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It has been more than a year since the collapse of the Hyundai I-Park apartment complex in Gwangju, which claimed the lives of six people.

Following the police investigation, it was concluded that he was a “man of talent” due to a complete lack of confidence.

A total of 20 people, including the construction company Hyundai Development Company, were held responsible for the accident.

The administrative measure against the construction companies has not been carried out for more than a year and there are strong calls for harsh punishments.

Reporter Na Hyun-ho reports first.

[기자]

A newly built apartment building collapsed in an instant,

Against the backdrop of the ongoing collapse of as many as 16 stories, there was an insensitivity to safety, including unauthorized changes to the construction method.

Police concluded that the crash was caused by a combination of major bankruptcy.

[김광남 / 광주경찰청 수사본부장 : 구조 검토 없이 39층 바닥 시공을 데크 플레이트 방식으로 변경하면서 피트 층에 콘크리트 지지대를 설치해서 하중을 크게 증가시켰고, 아래 3개 층에 동바리를 설치하지 않았으며….]

21 people directly guilty of the collapse or involved in illegal subcontracting are on trial.

Among them, three Hyundai Development Company, including the site manager, two subcontractors and a site supervisor were arrested.

However, the contractor and the subcontractor who have been handed over to the process transfer responsibility to each other.

The point at which the new apartment collapsed was just 15 days before the Severe Disaster Punishment Act was implemented.

For this reason, HDC Hyundai Development Company, the construction company, managed to avoid the contractor’s punishment.

Even though it has been a year since the incident, it is still because the administrative arrangement has been slow.

There have been two hearings, but we are in a position to await the outcome of the first trial trial without reaching a conclusion.

[기우식 / 광주 학동·화정동 참사 시민대책위 대변인 : 2년 이상의 영업정지가 필요하다는 중징계 안을 (국토교통부가) 이미 내린 거잖아요. 그러한 상태에서 늦어지고 있다는 것 자체가 뭔가 꼼수가 있는 게 아닌가 봐주기 위한 수순이 아닌가 하는 의심을….]

[조오섭 / 국회 국토교통위원회 위원 (광주 북구갑) : 행정처분이 늦어지게 되면 영업을 계속 지속할 수 있습니다. 그리고 1년 뒤든 2년 뒤든 행정처분이 내려질 때 영업을 안 해도 될 만큼의 공사 현장을 확보할 수 있는 장점들이 있기 때문에….]

Also the Gwangju school incident in which nine people died when a demolished building suddenly fell and hit a passing city bus.

HDC Hyundai Development Company had two serious fatal accidents in Gwangju alone in 7 months.

Follow-up legislative measures were enacted immediately after the disaster, but most of them pass the time without crossing the threshold of the National Assembly.

This is Na Hyun-ho from YTN.

[앵커]

Shopping malls around Gwangju’s Hyundai I-Park, where the collapse occurred, are struggling day after day.

Best of all, prospective tenants who have been waiting for the day to move into a new apartment aren’t the only ones feeling uncomfortable.

It seems that these pains will continue for up to 5 years after the demolition and reconstruction of the apartment is finished.

Later, reporter Seon-Yeol Oh reports.

[기자]

This is the Gwangju Hwajeong I-Park where the accident occurred.

There are shops in the immediate vicinity.

It has been a year since the incident, but it has still not been normalized and rental signs have been posted throughout the mall.

At the time of the accident, the stationery wholesalers affected by the wreck had no choice but to close their doors for two months.

Meanwhile, business partners have been cut out and are only increasing empty shopping centers due to severe management difficulties.

[양해영 / 붕괴 광주 화정 아이파크 인근 상인 : 영업 중지됐을 때 빠져나간 거래처들이 다시 유입되지 않습니다. 고사 위기죠. 마지못해 폐업하지 못해서 아직 버티고 있으신 분들도 계시고….]

I prepare carefully for business but am reluctant to display wares due to the dust of the yard.

They just stare at the quiet street and anxiously wait for customers.

[선문규 / 붕괴 광주 화정 아이파크 인근 상인 : 시멘트 가루가 이렇게 많이 떨어지는데 이걸 어떻게 저희가 다 감당하겠어요. 상인 중에는 이미 시멘트 가루 때문에 피부에 염증이 많이 생기신 분도 계세요.]

Of the 87 shopping centers that suffered damage as a result of the collapse, more than 30 shops, including stationers and florists, have not received compensation for damages.

While construction is underway, neither the district office nor the construction company have clear measures to reduce the damage to the tradesmen.

[홍석선 / 붕괴 광주 화정 아이파크 피해 대책위원장 : 상인들뿐만 아니라 이 주변을 다니는 많은 시민의 건강을 위해서라도 안전을 가장 우선시하는 해체 작업을 하셔야 한다고 생각합니다. 대안이나 대책도 없이 주변에 있는 민원인 희생만 강요하고 있습니다.]

About 5,000 people who have already moved last November are living in endless waiting.

All the plans that had been made at the time of the move went awry and I had to go from rent to rent.

[붕괴 광주 화정 아이파크 입주 예정자 : 수십 개월 동안 전세로만 살 수 없는 부분이잖아요. 월세 사는 사람들도 마찬가지고, 풀어야 할 문제들은 아직 산적하게 남아있죠.]

By the time all the collapsed apartments are demolished and rebuilt, it should be as early as December 2027.

The collapse accident was caused by a construction company carrying out shoddy and unreasonable construction, but the damage was borne by the surrounding tradesmen and potential tenants.

This is YTN Oh Seon-yeol.

YTN Hyunho Na (nhh7@ytn.co.kr)
YTN Oh Seon-yeol (ohsy55@ytn.co.kr)

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