Lee Gyu-lee is a business writer at The Korea Times, focusing primarily on IT & telecommunications, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and KOTRA. Prior to this, she has covered a wide range of cultural news, from film, television and K-pop to lifestyle and fashion.
Man leaps to death in front of Seoul subway train
Rescue workers at Sindorim Station in Seoul. Screengrab of Instagram
By Lee Gyu-lee
By Lee Gyu-lee
A man has died after jumping in front of an incoming train at Sindorim subway station in Seoul, police said Sunday.
According to police, the man, 82, whose identity is being withheld, threw himself in front of the train around noon.
He was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Service subway line No. 1 was suspended for 35 minutes.
Police said the man had no family.