Lee orders all-out efforts to rescue trapped workers from collapsed construction site in Gwangju
President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a policy briefing by the ministries of agriculture and labor in Sejong, Thursday. Joint Press Corps
By Yonhap
President Lee Jae Myung ordered authorities Thursday to make all-out efforts to rescue workers trapped under the wreckage of a collapsed library construction site in the southwestern city of Gwangju.
Lee gave the instruction during a policy briefing by the labor ministry in the administrative city of Sejong, after a steel structure at the construction site collapsed at around 2 p.m., killing two workers and leaving two others missing as of 10 p.m.
Lee called on the relevant ministries to "mobilize all available personnel and equipment" to rescue the trapped workers.