(4)Death toll rises in S. Korea subway fire

(4)Death toll rises in S. Korea subway fire

TAEGU, South Korea - Relatives (R) grieve for victims of a Feb. 18 subway fire in the central South Korean city of Taegu on Feb. 19. The relatives visited the site where the damaged subway train cars had been moved for inspections. More than 120 people were feared killed in the alleged arson case.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001095563
  • Registered date
  • 2003/2/19 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2003 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1588 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.12(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

    US: Arrests Made After Protests Erupt Over NYC Subway Shooting 2

    Protests erupted in New York City on Wednesday, September 18, after police opened fire at an alleged fare evader at a subway station on Sunday, leaving four injured, including one serious case. Family members of victims and protesters demonstrated at the Sutter Avenue L train station in Brownsville and Union Square in Manhattan, leaving 18 people detained.

      US: Arrests Made After Protests Erupt Over NYC Subway Shooting

      Protests erupted in New York City on Wednesday, September 18, after police opened fire at an alleged fare evader at a subway station on Sunday, leaving four injured, including one serious case. Family members of victims and protesters demonstrated at the Sutter Avenue L train station in Brownsville and Union Square in Manhattan, leaving 18 people detained.
        S. Korean lawmakers head to industrial complex in N. Korea

        S. Korean lawmakers head to industrial complex in N. Korea

        PAJU, South Korea - South Korean lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties wave in Paju, South Korea, on Feb. 10, 2012, before heading to the joint inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city Kaesong. It is the first visit to the complex by South Korean lawmakers after the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in December 2011.
          S. Korean lawmakers head to industrial complex in N. Korea

          S. Korean lawmakers head to industrial complex in N. Korea

          PAJU, South Korea - South Korean lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties wave in Paju, South Korea, on Feb. 10, 2012, before heading to the joint inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city Kaesong. It is the first visit to the complex by South Korean lawmakers after the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in December 2011. (Kyodo)
            Fukuda attends S. Korean president's inauguration ceremony

            Fukuda attends S. Korean president's inauguration ceremony

            SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) applauding as new South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (R) leaves the site for Lee's inauguration ceremony in Seoul on Feb. 25. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)
              Abe to raise abduction issue at talks with Bush this week

              Abe to raise abduction issue at talks with Bush this week

              TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) greets Shigeru and Sakie Yokota, the parents of Megumi, the iconic figure of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, at a meeting in Tokyo on April 22 of relatives of abduction victims from Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Romania. Abe told the participants in the meeting that he plans to raise the abduction issue when he meets with U.S. President George W. Bush during his trip to the United States this week. Megumi was abducted to North Korea in 1977 at age 13. Pyongyang says she died while North Korea, but Japan says the North has offered no concrete evidence of her death.
                Bush, Roh meet in S. Korea

                Bush, Roh meet in S. Korea

                GYEONGJU, South Korea - South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun (R) and U.S. President George W. Bush shake hands prior to their talks in Gyeongju, South Korea, Nov. 17. Bush arrived in S. Korea Nov. 16 for talks with Roh and to participate in the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit Nov. 18-19 in Busan.
                  South Korean women begin collecting constibutions

                  South Korean women begin collecting constibutions

                  SEOUL, South Korea - Members of South Korean women's civic groups launch a campaign in Seoul on April 29 to collect money to help the victims of the fatal railway explosion near the North Korean city of Ryonchon that left more than 150 people dead on April 22.
                    Ex-S. Korean abductees call for help, talk of Japanese victims

                    Ex-S. Korean abductees call for help, talk of Japanese victims

                    TOKYO, Japan - Three South Korean men who were abducted by North Korea years ago and returned to their homeland by 2003 speak at a hearing to a Japanese House of Representatives panel on March 2. (From, L to R, front) are Jin Jeng Pal, Lee Jae Keyn and Kim Byeong Do. Shigeru Yokota (R, back), who heads the group of relatives of Japanese abducted by N. Korea, and his wife Sakie (2nd from R, back), listened to their statements.
                      Arson disaster drill conducted in Sendai subway

                      Arson disaster drill conducted in Sendai subway

                      SENDAI, Japan - A staff member of the Sendai city-operated subway rescues wounded passengers in an arson disaster drill conducted March 7 in Izumi Ward. The drill was conducted following the Feb. 18 arson attack in South Korea's Taegu.