South Korea: Torrential Rain Triggers Deadly Landslide, Flooding in Geoje 2

Heavy rain fell across the Geoje area, South Gyeongsang, and continued into Monday, August 17, triggering a landslide in the early hours of Monday that killed at least one person. The torrential rain also prompted dozens of residents to evacuate. Roads flooded repeatedly across downtown areas, and around 20 roads were closed to traffic. Power outages also left homes and businesses without electricity across the area.

South Korea: Torrential Rain Triggers Deadly Landslide, Flooding in Geoje

Heavy rain fell across the Geoje area, South Gyeongsang, from Sunday, August 16, into early Monday, August 17, triggering a landslide in the early hours of Monday that killed at least one person. The torrential rain also prompted about 70 residents to evacuate. Roads flooded repeatedly across downtown areas, and around 20 roads were closed to traffic. Power outages also knocked out electricity to about 1,500 homes and businesses in Ilun-myeon, Gohyeon-dong and Jangseungpo-dong.

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

National Defence Minister David McGuinty, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney are seen during a tour of the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea, Thursday October 30, 2025. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

National Defence Minister David McGuinty, back left to right, South Korea Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Hahnwa Group Vice-Chariman Kim Dong Kwan speak amongst themselves after touring a submarine at the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea, Thursday October 30, 2025. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

Prime Minister Mark Carney smiles as he climbs down a ladder into a submarine during a tour of the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea, Thursday October 30, 2025. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

South Korea Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, centre, Prime Minister Mark Carney, second right, and National Defence Minister David McGuinty, right, are given a tour of the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea, Thursday October 30, 2025. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

Prime Minister Mark Carney tours of the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea, Thursday October 30, 2025. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

Defence Minister David McGuinty, left to right, South Korea Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Hahnwa Group Vice-Chariman Kim Dong Kwan speak amongst themselves after touring a submarine at the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea, Thursday October 30, 2025. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

National Defence Minister David McGuinty, right, South Korea Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, hidden, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Hahnwa Group Vice-Chariman Kim Dong Kwan, left, speak during a tour at the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea, Thursday October 30, 2025. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

PM Mark Carney Visits the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard - South Korea

South Korea Prime Minister Kim Min-seok speaks with Prime Minister Mark Carney as they tour the Hanwha Ocean Shipyard in Geoje Island, South Korea, Thursday October 30, 2025. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Civic leader shows cultural transfer from S. Korea to Japan

Civic leader shows cultural transfer from S. Korea to Japan

MATSUE, Japan - Yutaka Mori, leader of a civilian group studying the ancient transfer of culture from the Korean Peninsula to Japan, explains a sea route from Geoje Island off the southern coast of South Korea to Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in this file photo taken on May 14, 2014.