8 days and counting.

Holding strong.

The hyper development mentality ingrained in the modern Republic of Korea has been fruitful for the country's infrastructure. Throughout the last 50 years of modernization though, a few tragedies have taught important lessons in regulation. One such tragedy was the collapse of the 성수대교 (Seongsu Bridge), which claimed 32 lives on one morning rush hour in 1994, when a piece of the bridge fell into the river below. As a result of the bridge failure, the full structure needed to be replaced. In other parts of Seoul, buildings have been condemned, due to similar faults in design and construction. In both of these instances, faults are often attributed to lax governmental oversight teemed with increased pressure to build quickly and efficiently.