Bucheon

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Hundreds of firefighters and paramedics gathered in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province to honor a fallen colleague at his funeral on Monday.

Fire Lieutenant Kim Jin-suk died early Saturday morning after responding to a factory fire a day earlier and was buried at Seoul National Cemetery after an emotional ceremony.

Eileen Cahill has more.

Fire Lieutenant Kim Jin-suk, an 11-year veteran with the Bucheon Fire Station, was just 20 minutes from the end of his 24-hour shift when the call came in about a factory fire.

He headed to the scene without a moment's hesitation.

He was the first to enter the factory to lead the firefighting efforts.

But he became trapped when the flames suddenly spread, ultimately costing him his life.

On today's broadcast, rival political parties continue to clash over the ruling party's push to impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-tae.

A firefighter who was rescued without vital signs from a factory fire in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, passed away.

And U.S. President Donald Trump says Hyundai will invest 560 million U.S. dollars to expand its manufacturing facilities in Georgia.

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Main opposition People Power Party chief spokesperson Park Sung-hoon slammed the DP for using the impeachment card to take the chief justice political hostage and warned a related motion would signal the end of the Lee Jae-myung administration.

PPP floor spokesperson Choi Soo-jin said in a separate statement, accused the ruling party of attempting to suspend Cho from his duties to gain control over judicial appointments and and to paralyze the top court to prevent the resumption of ease-pending trials.

A firefighter with no vital signs who was rescued from a factory fire in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, has died.

The Gyeonggi-Nambu Provincial Police Agency said Saturday that the firefighters in its 40s died at around 1 a.m. while receiving treatment at a hospital.

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On today's broadcast, six firefighters and two workers are injured after a fire breaks out at a factory in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province.

President Lee Jae-myung reiterates calls for a constitutional reform to incorporate the spirit of the 1979 Busan-Masian pro-democracy protest and the 1980 Gwangju democratization movement.

And the South Korean military is reportedly looking to expand the reach of its anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit to include the Gulf of Oman.

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I'm Daniel Chan.

A fire broke out on Friday at a factory in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, injuring six responding firefighters, but is now under control.

According to the provincial fire agency, the blaze started at eight thirty-eight AM inside the four-story metal parts factory in Bucheon's Uijeong District.

She was born December 22nd, 1992, which means she's a Capricorn.

And she was born in Bucheon, South Korea.

So for her solo music, she has three EPs and one album that has 12 songs.

One song is called Memories.

Unfortunately, the answer is yes.

Back in March 2022, a wo- a woman in her 60s was indicted on charges including cutting power to a freezer at an unmanned ice cream store in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, causing about 500,000 won worth of ice cream to melt and was later sentenced to four months in prison, suspended for one year.

In September 2025, a photo of a customer unplugging a freezer at an unmanned ice cream store was posted online.

This time, the individual plugged in various devices to charge, including electronic equipment used for camping.

And it was during this process that other, even more horrifying cases started coming to light.

Mid-January 2016, Bucheon Police Station in Gyeonggi Province receives a call.

The caller asks them to find Choi, a boy who went missing four years ago.

Four years ago, March 12, 2012, Choi, in first grade, that is when he was only seven years old, caused trouble at school.

You wonder if she's even his real mother.

Sensing the severity, the supervisor immediately asked police for a welfare check.

It turned out that the family had relocated from Bucheon to Bupyeong, Incheon in March 2013, about three years before the incident took place.

So with that, the police went to visit the Choi family's home.