Episode 271: The Sampoong department store collapse

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Sep 24, 202601:00:35Society & Culture

It might have felt like just a bad day at work - cracks in the walls, the merchandise shaking on the shelves, the air conditioning needing to be turned off. But the Sampoong department store wasn't just falling apart met...

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