. And then the rescue party gets crushed as well...just wow. The event reminds me of early industrial revolution work in the US. Minimal safety, and things like mine and tunnel collapses commonly killed dozens. The country is producing and moving nuclear material but their infrastructure building is stuck in the 1800's. Sounds about right, with all we hear about the DPRK.