Tag: mining

Picture of the Day: South Korean Miners Miraculously Rescued After Nine Days

| November 7, 2022
2 trapped miners miraculously walk out alive after 9 days
2 trapped miners miraculously walk out alive after 9 days
This photo provided by fire authorities shows a miner walking out alive after being rescued from a collapsed mine in Bonghwa, 244 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Nov. 4, 2022, nine days after being trapped. (Yonhap)

Tweet of the Day: Singing In A North Korean Coal Mine

| April 11, 2016

Picture of the Day: Replica of Forced Labor mine

| November 27, 2015

Museum replicates coal mine of S. Korea's forced laborers

The photo, released on Nov. 24, 2015 by a soon-to-open local museum, shows a replicated coal mine on exhibit that was worked by South Koreans mobilized for labor by Japan during the colonial years. The museum, hosted by the southeastern port city of Busan, is South Korea’s first that chronicles the forced laborers. It will open on Dec. 10 to coincide with the World Human Rights Day. (Yonhap)