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S Korea Requests N Korea to Explain Deadly River Surge

Summary: The South Korean government on September 7 has sent a notification letter requesting North Korea to explain on a sudden unleash of water into the Imjin River at the dawn of September 6 The Ministry of Unification Spokesman Chun Hae sung in a press briefing held on Monday stated The government has delivered a notification letter under the name of Land Transport and Maritime Minister to North Korea and added Through the letter we have expressed strong regrets over a fatal damage on a release of water to the Imjin River dam that has resulted in six missing South Koreans and demanded North Korea to explain the reasons of the incident The South Korean government previously judged that the incident was caused by an unexpected river surge from the North Korean region based on investigation results drawn up on September 6 Meanwhile criticisms are growing that lukewarm responses and an insufficient cooperation system of South Korea s relevant ministries and offices including a local government in Yeoncheon gun the Ministry of National Defense Korea Water Resources Corporation K Water under the Ministry of Land Transportation and Maritime Affairs MLTM have fueled the incident Furthermore an automatic alert system installed by K Water in order to prevent flooding was revealed to have faltered at a time of the incident At around 10 22 in the morning of September 7 on the second day of searching missing campers the National 119 Rescue Service found a body assumed to be one of missing people on the downstream of Samhwa gyo located 5km distant from the place where wall of water was unleashed After 15 minutes at around 10 37 another body was found at the downstream of Biryeong Bridge situated 11 5km distant from Samhwa gyo Eun jung Kim JYJ ⓒ Maeil Business Newspaper mk co kr All rights reserved The South Korean government on September 7 has sent a notification letter requesting North Korea to explain on a sudden unleash of water into the Imjin River at the dawn of September 6 The Ministry of Unification Spokesman Chun Hae sung in a press briefing held on Monday stated The government has delivered a notification letter under the name of Land Transport and Maritime Minister to North Korea and added Through the letter we have expressed strong regrets over a fatal damage on a release of water to the Imjin River dam that has resulted in six missing South Koreans and demanded North Korea to explain the reasons of the incident The South Korean government previously judged that the incident was caused by an unexpected river surge from the North Korean region based on investigation results drawn up on September 6 Meanwhile criticisms are growing that lukewarm responses and an insufficient cooperation system of South Korea s relevant ministries and offices including a local government in Yeoncheon gun the Ministry of National Defense Korea Water Resources Corporation K Water under the Ministry of Land Transportation and Maritime Affairs MLTM have fueled the incident Furthermore an automatic alert system installed by K Water in order to prevent flooding was revealed to have faltered at a time of the incident At around 10 22 in the morning of September 7 on the second day of searching missing campers the National 119 Rescue Service found a body assumed to be one of missing people on the downstream of Samhwa gyo located 5km distant from the place where wall of water was unleashed After 15 minutes at around 10 37 another body was found at the downstream of Biryeong Bridge situated 11 5km distant from Samhwa gyo Eun jung Kim JYJ ⓒ Maeil Business Newspaper mk co kr All rights reserved

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